Masamichi Shimada created “Birds fly around with you”, a light artwork shown at Amsterdam Light Festival 2015 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Masamichi Shimada has 2 more works in this atlas.
This work is based on the zoetrope, a machine that preceded cinema. A disk is rotated at a certain speed. Anyone who looks through a small slot can see a figure that appears to move.
Programme information from Amsterdam Light Festival. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.