Eternal Return is a human-powered zoetrope with strobe lights. As people work the rowing-pulleys, the piece begins to spin, and the strobe lights come on making the piece come to life! Designed by Peter Hudson, set up at Ghost Ship Asylum on Halloween in San Francisco. Originally set up at Burning Man 2014.

CHARON by Peter Hudson 6 months. 6 thousand man hours. A core team of 20, and an expanded team of over 80 volunteers working tirelessly to complete a 34 foot tall kinetic sculpture consisting of 20 animated skeletons. Built from steel, aluminum, and wood, and weighing in at over 7 tons. This is Charon, a highly interactive 3D stroboscopic zoetrope. Created by Peter Hudson and his crew, and unveiled at the Burning Man festival in 2011. Charon is fully powered by people. The custom power train is powered by a minimum of 12 people working in unison to produce what can only be described as a mass hallucination. The animation tells the story of Charon, the mythological ferryman of Hades who carried the souls of the recently departed across the River Styx, the last right of passage on the way to the afterlife. When witnessed in person, the effect is nothing short of breathtaking. http://www.hudzo.com Shot/Edited by Jason Tongen Music by Lee Coombs Written by Shawn Cunningham Narrated by Thierry Chauvin This video is for promotional purposes and is designed to explain what the piece is. This is not a trailer for the documentary I'm creating about the subject.

Tantalus by Peter Hudson http://www.hudzo.com/donate.htm Produced, Shot, Edited By Jason Tongen Shot by Thomas Eugene Green

Peter Hudson offers insight to his 2007 stroboscopic masterpiece Homouroboros.

this is peter hudson's second 3d stroboscopic zoetrope which premiered at the 2004 Burning Man event

this is peter hudson's first 3d stroboscopic life sized zoetrope sisyphish. participants must crank the pedals to bring the magical effect of people swimming, but going nowhere. a modern metaphor for the illusion of progress.