Reconnect Funzione Primaria: Installazione d'Arte Digitale by Atsushi Kobayashi

Reconnect Funzione Primaria: Installazione d'Arte Digitale by Atsushi Kobayashi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award di Ferru in Belle Arti Competition Category.

FerruBelle Arti· 2022

Reconnect Funzione Primaria: Installazione d'Arte Digitale

by Atsushi Kobayashi

Client: Atsushi Kobayashi

A' Design Award di Ferru Winner in Belle Arti Category

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The Design

About Reconnect Funzione Primaria: Installazione d'Arte Digitale

Testu di u Libru: Reconnect hè una installazione d'arte digitale nantu à a cumunicazione umana dopu un periodu di vita à distanza. L'opera cumbina chjamate video arregistrate cù dodici screni LCD muntati in un quadru d'aluminiu cù bande LED. Una webcam mostra a faccia di u visitatore chì sta davanti à l'installazione nant'à u screnu centrale, mentre chì l'altri screni mostranu persone chì parlanu in chjamate arregistrate. À l'iniziu, ogni screnu faci vede una chjamata separata, dopu tutti i screni formanu pianu pianu una sola imagine cumbinata. L'installazione hè stata prugrammata cù un software visuale basatu nantu à nodi è cundotta da un solu portatile.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award di Ferru

Reconnect Funzione Primaria: Installazione d'Arte Digitale hè un vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award di Ferru, una ricunniscenza prestigiosa attribuita à i boni disegni chì rispondenu à i requisiti prufessiunali è industriali aspettati da creazioni ben cuncipite. I vincitori di Ferru dimustranu una grande abilità, una alta specializazione, una cumpresa esperta è a capacità creativa di i so creatori. Si aspetta chì Reconnect Funzione Primaria: Installazione d'Arte Digitale sia una creazione assai apprezzata, ammirata è cara chì hè pratica è innuvatrice. Stu disegnu vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award di Ferru integra e migliori pratiche di u settore è hà caratteristiche tecniche cumpetenti ligate à u sapè fà è à u talentu. Reconnect Funzione Primaria: Installazione d'Arte Digitale hè rispettatu per a so meticulosità è hè cuncipitu per furnisce miglioramenti di a qualità di a vita chì aiutanu à fà di u mondu un locu megliu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: People have lived remotely but it’s getting back to normal life and they start to “reconnect” in the real world. This installation is composed of “virtual” interviews and multiple displays extended into “real” space.
Post-pandemic life won't look the same for everybody but you can see bright faces and positive words in this installation.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 1000mm x Depth 1000mm x Height 2000mm
LED stripes: WS2812B
LCD screens: SHARP 5.5inch / 7.9inch LCD screen
PC: Mouse computer Next GEAR NOTE i57
Software: Derivative TouchDesigner
Tags: installation, art, contemporary, touchdesigner, contemporary art, video art, digital art
Production Technology: This installation was programmed by TouchDesigner, which is a node based visual programming language for interactive contents.
And it is composed of LCD screens, LED stripes and almi-frames. Each screens are connected to video splitter with HDMI cables.
One laptop pc handle 12 video outputs and LED data and sound.
Design Challenge: The most challenging point was how to output 12 zoom videos to LCD displays from one laptop PC.
I used 2 video splitters and programmed these videos were in-sync. At the first part, zoom calls are ongoing on each LCD screen, but gradually each screen compose one multi-display.
Research: Communications have changed since COVID happened. We are separated physically but on the other hand, we were able to talk virtually through zoom calls. I tried to materialize this way of communication into the real world. I asked my friends to record our zoom calls and they willingly accepted to be a part of my installation. You can hear positive words in this experience.
Inspiration: People are using zoom call and we can see each other on screen. I tried to extend this situation into real space with LCD screens.
Project Duration: This installation had been exhibited for a joint exhibition, "Public Visuals Exhibition" in Tokyo in October 2021 for two weeks.
Operation Flow: If you stand in front of this installation, your face is shown on center screen through webacam. And zoom calls are starting and people are shown on the other screen. Even if they are zoom calls but they are ongoing on actual screens, you will feel as if you talk to people in person.
Team Members: Director : Atsushi Kobayashi
Creative Technologist : Atsushi Kobayashi