Stop Motion Studies-Tokyo

"David Crawford (1970-2009) studied film, video, and new media at the Massachusetts College of Art and received a BFA in 1997. Crawford's Stop Motion Studies are experimental documentaries that chronicle his interaction with subway passengers in cities around the world. His goal is to create an international character study based on the aspects of identity that emerge. As with Crawford's earlier Stop Motion Studies, Series 8 and 9 focus on the non-verbal. In their photographs, the body language of the subjects becomes the basic syntax for a series of Web-based animations exploring movement, gesture, and algorithmic montage. Many sequences document a person's reaction to being photographed by a stranger. Some smile, others snarl, still others perform. Some pretend not to notice. Underneath all of this are assumptions and unknowns unique to each situation. All imagery for these new series was shot in Tokyo, Japan on October 27, 2003. " -- from Turbulence