train_clock

train_clock shows how the "shape" of the UK changes over the day with the coming and going of trains from Ipswich. Each of the "stars" is a different town, where its size reflects the population. As time passes towns move closer as a train is about to arrive and spring back when it leaves. The hands on the outer ring display the time. When shown the rings indicate distance in time, one ring per hour from Ipswich.

This sequence shows 24 hours starting and stopping at midnight, using real timetables from one day in October 2007.

The sound track is Stellar Music No. 1 by Jenõ Keuler and Zoltán Kolláth, composed from star radiation.

This is a Curiosity Collective - http://www.curiositycollective.org - project. It was shown at the Key Arts Video Showcase on Friday 14th December, in Ipswich.

train_clock was built using the Processing language and an interactive version can be found at http://www.davidchatting.com/train_clock this version is higher resolution.

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Film & Animation

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• train_clock
• curiositycollective
• trains
• ipswich
• processing.org
• time
• clock
• UK
• java
• visualisation
• maps
• visualization