Sound of Magma Œuvres d'Art Numériques by Midori Yamazaki

Sound of Magma Œuvres d'Art Numériques by Midori Yamazaki is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award de Bronze in Infographie Competition Category.

BronzeInfographie· 2023

Sound of Magma Œuvres d'Art Numériques

by Midori Yamazaki

Client: Out of Blue

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Infographie Category

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The Design

About Sound of Magma Œuvres d'Art Numériques

L'observation des infrasons générés par les phénomènes naturels attire l'attention au Japon, où les catastrophes naturelles sont fréquentes. Les infrasons ne peuvent être ni entendus ni vus, mais les infrasons générés par les éruptions volcaniques, par exemple, peuvent se propager loin et être observés depuis une distance de sécurité afin d'éviter les catastrophes. En collaboration avec l'Institut de Recherche sur les Séismes de l'Université de Tokyo, des œuvres d'art expérimentales dans lesquelles les infrasons sont visualisés et rendus audibles ont été créées pour stimuler le sixième sens, la capacité de percevoir la nature que l'homme moderne a perdue.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Sound of Magma Œuvres d'Art Numériques est lauréat de l'A' Design Award de Bronze, une reconnaissance hautement prestigieuse décernée à des designs remarquables qui se distinguent par leur créativité, leur ingéniosité et leur sagacité. Les lauréats Bronze sont des artefacts amplement habiles et d'une créativité frappante, qui authentifient la vaste expérience, l'imagination et l'ingéniosité de leurs concepteurs. Sound of Magma Œuvres d'Art Numériques est censé être un objet très estimé, admiré et chéri, remarquablement professionnel et innovant. Ce design lauréat de l'A' Design Award de Bronze intègre les meilleures pratiques de l'art, de la science, du design et de la technologie, et est excellent par son souci du détail. Sound of Magma Œuvres d'Art Numériques satisfait admirablement les besoins, touche les désirs, charme les sentiments et attire la curiosité.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: In Japan, where natural disasters occur frequently, infrasound (low frequency sound) generated by natural phenomena is attracting attention. It can't be heard by the human ear and can't be seen, but infrasound generated by volcanic eruptions, for example, can be transmitted far and researchers can observe from a safe distance. In collaboration with the Earthquake Research Institute of the University of Tokyo, an experimental work which infrasound is visualized and made audible was created to stimulate the sixth sense, the ability to sense nature, which modern humans have lost.
Dimensions & Packaging: Video: Width1920pix x Height 1080pix Static image: Width1920pix x Height 1080pix
Tags: volcano, nature, science, visualization, sound, digitalart, generativedesign
Production Technology: In collaboration with the Earthquake Research Institute of the University of Tokyo, infrasound data measured during the eruption of Mount Yasur volcano Tanna Island, Vanuatu, were made audible and visualized by programmed software.
Design Challenge: The creative challenge in this research was to design a form of communication that stimulates what could be called the sixth sense, the function of sensing nature, which modern humans have lost. To this end, we attempted to design the system while understanding the advanced analysis techniques used by researchers at the Earthquake Research Institute of the University of Tokyo on a daily basis.
Research: The research question for this work is what can design do for sensory communication of natural events that cannot be seen or heard and aims to communicate an understanding of natural phenomena analyzed by researchers to the general people. In collaboration with the Earthquake Research Institute of the University of Tokyo, the infrasound data generated by volcanic eruptions, which is analyzed by researchers, is visualized and made audible by obtaining feedback from participants. And the artworks were designed to stimulate what could be called the sixth sense, the human sense of nature.
Inspiration: Waves of infrasound (low frequency sound) caused by natural events can be transmitted far and researchers can observe them and analyze what is happening from a safe distance. By making these processes visible and audible, the reproduction of the sixth sense could be communicated to audiences.
Project Duration: This artwork was launched worldwide, in June 2022. It will be open to the public for a minimum of five years. (It will be extended wherever possible).
Operation Flow: These are videos and static images as Digital artworks.
Image Credits: Image #1: Image Midori Yamazaki, Shape of volcanic wave, 2022.
Image #2: Image Midori Yamazaki, Shape of volcanic wave, 2022.
Image #3: Image Midori Yamazaki, Shape of volcanic wave, 2022.
Image #4: Image Midori Yamazaki, Shape of volcanic wave, 2022.
Image #5: Image Midori Yamazaki, Shape of volcanic wave, 2022.