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Mathematics,
set in motion.

Pendulum waves, Möbius strips, Chladni patterns and more, each one a few lines of math animated live.
A personal side project, made just for fun.

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STUDY 01LIVE
Connected motion

Articulated form

One motion. Endless configurations.

Linkages
STUDY 02LIVE
Impossible perspective

Endless ascent

Always climbing. Never arriving.

Illusions
STUDY 03LIVE
Phase & frequency

Pendulum wave

Order slips into rhythm.

Harmonics
STUDY 04LIVE
Moiré patterns

Interference

A pattern between patterns.

Geometry
STUDY 05LIVE
Gravitational choreography

Three-body problem

Three bodies. One delicate balance.

Orbits
STUDY 06LIVE
A continuous surface

Möbius strip

Two sides become one.

Geometry
STUDY 07LIVE
Spin & precession

Gyroscope

A quiet balance of turning worlds.

Mechanisms
STUDY 08LIVE
Sequential rotation

Rolling cube

One layer leads. The whole follows.

Geometry
STUDY 09LIVE
Sequential rotation

Rolling wave

A wave with no beginning or end.

Geometry
STUDY 10LIVE
Four-dimensional rotation

Tesseract

A glimpse beyond three dimensions.

Geometry
STUDY 11LIVE
Forced perspective

Impossible triangle

Perspective holds it together.

Illusions
STUDY 12LIVE
Rolling-circle curves

Spirograph

Circles drawing something new.

Harmonics
STUDY 13LIVE
Fourier synthesis

Epicycles

Small circles. A larger picture.

Harmonics
STUDY 14LIVE
Nodal geometry

Chladni patterns

Stillness, shaped by vibration.

Harmonics
STUDY 15LIVE
Reflection & symmetry

Kaleidoscope

One fragment. Infinite reflections.

Geometry
STUDY 16LIVE
Edge-by-edge motion

Rolling polygons

Every edge takes its turn.

Mechanisms
STUDY 17LIVE
Coordinated aperture

Iris mechanism

Many blades. One opening.

Mechanisms
STUDY 18LIVE
Elliptical motion

Trammel of Archimedes

Two straight paths draw a curve.

Mechanisms
STUDY 19LIVE
Golden-angle growth

Phyllotaxis spiral

A small angle. A natural order.

Geometry
STUDY 20LIVE
Intersecting geometry

Articulated hexagon

Six pivots. New intersections.

Linkages
STUDY 21LIVE
Intermittent rotation

Geneva drive

Continuous motion. Measured steps.

Mechanisms
STUDY 22LIVE
Rigid origami

Miura fold

One crease moves the whole.

Geometry
STUDY 23LIVE
Recursive growth

Branching rules

A small instruction becomes a tree.

Growth
STUDY 24LIVE
Local rules, collective behavior

Collective motion

No leader. A shared direction.

Emergence
STUDY 25LIVE
Apsidal precession

Gravity well

Always falling. Never landing.

Orbits
STUDY 26LIVE
Refraction and dispersion

Prism

One beam in. Every colour out.

Optics
26 STUDIES. COUNTLESS WAYS TO SEE.More experiments to come +
A NOTE ON THE PROJECT

A little less scrolling.
A little more looking.

Kinetic is a collection of small experiments in motion. Familiar shapes, simple mathematical rules, and the unexpected beauty that happens when they meet.

Open a study. Change the rhythm. Stay for a while.

Kinetic is open source, created by mnove. Read the code, fork it, or contribute a study.

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