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Zoom into a Surreal Collaboration

By chaoticutopia on June 17, 2007.

I've had a link to the original zoomquilt on my blogroll for as long as I've had a blogroll. The idea of a collaborative online art project has always intrugied me. Can a dozen plus different artists around the world paint the same canvas, and still have a cohesive work of art? The first zoomquilt was strange, an eclectic collection of surreal and morbid scenes, each blending practically seamlessly into the next. Now, there is a second Zoomquilt available:

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Zoomquilt 2: Click to visit and zoom in. (Flash is required.)

Like the first, this Zoomquilt is a montage of bizarre images. The scenes in this one have doubled, with more artists involved, and even more unsettling sights. I can't claim to have a favorite view on this one; the image above was captured more or less at random. I do like the framed mountain in the distance.

In the first Zoomquilt, you could zoom in and out by holding the mouse button and dragging away from or towards the image. In this version, there is a little bar on the left, which pops up as you move the mouse to the side, and controls the direction and speed. It works a little better for letting the image scroll by itself, but I think I preferred the original method.

Even if it is a little awkward and bizarre, or induces nausea in some people (for this one is a bit more wobbly than the last) it is worth checking out.

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