Gregory Zinman is Assistant Professor of Film and Media in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at the Georgia Institute of Technology and is a coeditor, with John Hanhardt and Edith Decker-Phillips, of We Are in Open Circuits: Writings by Nam June Paik.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionA Shadow History of the Moving ImagePART I. HANDMADE FILM1. Between Canvas and CelluloidVisual Music, Motion Paintings, and Cameraless Photography2. Abstractions in TimePainting and Scratching on Film3. By Chemical, by Body, by MechanismOther Handmade Methods4. Beyond the FrameCameraless Questions of Politics and Representation    PART II. HANDMADE MOVING IMAGES5. Light in MotionThe Moving Image between the Plastic Arts and Cinema6. Making Space, Making TimeLight Art of the 1950s and 1960s7. Forms of RadianceThe Practice and Significance of the Psychedelic Light Show8. Video ArtAnalog Circuit Palettes, Cathode Ray CanvasesConclusionHandmade Moving Images in the Digital Era    NotesIndex

"Written with careful precision and breadth. . . chronicling a rich, 100-year history of handmade moviemaking in which artists similarly trespass into other areas of creative practice."