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===Peter Hudson=== Over the period 2002β2016, Peter Hudson and the makers at Spin Art, LLC, have created multiple [[interactive]] 3D stroboscopic zoetrope art [[installation art|installations]]. This began with ''Sisyphish'' (2002),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hudzo.com/?p=58 |title=Peter Hudson Zoetrope Video and News |publisher=Hudzo.com |date=January 26, 2008 |access-date=October 2, 2013}}</ref> a human powered zoetrope that used [[strobe light]] to animate human figures swimming on a large rotating disk. ''Sisyphish'', sometimes called ''The Playa Swimmers'',<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Hobbs|first1=Jess|title=Support Peter Hudson's Charon|journal=Voices of Burning Man|date=April 2, 2011 |url=http://blog.burningman.com/2011/04/culture-art-music/support-peter-hudsons-charon/|access-date=April 2, 2011}}</ref> was originally unveiled at the arts and culture event, ''[[Burning Man]]'', in the [[Black Rock Desert]] of [[Nevada]]. Peter has since created stroboscopic zoetropes from 2004 to present including: ''Deeper''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hudzo.com/?p=55 |title=Peter Hudson Zoetrope Video and News |publisher=Hudzo.com |date=January 26, 2005 |access-date=October 2, 2013}}</ref> (2004), ''Homouroboros''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hudzo.com/?p=45 |title=Homouroboros: Peter Hudson's Stroboscopic Zoetrope from 2007 |publisher=Hudzo.com |date=March 24, 2011 |access-date=October 2, 2013}}</ref> (2007), ''Tantalus''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hudzo.com/?p=3 |title=Peter Hudson Zoetrope Video and News |publisher=Hudzo.com |date=August 27, 2009 |access-date=October 2, 2013}}</ref> (2008), and ''Charon'',<ref>{{cite web|last1=Even|first1=Oddly|title=Rowing Skeletons / "Charon" by Peter Hudson (Burning Man 2011)|url=http://www.oddly-even.com/2011/10/05/rowing-skeletons-charon-by-peter-hudson-burning-man-2011_/|website=www.oddly-even.com|publisher=Wordpress|access-date=October 5, 2011}}</ref> which toured Europe<ref>{{cite web|title=Charon at Fusion Festival|url=http://wuestengefluester.axelvetter.de/Nachrichten/files/tag-fusion-festival.html|website=wuestengefluester.axelvetter.de|access-date=March 4, 2015|archive-date=August 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819153836/http://wuestengefluester.axelvetter.de/Nachrichten/files/tag-fusion-festival.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the United Kingdom in summer of 2012.<ref name="Architects Journal 2012">{{cite web|last1=Fulcher|first1=Merlin|title=Secret Garden Party begins hunt for 2013 architectural visionaries|url=http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/secret-garden-party-begins-hunt-for-2013-architectural-visionaries/8633591.article|website=www.architectsjournal.co.uk/|date=July 25, 2012|publisher=EMAP Publishing Limited|access-date=July 25, 2012}}</ref> The ''Charon'' zoetrope is built to resemble and rotate in the same kinetic fashion as a ferris wheel, stands at 32 feet high, weighs 8 tons and features twenty rowing skeleton figures<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sunde|first1=Lisa|title=Charon|url=http://hudzodesign.com/zoetropes/charon/|website=www.hudzodesign.com|publisher=Wordpress Ο}}</ref> representing the mythological character, [[Charon (mythology)|Charon]], who carries souls of the newly deceased across the river [[Styx]]. Hudson's most recent zoetrope creation is entitled ''Eternal Return'', took two years to build, and was unveiled in 2014 in the Black Rock Desert. Peter Hudson's zoetropes are based in San Francisco<ref>{{cite web|title=Peter Hudson Bio|url=http://hudzodesign.com/|website=hudzodesign.com/bio/|access-date=March 4, 2015|archive-date=February 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224010148/http://hudzodesign.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref> are exhibited at various festivals and special events in the United States and internationally throughout the year.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rosato Jr.|first1=Joe|title=San Francisco Artist Puts a New Spin on Old Art|url=http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/San-Francisco-Artist-Puts-a-New-Spin-on-Old-Art-287297411.html|access-date=January 1, 2015|agency=NBC Bay Area Local News|publisher=NBC|date=January 1, 2015}}</ref>
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