Moving Puzzle began as a project for Von Holtzbrink Interactive division of Scientific American in 1997. I was invited to propose an interactive project for older kids. I began by asking myself, “What are computers good at?” Computers are good a manipulating data – they are very good at taking A to Z and returning Z to A. Kids that age delight in turning things inside out and doing things upside down and backwards. I began working on a series of activities, ranging from simple ciphers to toplogy, based on simple inversions. Working with David Steuer, MOVING PUZZLE was developed as a standalone project for Ravensburger Interactive GmbH in 1998. We produced a series of ten interactive CD-ROM puzzles that were distributed in Europe, Latin America and Japan. The Backstreet Boys and N’SYNC titles were distributed in the U.S. as Puzzles in Motion. Moving Puzzle was awarded the MILIA D’OR at MILIA Festival in Cannes, 1998

Each disc contains ten thematically linked video clips transformed into puzzles. Imagine a movie cut into “tiles” and scrambled -- randomly rotated and repositioned. The picture never stops moving as you work to bring a coherent movie out of the chaos. Moving Puzzle challenges our visual perception of movement and orientation.