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It was the only known device of its kind. It took them centuries, but they were determined to study it and learned that it could isolate slices of time. It seemed to be able to focus on specific particles in the quantum realm.

As they continued their study, they were amazed at what they saw. The device was constantly shifting and warping time in a way that they had never seen before. They could see moments from the past and future all at once, as if time was a fluid substance that it could manipulate at will.

Even in the last few days before the rapture, when it was already clear that their own perception of time was being distorted, the consensus was that the device simply was some sort of particle analyzer. However, the more they studied the object, the more they realized that its power was unstable. It was causing tiny ripples in time that were slowly spreading throughout their world.

They never really understood what happened to them.

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On display are 32 slices of rotating particles, caught in a finite time fragment. Each slice has an on and off state, which is controlled by the device. The device contains a piece of grid material that disperses energy. This energy feeds the morphing of time and controls the state of the slices.

The rate through which the particles flow through time varies for each sequence. The particles are inherently chaotic, but the device continuously tries to find a transformation for stable analysis.

The choreography consists of sequences that are based on recursive subdivision. This ensures that a rhythm emerges that feels consistent throughout the performance.

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Press [space] or [tap] the screen to pause the animation.
When paused, you can [drag the screen] to go back and forth in time.
Press [s] or [tap and hold] to save the current frame.

You can optionally append these parameters to the URL:

[size=<number>] define the number of pixels of one side.
[speed=<number>] slow down time (< 1) or speed up time (> 1), default: 1.