Jonathan Shipper's Six-Day Slow-Motion Car Crash Simulation

Jonathan Shipper's "Slow – Motion Car Crash" (2012) is a simulation of a frontal collision at one millimeter per hour over six days. The movement is so slow it is imperceptible, but over the course of six days it culminates in a head-on crash. The work reflects on how small variations can produce large and unpredictable changes, akin to the butterfly effect in physics and current events from politics to climate.