xlab Showcase 2023 - Ways of Uninventing

see-saw

Takafumi Morita +Yasuaki Kakehi


A kinetic installation that unfolds in silence by the movement of flowing liquid inside the objects. A group of these objects, shaped as seesaws, are aligned on the floor. By changing the center of gravity of the liquid inside, each object randomly tilts. The liquid’s flow is realized by using the EHD (Electrohydrodynamics) phenomenon. We generate these movements that defy conventional physical law by electrically manipulating an invisible driving force to move the liquid against gravity.


Credit

  • 作品制作: 森田 崇文、筧 康明
  • 研究: 森田 崇文、桑島 悠*、南之園 彩斗*、前田 真吾**、筧 康明
  • * 芝浦工業大学 ** 東京工業大学

Publication

  • Takafumi Morita, Yu Kuwajima, Ayato Minaminosono, Shingo Maeda, and Yasuaki Kakehi., HydroMod, CHI2022. https://doi.org/10.1145/3491102.3502096 [Honorable Mention Award]
  • Takafumi Morita, Yu Kuwajima, Ayato Minaminosono, Shingo Maeda, and Yasuaki Kakehi., Demonstrating HydroMod, CHI2022 Interactivity.https://doi.org/10.1145/3491101.3519893
  • Takafumi Morita, and Yasuaki Kakehi, see‑saw, Ars Electronica Festival 2022, Linz, Austria, September 2022.