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Giant Illuminated Wheels in Montreal
Urban Winter Installation in Montreal – design by Quartier des spectacles partnership
8 Dec 2016
Giant Illuminated Wheels
Design: Quartier des spectacles partnership
Location: Montreal, Canada
Giant Illuminated Wheels

This winter the Quartier des spectacles Partnership invites Montrealers and visitors to discover Loop, an original installation on the Place des Festivals, on the Quartier des spectacles. The work, which will be presented from December 8 to January 29, consists of 13 giant zoetropes ? an optical toy that was a forerunner of animated film. When a zoetrope is activate, images are shown in rapid succession, creating the illusion of motion. 
This illuminated musical installation, featuring a distinctive retro-futuristic look, uses cylinders two metres in diameter. Members of the public are invited to sit down inside and activate the mechanism, causing beautiful images inspired by 13 fairy tales to come to life. It?s magical! Loop is sure to spark children?s imagination and revive their parents? childhood memories.
Loop is a cross between a music box, a zoetrope and a railway handcar ? the pump-powered vehicles familiar from Bugs Bunny cartoons. The retro-futuristic machine plays animated fairy-tale loops set in motion when visitors work the lever together. When the cylinder starts spinning, it lights up, making the series of still ima...