A perpetual motion machine simulating the ever present invisible exchange of energy. The piece is composed of particles and cycles. The animation is governed by rules, making particle location: unknown, collision occurrence: indeterminate. The animated subjects have a life of their own. Only when a particle becomes associated with a cycle, can it interact with other particles similarly entwined. The vast possibility of interactive space in which the free-roaming particle meanders becomes restricted. Freedom to do anything is an isolated prison. Without commonalities and shared experience, interaction becomes less likely. As we join circles and create groups, interaction with others increases but also becomes more homogenous. Unbound interactive space narrows into an echoing chamber of the same and unexperienced cycles become other.

OpenFrameworks / Creative Coding / Organic Systems