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The Empress’s New Clothes: computer animation of 18th-century dress

Sack-back style dress of silk, woven in Spitalfields c 1772.Photo © Bernd Kammerer

Sack-back style dress of silk, woven in Spitalfields c 1772.
Photo © Bernd Kammerer

4 February to 21 March 2004

Artist Jane Harris in conjunction with the Museum of London found an exciting new use for the digital imaging technology that created Toy Story and Lara Croft. For the first time, computer film and games technology were used to bring life to a fragile historic dress, to see how it may have looked and moved when it was originally worn. The results could be seen at the Museum, where the dress and the 3D computer graphic animation were on display side by side.

Screen capture: computer animation of 18th-century dress See how the animation was produced

 

With thanks to:
Mike Dawson, Ruth Gibson, Rebecca Reicher and Elli Garnett
Supported by:
Arts and Humanities Research Board logo Vicon Motion Systems logo Central St Martins College of Art and Design logo

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