Sound of Magma デジタルアートワーク by Midori Yamazaki

Sound of Magma デジタルアートワーク by Midori Yamazaki is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 銅賞 in コンピュータグラフィックス・3Dモデリング・テクスチャリング・レンダリングデザイン Competition Category.

銅コンピュータグラフィックス· 2023

Sound of Magma デジタルアートワーク

by Midori Yamazaki

Client: Out of Blue

A' Design Award 銅賞 Winner in コンピュータグラフィックス Category

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The Design

About Sound of Magma デジタルアートワーク

自然現象によって発生する低周波音の観測は、自然災害が頻発する日本において注目を集めている。低周波音は聞くことも見ることもできないが、例えば火山噴火によって発生する低周波音は遠方まで伝達するため、安全な距離から観測することで災害回避に役立てることができる。東京大学地震研究所との共同研究により、低周波音を可視化・可聴化した実験的アートワークを制作し、現代人が失った自然を感じる能力である第六感を刺激することを目指した。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅賞

Sound of Magma デジタルアートワークは、創造性、独創性、鋭い洞察力で際立つ傑出したデザインに授与される、高い権威をもつ評価である A' Design Award 銅賞の受賞作品です。銅賞の受賞作品は、十分に巧みで印象的なほど創造的な工芸品であり、デザイナーの豊富な経験、想像力、機知を裏づけています。Sound of Magma デジタルアートワークは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される品であり、顕著にプロフェッショナルで革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銅賞を受賞したデザインは、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術のベストプラクティスを取り入れており、細部への配慮に優れています。Sound of Magma デジタルアートワークは、ニーズを見事に満たし、欲求に触れ、感情を魅了し、好奇心を引きつけます。

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.