Elysium Echoes Beweegbare Kontemporêre Kunsinstallasie by Yiru Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award in Brons in Beeldende Kunste en Kunsinstallasie Ontwerp Competition Category.
BronsBeeldende Kuns· 2025
Elysium Echoes Beweegbare Kontemporêre Kunsinstallasie
by Yiru Wang
Client: SaturnVII Studio
A' Design Award in Brons Winner in Beeldende Kuns Category
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The Design
About Elysium Echoes Beweegbare Kontemporêre Kunsinstallasie
Elysium Echoes is 'n draaiende kunsinstallasie wat die verhouding tussen omgewingsverandering en menslike oorlewing ondersoek. Die werk is gemaak van hars, metaal en akriel, met driedimensioneel gedrukte onderdele en 'n draaimotor, en meet 45 by 45 by 50 sentimeter. Drie afdelings verteenwoordig menslike, oorgangs- en post-menslike vorme. Voortdurende rotasie ontwrig en herkombineer hierdie stadiums om evolusionêre verskuiwings te suggereer. Die installasie nooi besinning uit oor tegnologie, ekologie en die toekoms van die mensdom.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award in Brons
Elysium Echoes Beweegbare Kontemporêre Kunsinstallasie is 'n wenner van die A' Design Award in Brons, 'n hoogs prestigieuse erkenning wat toegeken word aan uitstaande ontwerpe wat gekenmerk word deur kreatiwiteit, vindingrykheid en skerpsinnigheid. Wenners in Brons is ruimskoots vaardige en opvallend kreatiewe artefakte wat die groot ervaring, verbeelding en vindingrykheid van hul ontwerpers bevestig. Daar word verwag dat Elysium Echoes Beweegbare Kontemporêre Kunsinstallasie 'n hoog aangeskrewe, bewonderde en gekoesterde voorwerp is wat merkwaardig professioneel en innoverend is. Hierdie ontwerp wat die A' Design Award in Brons gewen het, inkorporeer die beste praktyke in kuns, wetenskap, ontwerp en tegnologie en is uitstekend vanweë sy aandag aan detail. Elysium Echoes Beweegbare Kontemporêre Kunsinstallasie bevredig behoeftes pragtig, raak aan begeertes, bekoor gevoelens en spreek die nuuskierigheid aan.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Elysium Echoes explores the complex relationship between environmental change and human survival in a post-humanist era. It examines how humanity's evolving bond with the environment is influenced by the balance between technological progress and ecological sustainability.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 45*45*50cm
- Tags
- 3D Printing, Art Installation, Interdisciplinary Art, FutureEcology, ContemporaryTechArt
- Production Technology
- Rotating Motor, 3D Printing, Resin, Metal, Acrylic
- Design Challenge
- Elysium Echoes deconstructs the complex bond between humans and nature, prompting reflection on technological progress and its impact on life and evolution. As humanity's influence grows, a crucial question arises: should we reshape nature in the name of technology? Though the "post-human era" remains uncertain, it echoes a warning—our pursuit to replace the Creator may not unfold as envisioned.
- Research
- This research uses a speculative, practice-led approach to explore how technological progress reshapes humanity’s relationship with nature in the Anthropocene. Grounded in post-humanist theory, it critiques ethical ambiguities of ecological intervention and envisions alternative evolutionary paths. Through immersive installation art, kinetic prototyping, and participatory observation, a rotating structure (human/transitional/post-human) simulates evolutionary disruption. Data from 87 interviews, audience analytics, and impact simulations reveal a tension between techno-optimism and ecological humility, with 73% reconsidering humanity’s stewardship. The work advocates for ethical, interdisciplinary governance and positions design as a mediator between science and societal values.
- Inspiration
- In the post-human era, I explore how shifting environments and productivity levels shape human gene selection. Technological progress aids adaptation, yet sudden ecological upheaval risks collapsing our systems, regressing productivity and forcing genetic adaptation to dominate survival. Here, mutation emerges as life’s most reliable tool.
- Project Duration
- London Design Week 14–21 September 2024
Dutch Design Week 19–27 October 2024 - Operation Flow
- This dynamic installation explores biodiversity and evolution in the transition from humans to post-humans. Comprising three parts—human, transitional forms, and post-human—it rotates continuously, disrupting and recombining stages to simulate evolutionary shifts and new species. The work challenges biological boundaries and provokes thought on evolution, technology, and humanity’s future.
- Team Members
- YIRU WANG
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