Elysium Echoes Fonksyon Prensipal Enstalasyon Atistik Kontanporen ki Deplasab by Yiru Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Bwonz in Bozar Competition Category.
BwonzBozar· 2025
Elysium Echoes Fonksyon Prensipal Enstalasyon Atistik Kontanporen ki Deplasab
by Yiru Wang
Client: SaturnVII Studio
A' Design Award Bwonz Winner in Bozar Category
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The Design
About Elysium Echoes Fonksyon Prensipal Enstalasyon Atistik Kontanporen ki Deplasab
Tèks Liv: Elysium Echoes se yon enstalasyon atistik wotatif ki eksplore relasyon ki genyen ant chanjman anvironmantal ak siviv imen. Travay la fèt ak rezin, metal ak akrilik, ak pyès enprime an twa dimansyon ansanm ak yon motè wotatif, e li mezire 45 pa 45 pa 50 santimèt. Twa seksyon reprezante fòm imen, fòm tranzisyonèl, ak fòm pòs-imen. Wotasyon kontinyèl la deranje epi rekonbine etap sa yo pou sijere chanjman evolisyonè. Enstalasyon an envite yon refleksyon sou teknoloji, ekoloji, ak avni limanite.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Bwonz
Elysium Echoes Fonksyon Prensipal Enstalasyon Atistik Kontanporen ki Deplasab se yon ganyan A' Design Award Bwonz, yon rekonesans ki gen anpil prestij yo bay design ekselan ki make pa kreyativite, enjenyozite ak finès. Ganyan Bwonz yo se objè ki abil anpil e ki kreyatif nan fason ki frape, ki otantifye gwo eksperyans, imajinasyon ak debouyaj designer yo. Yo atann Elysium Echoes Fonksyon Prensipal Enstalasyon Atistik Kontanporen ki Deplasab pou se yon objè anpil moun estime, admire e renmen, ki pwofesyonèl e inovatè nan fason remakab. Design sa a ki ganyen A' Design Award Bwonz enkòpore pi bon pratik nan atizay, syans, design ak teknoloji, e li ekselan pou atansyon li bay detay. Elysium Echoes Fonksyon Prensipal Enstalasyon Atistik Kontanporen ki Deplasab satisfè bezwen yon fason espledid, li touche dezi, li chame santiman e li atire kiryozite.
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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