Pancimena is a cylindrical diffuse glass screen on which is projected the daily life of the city.

A series of panoramic cameras are located throughout milan, pointed at the sky, at people in front of the train station, at trees and from the tallest building. The life of the city, at various scales and timelines, is continuously streamed to the server which then stores the images chronologically.

These panoramic image feeds are collaged and shown on a giant glass cylinder in front of Milan train station, so forming a memory of the city that starts at the inauguration of the sculpture.

The archived images are played as continuous time-lapse movies on the glass cylinder. The circular balustrade acts as in interface, each section of which marks a period of time past.

Pancinema was a competition entry for the Milan Station Art Competition 2000
Collaboration: Luke Lowings, Richard Kress and Marek Walczak

Kinecity Llc currently has all the technology in place to make the above proposal a robust, realtime artwork. Using our fault-tolerant software, which includes multiple redundant systems, we can be assured of 24/7 operation.