Intentionally Slow Cinematic Frames : very slow movie player

The "Very Slow Movie Player" by is Raspberry Pi-Powered

The "Very Slow Movie Player," or VSMP, is the design work of Bryan Boyer and works to transform the experience of watching a film into a year-long event. Powered by a Raspberry Pi mini PC, the frame has been designed to "celebrate slowness" and slows down films to let them be enjoyed in a different manner.

The frame has been programmed to display films at a rate of one frame for about 2.5 minutes, which makes the cinematic experience into a lengthy one that isn"t intended to be watched but instead glanced at occasionally. This means that a film such as Stanley Kubrick"s 2001: A Space Odyssey, which runs for two hours and 17 minutes takes almost a year to fully play out.

Explaining the "Very Slow Movie Player," Boyer said, "A film watched at 1/3,600th of the original speed is not a very slow movie, it’s a hazy timepiece. A Very Slow Movie Player (VSMP) doesn’t tell you the time; it helps you see yourself against the smear of time."

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