Ars Electronica Festival 2019
Installation
Takayuki Hirai, Yasuaki Kakehi
This installation named “(un)shaped”, utilizes bubbles in water as a medium. Pouring droplets into water gently from the top, bubbles are generated in the water. This phenomenon is called an antibubble, which is a droplet encapsulated with a thin film of air. Unlike normal air bubbles, they float slowly inside the liquid and often show iridescent reflections on their surface. In this installation, the amount of droplets from nozzles are computationally controlled. Through pouring droplets, the antibubbles start to form various patterns underneath the water surface. After inflating into a certain size, they leave the surface and start to float in the water, then disappear after a while. It shows patterns of continuous morphological shift from computationally designed forms to organic forms mediated by the environment.
Antibubbleとは、通常の気泡は空気を膜で包んだものであるのに対し、液体を空気の膜で包み込むことにより生成される泡である。気泡とよく似た特性を持ちながら、液体の中をゆっくりと漂い、光を浴びて独特の見た目を有する。本作品(un)shapedは、液面上に並べられたノズルからドットパターンとして描かれるAntibubbleが、次第にその規律から自由になり、液中にて有機的、立体的に漂う泡の群れへと変容する様を表現する。
