Polytempo Loom

Five voices, identical pitches, irrational tempo ratios. No shared downbeat — ever. The only tension lives in time.

NOW172.0√2101.8φ116.5e/297.9π/2113.1near-alignment is not resolution — the drift is permanent

Audio requires a gesture — the loom drifts visually until you begin.

× 1.00

narrows or widens mutual drift velocity — ratios stay irrational at every setting

172.0bpm
√2101.8bpm
φ116.5bpm
e/297.9bpm
π/2113.1bpm
design notes ↗
The dream lab — Karel Barnoski