Historiscope


Client Portland Family of Funds
Studio Second Story
Designer Brad Johnson
Developer Matt Arnold
Motion Designer Alphonse Swinehart
Writer Lisa Bernd
2-D Animation Alphonse Swinehart
Sound Design Audio Wells
Production Artist Kieran Lynn
Researchers Shane Farrell, Dana Plautz
Quality Assurance Shane Farrell, Jennifer Guibord

This project was created for the renovated Armory building in Portland, Ore, now the home for Portland Center Stage. Based on the historical “raree cabinet” or “peep show”, Second Story designed a cabinet resembling the facade of the Armory building itself, a castle-like structure in NW Portland. The viewer peers through a glass portal to watch a selection of six original animations covering a specific time period in the Armory’s history.

Alphonse Swinehart   ©2023