Thanks Rob Moth for sharing this interesting TED talk about an artist who looks at the different possibilities of a zoetrope for visual installations.

http://www.ericdyer.com/

The Life Size Zoetrope | Future Shorts

Dir: Mark Simon Hewis One man's life told in one giant human sized zoetrope.

Spinning scene in François Truffaut's - The 400 Blows

TEACHING THE 400 BLOWS - Kristi McKim - The Cine Files
See Birth of Film page for more on Zoetropes and the origins of 'Persistence of Vision'