Germination Instalazio Artistikoa by Atsushi Kobayashi

Germination Instalazio Artistikoa by Atsushi Kobayashi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Brontzezko Saria A' Design Award in Arte Eder eta Arte Instalazio Diseinua Competition Category.

BrontzeArte Ederra· 2023

Germination Instalazio Artistikoa

by Atsushi Kobayashi

Client: TV Asahi Corporation

Brontzezko Saria A' Design Award Winner in Arte Ederra Category

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The Design

About Germination Instalazio Artistikoa

Germinazioa robot-beso industrial bat, argiztapena eta landareak konbinatzen dituen instalazio artistiko murgiltzailea da. Robot-besoa loezinaldi baten ondoren lurretik ernetzen den kimu gisa koreografiatuta dago. LED xerlok sustraiak osatzen dituzte eta elikadura balitz bezala agertzen den argia eskaintzen dute. Argi-bola bat besoaren goialdean muntatuta dago eta bizirik balego bezala kontrolatzen da. Proiekzio-mapaketa antzokira aplikatzen da, artefaktuz eta natur elementuz osatuta dagoena. Hiru minutuko emanaldia hodeietatik eguzki-izpiak distiratzen duten eta kimua loratzen den unean amaitzen da.

The Recognition

About the Brontzezko Saria A' Design Award

Germination Instalazio Artistikoa Brontzezko Saria A' Design Award irabazlea da, sormenak, asmamenak eta zorroztasunak bereizten dituzten diseinu bikainei ematen zaien aitorpen oso prestijiotsua. Brontze-mailako irabazleak trebetasunez beteriko eta nabarmenki sortzaileak diren artefaktuak dira, beren diseinatzaileen esperientzia zabala, irudimena eta ekimena egiaztatzen dutenak. Germination Instalazio Artistikoa oso estimatua, miretsia eta maitea den objektua izatea espero da, nabarmenki profesionala eta berritzailea dena. Brontzezko Saria A' Design Award irabazi duen diseinu honek artearen, zientziaren, diseinuaren eta teknologiaren praktika onenak biltzen ditu eta xehetasunei ematen dien arretagatik bikaina da. Germination Instalazio Artistikoa beharrak bikain asetzen dituen, desirak ukitzen dituen, sentimenduak xarmatzen dituen eta jakin-mina erakartzen duen lana da.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Germination is an immersive installation which features an industrial robot arm and lighting and plants.
A robot arm is choreographed as a sprout which germinates from the ground after a period of dormancy.
At the beginning of the show, it absorbs nourishment from its LED roots and gradually starts to germinate. And after raining and thundering, it sways in the wind. Rays of sunlight shines from clouds and eventually it will bloom.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 3m x Depth 3m x Height 2m
Tags: robot, installation, art, immersive, contemporary, projectionmapping, led, TouchDesigner
Production Technology: Many processes were taken to realize this installation.
To send a command to control an industrial robot arm remotely, a communication system was developed. The robot arm’s maximum payload was 10kg but moment had to be taken care of.
And an attachment equipment was needed specifically for this robot arm. Wing Robotics, a startup company helped the project to solve these problems and eventually a show control system was developed that everyone can easily use.
Design Challenge: We took many processes to realize our installation.
To send a command to control an industrial robot arm remotely, we developed a communication system. Maximum payload was 10kg but we had to take care of moment.
And we designed attachment equipment specifically for this robot arm. We collaborated with a startup company to solve these problems and eventually developed a show control system that everyone can easily use.
Research: Software
TouchDesigner, Blender, Fanuc ROBOGUIDE

Hardware
Fanuc CRX-10iA/L, Windows PC

Support received from
Wing Robotics
Fanuc
Inspiration: This installation was created with a wish that it is going back to a normal and peaceful world soon and people germinate from constraint and eventually bloom again.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2021 in Tokyo, and was exhibited in Go Tech, Tokyo in March 2022.
Operation Flow: The show was run by a control system which has a straight forward UI. It can start a robot arm, sound, LED lighting simultaneously. Also it is possible to simulate how everything works on a preview window. The show is 3 minutes long but it can be operated by one person to click a button to start it.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Atsushi Kobayashi
Image Credits: Creative Director, Creative Technologist : Atsushi Kobayashi (tv asahi)
Robotics Engineering : Liping Feng, Liang Lin(Wing Robotics)
Flower artist : Akiko Suzuki (Mitsurin Tokyo)
Sound design : Atsushi Kobayashi (tv asahi)