Elysium Echoes Bewegliche zeitgenössische Kunstinstallation by Yiru Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award in Bronze in Bildende Kunst Competition Category.
BronzeBildende Kunst· 2025
Elysium Echoes Bewegliche zeitgenössische Kunstinstallation
by Yiru Wang
Client: SaturnVII Studio
A' Design Award in Bronze Winner in Bildende Kunst Category
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About Elysium Echoes Bewegliche zeitgenössische Kunstinstallation
Elysium Echoes ist eine rotierende Kunstinstallation, die das Verhältnis zwischen Umweltveränderungen und menschlichem Überleben erforscht. Das Werk besteht aus Harz, Metall und Acryl, mit dreidimensional gedruckten Teilen und einem Rotationsmotor, und misst 45 mal 45 mal 50 Zentimeter. Drei Abschnitte repräsentieren menschliche, transitorische und posthumane Formen. Die kontinuierliche Rotation unterbricht und rekombiniert diese Stadien, um evolutionäre Wandlungen anzudeuten. Die Installation lädt zur Reflexion über Technologie, Ökologie und die Zukunft der Menschheit ein.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award in Bronze
Elysium Echoes Bewegliche zeitgenössische Kunstinstallation ist Gewinner des A' Design Award in Bronze, einer hochprestigeträchtigen Anerkennung für herausragende Designs, die sich durch Kreativität, Einfallsreichtum und Scharfsinn auszeichnen. Bronze-Gewinner sind reichlich geschickte und auffallend kreative Artefakte, die die große Erfahrung, Fantasie und Findigkeit ihrer Designer belegen. Von Elysium Echoes Bewegliche zeitgenössische Kunstinstallation wird erwartet, dass es ein hochgeschätztes, bewundertes und geliebtes Objekt ist, das bemerkenswert professionell und innovativ ist. Dieses mit dem A' Design Award in Bronze prämierte Design verkörpert bewährte Verfahren in Kunst, Wissenschaft, Design und Technologie und ist hervorragend in seiner Liebe zum Detail. Elysium Echoes Bewegliche zeitgenössische Kunstinstallation befriedigt Bedürfnisse auf großartige Weise, berührt Wünsche, bezaubert Gefühle und spricht die Neugier an.
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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