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Falling at 5.1 m/s
Motion and Interactive Design, 2025Falling at 5.1 m/s is a creative coding project inspired by the “14 May 1905” chapter of Einstein’s Dreams, which imagines a world where time stands still—raindrops suspended in air, clocks frozen mid-swing, and pedestrians caught between steps. This suspended condition becomes the conceptual ground for exploring temporal liminality.
In the interactive system, letters from the passage fall across the screen. Upon impact, they scatter like splashing water. When the viewer presses the space bar, time stops: the falling letters freeze, the animated clock halts, and the entire scene holds its breath. As the cursor moves across the screen, the letters shift and avoid contact, creating a subtle tension between stillness and motion, interruption and flow.
Footage generated from this system was later developed into a motion video, extending the work into a study of suspension, perception, and the poetics of falling. The project moves from text to code to motion. While the form continues to transform, what remains is the emotional core— a system that holds a moment between movement and stillness.