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afterimage

Persistence of the activity of the retina of the eye after the image producing it has been removed. This leads to persistence of vision, a necessary phenomenon for the illusion of continuous movement in films and television. The term is also used for the persistence of sensations other than vision.



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Riedel has been confusing audiences for years now, drawing them into a world of echoes, afterimages, and replicas in which nothing is simple or straightforward.
Her fiction and essays have appeared in Afterimage, Documents, X-tra, GLQ, Art Journal, Whitewalls, and the New Art Examiner, as well as The Passionate Camera and Space, Site and Intervention.
Next, have them try the "Color Switcheroo" activity, then design and color more afterimage tests.
 
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