Family Fridays: Nothing but Net - Albrecht Dürer and animation

Fri Jan 13, 2023
6:30pm to 8:00pm ET
Age: 6 and up
Price: FREE
Location:
National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath)
(212) 542-0566
11 E. 26th Street , New York, NY,
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Mathematician Rinus Roelofs leads families on an exploration of the origin of animation, and shares the beauty of the folding process as multiple nets (3D models) are combined to create sometimes surprising results.

In 1525, Albrecht Dürer published, for the first time, schemes that could be cut out of paper and folded into the shape of real 3D physical models. With just two stages of drawings, Dürer showed the complete process for making these models, which in some sense is a very primitive version of animation.

Limited space is available; register online in advance. 

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