two dozen ball bearings, each rolling in and out along its own straight groove, each knowing nothing of the others — and a single breathing creature appears anyway.
try this first press scatter — the creature dissolves into noise, then pulls itself back together. Nothing is coordinating the balls; watch coherence climb on its own. Click the disc to drop in more.
a = g·s·cos(φ − ωt) − c·v
along its own radial groove — and nothing else. The plate's tilt precesses, so the downhill
direction sweeps the disc and every ball's oscillation is phase-shifted by exactly its groove
angle. The coordination is an artefact of the viewing, not of the balls ·
after @jechacas's kinetic sculpture:
“a visual metaphor for how the sense of self is constructed — disparate elements
moving in a particular pattern take on the appearance of being a single coordinated thing.” ·
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