Ars Electronica Festival 2024で東京大学筧康明研究室「Well tangled -Harmony amidst Chaos-」を展示します

 
オーストリアリンツで2024年9月4日から8日に開催されるArs Electronica Festival2024にて、東京大学筧康明研究室 xlab 「Well tangled -Harmony amidst Chaos-」を展示いたします。
 
Yasuaki Kakehi Lab, The University of Tokyo
Well tangled -Harmony amidst Chaos-
Ars Electronica Festival 2024 Features Exhibition　
https://ars.electronica.art/hope/en/features/
 
Ars Electronica Festival
4-8 September 2024 POSTCITY

hhttps://ars.electronica.art/festival/en/
 

Signs of Water – Mirror
Kuan-Ju Wu + Ekaterina Kormilitsyna + Yasuaki Kakehi
 

Signs of Water – Mirror explores water as a medium to reflect environmental meaning. An array of water plates, each with a mechanism to move floating objects, starts empty but gradually fills with serendipitously added found venue artifacts. Sensor data triggers object movements, prompting viewers to notice hidden patterns and their correlation to the immediate environment. This dynamic interplay entangles water, objects, data, and reflections, questioning the creation and nature of meaning.

 

 
Efficiency of Mutualism
Dorita Takido

In this work, various power generation mechanisms are combined: fuel cells utilizing microorganisms coexisting with plants, algae fuel cells using photosynthesis, and fuel cells employing water electrolysis. Plant growth is enhanced by electrical stimulation, as the weak electricity generated by each fuel cell is returned to the plant. This study offers a chance to reconsider the ideal form of circulation and the relationship between human-used electricity and nature.

 

Braided Crawlies
Yumi Nishihara + Yasuaki Kakehi
 

Braided Crawlies is a kinetic installation in which a colony of braids curve, bend, compress and stretch. For each kumihimo (Japanese traditional braid), a strand that controls its shape-change is interwoven in different patterns, enabling each variant to form unique shapes when the strand is pulled. This hybrid craft work attempts to derive expressions of materiality to overcome mechanical control and create value by incorporating advanced functionality into the beauty of traditional crafts.
 

Ars Electronica Festival web site:
https://ars.electronica.art/hope/en/