The Zoomquilt
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Forty-six painted images nest inside one another until the last slips back into the first. Released in October 2004, the Zoomquilt grew from an online scene of artists making collaborative patchwork pictures. Its surreal landscapes are joined by hand, not generated on demand; the pleasure is simply watching one person's world become another's.
Why it still matters
This is an infinite loop without an infinite feed: a finite, shared artwork with no next post to chase. Originally released in Shockwave and Flash, it has been adapted to run in modern browsers. Open it, let the painting unfold, and use the sidebar speed control if you want to slow down or reverse the journey. Contains continuous zooming motion.
A collaborative infinitely zooming painting