ART SH GR “THE ASYMMETRICAL POWER OF MUYBRIDGE” – Serafeim Papaloukas, Greece, 2026, 2’1”

Synopsis: “The Asymmetrical Power of Muybridge” is an experimental video essay that explores the inherent violence of the act of capturing motion. The work is built upon the historical paradox of Eadweard Muybridge: a man acquitted of murder on the grounds that his photographic experiments were too valuable to society to be interrupted. By morphologically juxtaposing the “scientific” entrapment of Muybridge’s horse with the anarchic movements of a contemporary basketball player, the film examines the “asymmetrical power” of the creator over their subject. Through hyper-tonic montage and a deliberate anachronism—basketball was invented shortly after Muybridge’s breakthroughs—the project identifies the “shooting” of the camera with the “shooting” of a gun. And it poses a critical question: In our quest to archive life, do we inevitably become its captors?

• Director: Serafeim Papaloukas
• Writer: Serafeim Papaloukas
• Producer: Serafeim Papaloukas
• Key Cast: Nick Hatzinikolaidis, Nick Anthis