Elysium Echoes Hreyfanleg samtímalistainnsetning by Yiru Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award í bronsi in Myndlist og listaverkauppsetningar Competition Category.
BronsMyndlist· 2025
Elysium Echoes Hreyfanleg samtímalistainnsetning
by Yiru Wang
Client: SaturnVII Studio
A' Design Award í bronsi Winner in Myndlist Category
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About Elysium Echoes Hreyfanleg samtímalistainnsetning
Elysium Echoes er snúningslistainnsetning sem kannar tengslin milli umhverfisbreytinga og lífsafkomu mannkyns. Verkið er unnið úr resíni, málmi og akrýli, með þrívíddarprentuðum hlutum og snúningsmótor, og mælist 45 x 45 x 50 sentimetrar. Þrír hlutar tákna mannlegt, umbreytandi og eftirmannlegt form. Stöðugur snúningur raskar og endursamsetur þessi stig til að gefa til kynna þróunarbreytingar. Innsetningin hvetur til hugleiðingar um tækni, vistfræði og framtíð mannkyns.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award í bronsi
Elysium Echoes Hreyfanleg samtímalistainnsetning vann A' Design Award í bronsi, mjög virta viðurkenningu sem veitt er framúrskarandi hönnunarverkum sem einkennast af sköpunargáfu, hugvitssemi og skarpskyggni. Sigurvegarar í bronsi eru ríkulega leiknir og áberandi skapandi gripir sem staðfesta víðtæka reynslu, ímyndunarafl og útsjónarsemi hönnuða sinna. Þess er vænst að Elysium Echoes Hreyfanleg samtímalistainnsetning sé mjög metinn, dáður og elskaður hlutur sem er einstaklega fagmannlegur og nýstárlegur. Þetta hönnunarverk sem vann A' Design Award í bronsi felur í sér bestu starfsvenjur í list, vísindum, hönnun og tækni og er framúrskarandi fyrir athygli sína á smáatriðum. Elysium Echoes Hreyfanleg samtímalistainnsetning fullnægir þörfum á dásamlegan hátt, snertir langanir, heillar tilfinningar og vekur forvitni.
Behind the Design
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- 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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