These are 3-D printed sculptures designed to animate when spun under a strobe light. The placement of the appendages is determined by the same method nature uses in pinecones and sunflowers. The rotation speed is synchronized to the strobe so that one flash occurs every time the sculpture turns 137.5º—the golden angle. If you count the number of spirals on any of these sculptures you will find that they are always Fibonacci numbers.
For this video, rather than using a strobe, the camera was set to a very short shutter speed (1/4000 sec) in order to freeze the spinning sculpture.
John Edmark is an inventor/designer/artist. He teaches design at Stanford University.
Visit John's website here:
http://web.stanford.edu/~edmark/ and Vimeo site:
http://vimeo.com/johnedmark/videos Learn how he made these sculptures here:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Blooming-Zoetrope-Sculptures/ And more about the Pier 9 Artist in Residence program here:
http://www.autodesk.com/artist-in-residence/home
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ChaosEngineThat is freaking cool.
Sniper007says...How much of that phenomenon is a function of the shutter speed on the recording camera? Does it occur in person as well?
eric3579From description
In person uses a strobe light to get this effect. For this video, rather than using a strobe, the camera was set to a very short shutter speed (1/4000 sec) in order to freeze the spinning sculpture.
How much of that phenomenon is a function of the shutter speed on the recording camera? Does it occur in person as well?
Sniper007says...Thanks. I usually read the description, not sure why I missed that. Maybe I didn't notice the mobile site truncation.
billpayerNice, but kind of really simple and the fibonacci thing is b.s.
Any repeating pattern would display these kind of effects, creeping forward and backwards when spun.
There are some interesting examples when used with water, making the water appear static, will post some links when I get a moment
eric3579I'm not under the impression anyone is saying different. It's a zoetrope using a sculpture with a Fibonacci pattern. Two separate things. Neither dependent on the other.
Other *related Zoetropes.
Nice, but kind of really simple and the fibonacci thing is b.s.
Any repeating pattern would display these kind of effects, creeping forward and backwards when spun.
There are some interesting examples when used with water, making the water appear static, will post some links when I get a moment
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ZawashI'll suggest *timeshift and *engineering - it may be real time, but with very carefully chosen lighting, framerates and shutter speeds..
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