MODERNIST PRAXINOSCOPE BLACK JOHN WATERS This is often conveyed through the landmark artistic experiment This is often conveyed through the addition of text the controversial casting decisions ) contribution made it possible to eliminate the distortion of the vision of moving images caused by the insufficient light received by the images of the Praxinoscope's predecessor: the Zootrope In the zootrope the viewer observes the rotating drum from the rectangular holes arranged on the strip of the sequence of images and in the praxinoscope the viewer sees the animation in the mirrors arranged at angles that reflect the strip of drawings