Marta Braun: 鈥淢uybridge鈥檚 Animal Locomotion: The Question of Narrative鈥�
, Professor at the School of Image Arts, Ryerson University.
Public lecture: 鈥淢uybridge鈥檚 Animal Locomotion: The Question of Narrative鈥�
Brief Abstract: Eadward Muybridge's 1887 photographic atlas 鈥楢nimal Locomotion鈥� is a curious mixture of art and science, a polysemic text that has been subject to a number of readings. In her lecture, Braun will analyze the different claims made for the work, and will focus on her discovery of the work's multiple authorship: the contributions of Muybridge himself on the one hand, and those of his committee members on the other.
Marta Braun is Professor at the School of Image Arts and Director of the graduate program in Photographic Preservation and Collections Management at Ryerson University. Her research focuses on 脡tienne-Jules Marey and Eadweard Muybridge.
To attend a graduate seminar led by Dr. Braun about photography and objectivity on Tuesday March 2, please please contact Professor Mary Hunter: mary.hunter2 [at] mcgill.ca.