Motion blur: graphic moving imagemakers
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Motion Blur: graphic moving image makers is a book released by onedotzero
Onedotzero
onedotzero is a contemporary, digital arts organisation with a remit to promote innovation across all forms of moving image and motion arts....

 in 2004. Produced by Shane Walter and Matt Hanson
Matt Hanson
Matt Hanson is an author, film producer, and film director, specializing in digital art. He has created a series of projects which investigate cinema's possible futures, including A Swarm of Angels, onedotzero, and book projects including The End of Celluloid...

, it features a number of articles about, and interviews with, 28 multimedia artists and graphic houses. It also includes a DVD featuring a number of videos created by the aforementioned artists. The first edition of the book and DVD were housed in a foam cover, with the phrase onedotzero cut through the foam in a stencil fashion; the reprint does not include this cover.

The interviews explore the inspirations and creative processes used by the various artists, groups and graphics houses, as well as looking into their history. The text is accompanied by a vast range of still shots from videos and animations they have produced. The book can easily be thought of as a classic example of a coffee table book
Coffee table book
A coffee table book is a hardcover book that is intended to sit on a coffee table or similar surface in an area where guests sit and are entertained, thus inspiring conversation or alleviating boredom. They tend to be oversized and of heavy construction, since there is no pressing need for...

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The book also features two essays entitled The seduction of moving image and The end of celluloid.

Featured artists and graphic houses

The following artists/graphic houses are featured in the book:
  • Caviar/Tycoon Graphics
  • Geoffroy De Crécy
  • Drawing and Manual
  • Eyeballnyc
  • Felt
  • Richard Fenwick
  • Furi Furi
  • Groovisions
  • H5
  • Johnny Hardstaff
  • Hexstatic
    Hexstatic
    Hexstatic is a UK music duo, consisting of Stuart Warren Hill and Robin Brunson, that specializes in creating "quirky audio visual electro." Formed in 1997 after Hill and Brunson met while producing visuals at the Channel Five launch party, they decided to take over for the original members of the...

  • Jeremy Hollister
  • Tim Hope
  • Kuntzel + Deygas
  • Le Cabinet
  • Logan
  • Geoff McFetridge
  • Psyop
  • Alexander Rutterford
  • Shynola
    Shynola
    Shynola is the collective name of a group of, then, four visual artistsbased in London who have collaborated on a variety of projects,most notably a number of acclaimed music videos for several pioneering artists....

  • Stylewar
  • Sweden
  • Tanaka Hideyuki
  • Tanaka Noriyuki
  • Tanida Ichiro
  • Teevee Graphics
  • The Light Surgeons
  • Zetguised

DVD

The DVD provides accompanying videos for 26 of the 28 featured artists/graphic houses – Caviar/Tycoon Graphics and Teevee Graphics do not appear.
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