The Creative Review blog has a post about Sony’s World’s Largest Zoetrope in Italy to show off their Bravia television. Built on a giant spinning ring, the televisions show a single image of Brazilian footballer Kaká that looks like he’s passing the ball to himself when the ring reaches 50kph.

This got me thinking: often museums want to introduce interactivity and movement into museum but dont have the resources or budget for any kind of technology, nor are they thrilled with the idea of the public actually using the objects.

So why not a zoetrope? Or even a flipbook? It’s the ultimate in low-tech interactivity to show something in motion. All you need in a camera, a printer and some craft skills. I remember dropping this idea in a meeting with a curator, an artist who had no budget and didn’t want the displays to be static considering the topic. She became quite excited by the idea. When I visited, the exhibition had little flipbooks on string that the kids seemed to love.

It must be the easiest answer to having to put something on without any extra money that adds a little flair and the chance for people to get their hands on something.

Just an idea I’d thought I would throw out there.