The Art of Time: Toward a Fundamental Grammar of the Cinematic

With potential applications in economics, physiology, conceptual number theory and, most evidently, film theory: "The Art of Time" is a groundbreaking application of information system theory to sets of moving images. Building upon the foundations set by Pier Pasolini in the discipline of semiotics and through the methodology of Umberto Eco, The Art of Time through careful consideration of a range of image and information theories arrives at a fundamental grammar of the moving image, capable of being expressed mathematically. This book demonstrates that the condition of the cinematic found in any visual text can expressed through a generalisable formula, rationalised through number theory, algebra and geometry. Drawing upon a discipline pioneered by Stephen Hawking and elucidated by Giles Deleuze, "The Art of Time" concludes with one powerful expression that unifies the analysis of the condition of the visual with three-dimensional space.