Many hackers have experimented with the persistence of vision effect. Whip around a bunch of LEDs, flash them at just the right times, and it’s possible to make images to appear to hang in the air.

This fascinating slice of film history could have a life on cable and in home formats once rights issues pertaining to the material excerpted are resolved. Further fest play is guaranteed. A Canadian ...

Don’t make a masterpiece. Or at least don’t set out to make a masterpiece. This is one of the lessons of “Persistence of Vison,” a compulsively watchable documentary about the celebrated animator ...

The space is empty but for two retro navy blue sofas in the center. The walls are lined with black-and-white photographs taken since 1974. Compared to the surrounding galleries full of abstract and ...

The project illustrates the possibility of creating a low-priced laser projector by expanding the extremely popular LED persistence of vision (POV) devices and using the same POV concept as the ...

The hero we need now.

Kevin Schreck tells the engrossing story of Canadian animator Richard Williams, who founded a successful London studio in the 50s, and his three-decade quest to complete a wildly ambitious children’s ...