The project installation Their Circular Life uses digital technologies to present quite ordinary images of urban life in an innovative way. It is similar to panoramic VR presentations, but instead of allowing you to “fly” around viewing the scene from a number of different perspectives (so you feel that you are controlling the spatiality of the scene), it allows you cycle back and forth through time, controlling the pace of a day in the life of the city, and hopefully reflecting on the pace of everyday life in a wider sense. I really couldn’t stop playing with it.

Even more exciting is the news that the project has gone open source. From what I can gather, creating a similar installation is only a matter of having some basic photography, sound recording, and flash programming skills. Hmm…feeling tempted to get together with a photographer and have a go myself.

Thanks to consumptive for the link.