Stop Motion Puppet Experiment | Surreal Anatomy, Cognitive Science & Motion Study

Описание: This recording captures an experimental puppet study in stop-motion animation, constructed with a hybrid of sculptural modeling, articulated joints, and photographic layering. The distorted humanoid figure, with its enlarged cranium and semi-transparent torso, functions not only as an object for cinematic movement but also as a symbolic model for the study of perception, anatomy, and embodied cognition.

Within animation research, the figure recalls surrealist traditions explored by Jan Švankmajer and the Quay Brothers, yet it also extends into experimental visualization practices where puppetry becomes a proxy for biological or neurological form. The expanded head volume and translucent chest cavity suggest parallels with models used in #neuroscience education, brain imaging simulations, and #cognitive science demonstrations of bodily awareness.

From a research perspective, the puppet exemplifies how stop-motion processes can intersect with #medical visualization and #anatomical modeling. Its visible seams, distortions, and material shifts echo the kind of abstracted models employed in brain-mapping laboratories, MRI interpretation, or physiological training simulations. The figure operates as a cinematic surrogate that can demonstrate complex phenomena such as distorted proprioception, embodiment, and neuroplasticity in motion.

The cultural reach of such imagery extends across multiple fields: the puppet’s form recalls the speculative bodies of David Cronenberg cinema, resonates with neuro-enhancement themes in #BlackMirror, and visually aligns with the speculative medical imagery of cybernetic science fiction. These interconnections position stop-motion animation as a medium capable of visualizing both speculative futures and present-day medical research debates.

In the larger context of Alex Boya’s practice—including Turbine, the Cannes-selected Bread Will Walk (Walking Bread), and experimental projects like Fork Glasses—the puppet study represents one node in a cross-disciplinary exploration where cinema overlaps with neuroscience, psychology, and medical design. This hybridization suggests new possibilities for using animation as a research tool across the sciences as well as the arts.

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