Since the invention of film over a century ago, moving images or movies have been the most pervasive and widely accepted form of human art and communication.
Motion pictures influence our economic, political, educational and cultural institutions.
The motion picture industry has amassed tremendous wealth and power, created and perpetuated tenacious stereotypes, and accelerated our cultural homogenization. And yet in the hands of artists this powerful medium opens up new possibilities for finding meaning in our lives, exploring other cultures and enjoying art. The Oklahoma City Art Museum exhibits moving images in several forms. Let s take a closer look at their physical properties. A strip of flexible cellulose material coated with a photosensitive emulsion, when properly developed, has a series of fixed images that can be projected in rapid succession to create the illusion of movement.