Sound of Magma Obras de Arte Dixitais by Midori Yamazaki

Sound of Magma Obras de Arte Dixitais by Midori Yamazaki is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award de Bronce in Deseño de Gráficos por Computador, Modelado 3D, Texturización e Renderización Competition Category.

BronceGráficos por Computador· 2023

Sound of Magma Obras de Arte Dixitais

by Midori Yamazaki

Client: Out of Blue

A' Design Award de Bronce Winner in Gráficos por Computador Category

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The Design

About Sound of Magma Obras de Arte Dixitais

A observación dos infrasóns xerados por fenómenos naturais está a captar a atención en Xapón, onde os desastres naturais son frecuentes. Os infrasóns non poden ser escoitados nin vistos, pero os infrasóns xerados por erupcións volcánicas, por exemplo, pódense transmitir a grandes distancias e poden ser observados desde unha distancia segura para evitar desastres. En colaboración co Instituto de Investigación de Terremotos da Universidade de Toquio, creáronse obras artísticas experimentais nas que os infrasóns se visualizan e se fan audibles para estimular o sexto sentido, a capacidade de percibir a natureza, que os humanos modernos perderon.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronce

Sound of Magma Obras de Arte Dixitais gañou o A' Design Award de Bronce, un recoñecemento altamente prestixioso outorgado a deseños sobresaíntes que se distinguen pola creatividade, o enxeño e a sagacidade. Os gañadores Bronce son artefactos amplamente hábiles e sorprendentemente creativos que autentican a vasta experiencia, imaxinación e enxeño dos seus deseñadores. Espérase que Sound of Magma Obras de Arte Dixitais sexa un obxecto moi apreciado, admirado e querido, notablemente profesional e innovador. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Bronce incorpora as mellores prácticas da arte, a ciencia, o deseño e a tecnoloxía, e é excelente pola súa atención ao detalle. Sound of Magma Obras de Arte Dixitais satisfai espléndidamente as necesidades, toca os desexos, encanta os sentimentos e atrae a curiosidade.

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.