BJ Sears Muybridge Experiment
USA, 2013
mixed media, found objects and electronics
20.5 w x 11 d x 33 h inches
At the press of a button, a scrolling series of images by Eadweard Muybridge proves the theory that, while galloping, all four feet of a horse are lifted off of the ground during the gait. On the left side, there is a receiver that features narration by the artist.

On June 15, 1878, in the presence of the press, Eadweard Muybridge photographed Leland Stanford’s Thoroughbred “Sallie Gardner” at a gallop to prove a point popularly debated at the time. Stanford purported that for a moment, all four of a racehorse's hooves are off the ground simultaneously. Muybridge’s series of 24 photographs proved him right. Scientific American was among the publications that carried reports of Muybridge’s groundbreaking 1878 work in motion studies.

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