Cadence of the Spiral Funzione Primaria: Installazione Cinetica da Yusuke Kamiyama

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Cadence of the Spiral Funzione Primaria: Installazione Cinetica

da Yusuke Kamiyama

Cliente: Spline Design Hub Inc.

Vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award d'Argentu in a Categuria Belle Arti

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Testu di u Libru: Cadenza di a Spirale esplora u tempu cum'è qualcosa d'elasticu, relazionale è vivu. Una striscia d'acciaiu inossidabile à molla hè furmata in una forma in cuntinua evoluzione da trenta bracci meccanichi. I bracci si movenu in ritmi sottili è sfasati. Quandu a spirale respira, si torce è si riorganizza, mai dui mumenti sò listessi. L'opera s'ispira à a molla maestra d'un urulogiu meccanicu. Reinterpreta u metallu avvoltu cum'è un vasu d'energia accumulata è di flussu temporale. U muvimentu ùn hè micca ripetutu. Invece, u cambiamentu hè rivelatu attraversu una variazione cuntrullata. U tempu ùn hè micca misuratu, ma sentitu.

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Cadence of the Spiral Funzione Primaria: Installazione Cinetica hè un vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award d'Argentu, una ricunniscenza straordinariamente prestigiosa attribuita à i disegni di alta gamma, splendidi è impressiunanti. I vincitori d'Argentu sò opere tremendamente brillanti è estremamente creative chì illustranu l'espertisa, u talentu è l'acutezza eccezziunali di i so disegnatori. Si aspetta chì Cadence of the Spiral Funzione Primaria: Installazione Cinetica sia una opera maravigliosa di mostra, rimarchevulemente prufessiunale è prufondamente innuvatrice. Stu disegnu vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award d'Argentu hè una invenzione assai nutevule è ammirata chì benefizia è allarga i limiti di l'arte, di a scienza, di u disegnu è di a tecnulugia. Cadence of the Spiral Funzione Primaria: Installazione Cinetica hè una creazione assai invidiata chì evoca disideri, introduce sentimenti pusitivi è accende stupore è maraviglia.

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Pruprietà Uniche: A long stainless-steel spiral is dynamically deformed by independently actuated arms, generating continuous reorganization through tension and release. Unlike static sculpture, the form never settles; it is constantly restructured into shifting orders. The spiral functions as a physical model of time—elastic, unstable, and relational. Controlled irregularity replaces mechanical uniformity, allowing viewers to perceive time not as measurement, but as a living and evolving order.
Dimensioni è Imballaghju: Material: Blast-finished stainless spring steel (0.3 mm thickness, 80 mm width)
Spiral pitch: 100 mm
Number of turns: 10
Control: PC-based control system
Installation footprint: Approx. 2000 mm × 2000 mm × 2000 mm
Power: AC 100–240 V
Etichette: Kinetic art, Spiral structure, Time perception, Mechanical rhythm, Parametric design, Stainless steel sculpture, Dynamic installation, Temporal form
Tecnulugia di Pruduzzione: A custom-fabricated stainless-steel spiral plate forms the core structure, paired with a bespoke linear actuation system developed for this work. Most mechanical components—including joints, mounts, and structural interfaces—were custom-designed to enable precise distributed deformation. Motion is coordinated through a PC-based control architecture enabling synchronized, phase-shifted oscillations. Parametric modeling and simulation optimized stress distribution and torsional balance.
Sfida di Designu: The primary challenge was balancing structural stability with expressive flexibility. The spiral required sufficient rigidity to maintain form, yet enough elasticity to allow dynamic deformation. Managing distributed mechanical stress while achieving organic motion demanded extensive iteration. Technological constraints of synchronized actuation and material fatigue also required innovative solutions to preserve both safety and poetic integrity.
Ricerca: This practice-based design research explores time as a spatial and kinetic phenomenon. Through iterative prototyping combining mechanical engineering and artistic experimentation, parametric modeling, structural simulation, and motion analysis were employed. Audience observation during exhibitions informed the study. The research identified perceptual shifts generated by micro-irregular motion, demonstrating how controlled instability enhances emotional engagement and contributes to contemporary kinetic art and experiential design.
Ispirazione: Inspired by the mainspring of a mechanical watch, Cadence of the Spiral reconsiders the spiral beyond its functional role. The tightly wound strip of metal appeared as a vessel containing latent energy and rhythm of time itself. When gently lifted, it responded with subtle motion, as if about to begin a heartbeat. The spiral thus emerged not as an object, but as a physical manifestation of invisible time—an embodiment of tension and release within temporal experience.
Durata di u Prugettu: The project began in Tokyo in March 2025 and was completed in November 2025. Prototyping and structural validation were conducted in Tokyo. Developed in collaboration with Seiko Watch Corporation to explore the cultural and mechanical heritage of horology, the work was exhibited in Japan and is currently being prepared for international presentation.
Flussu Operativu: The spiral slowly shifts between tension and release. As the supporting arms extend and retract, the form breathes, twists, and reorganizes itself. There is no fixed choreography; instead, subtle variations create moments of alignment and misalignment. Viewers experience a continuous transformation—sometimes synchronized, sometimes slightly off—evoking the sensation of time that never fully repeats yet always returns.
Brevetti: Copyrights belong to Spline Design Hub Inc., 2025.
Membri di a Squadra: Yusuke Kamiyama
Shin Sakamoto
Kaku Murayama
Fumiya Nakano
Crediti d'Imagine: IMAGE CREDITS: Daisuke Ohki