Life Forms of Colors هونەری دیجیتاڵ by Yuko Suzuki is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn in Dîzayna Afirandî, Algorîtmîk, Parametrîk û bi Alîkariya AI-ê Competition Category.
ZîvAfirandî· 2025
Life Forms of Colors هونەری دیجیتاڵ
by Yuko Suzuki
Client: Civic Creative Base Tokyo (CCBT)
Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn Winner in Afirandî Category
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About Life Forms of Colors هونەری دیجیتاڵ
ئەم کارە ئەنیمەیشنێکە کە بە شێوەیەکی بینراو پرۆسەی شکانەوە و دووبارە دروستکردنەوەی پیکسڵەکان پیشان دەدات. بیرۆکەی کارەکە دەستی پێکرد کاتێک هونەرمەندەکە، کە چاپکارێکە، ویستی چاپێکی دیمەنی دروست بکات و لێی پرسییەوە ئایا دەتوانێت جیاکردنەوەی ڕەنگ لە ڕێگەی کۆدنووسینەوە بەدەست بهێنێت. پیکسڵەکان وەک خانە دەردەکەون، دەجووڵێن بۆ دروستکردنی شێوە و ڕەنگی نوێ، و جەستە بە چەمکە ژاپۆنییەکانی کاسانە (چینکردن) و زوراشی (گواستنەوە) دەدەن. هەروەها هێمایەتی بۆ گۆڕانکارییە جۆراوجۆرەکان دەکەن کە مرۆڤ دەتوانێت تێپەڕێت، دەرخستنی فرەچەشنی و شلمەیی بە درێژایی کارەکە، و ڕەنگدانەوەی تێکڕایی نێوان نەریت و تەکنەلۆژیا.
The Recognition
About the Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn
Life Forms of Colors هونەری دیجیتاڵ xelatgirê Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn e, nasîneke bi awayekî awarte bi prestîj ku ji sêwiranên di asta herî bilind de, xweşik û bibandor re tê dayîn. Xelatgirên Zîvînê karên pir birûsk û pir afirîner in, yên ku pisporiya hêja, jêhatîbûn û zîrekiya sêwiranerên xwe nîşan didin. Tê hêvîkirin ku Life Forms of Colors هونەری دیجیتاڵ karekî mînak, pir pîşekar û bi kûrahî nûjen be. Ev sêwirana bi Zîvînê serketî vedîtineke berbiçav û hatiye sitayişkirin e ku ji bo fireh kirina sînorên huner, zanist, sêwiran û teknolojiyê tevkarî dike. Life Forms of Colors هونەری دیجیتاڵ afirandinek e ku gelek kes çavê xwe lê dikin, daxwazan şiyar dike, hestên erênî tîne û heyirînê çêdike.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- This animation breaks down an image into pixels, reconstructing and transforming them repeatedly. The pixels emerge like cells, moving and forming new shapes and colors, embodying the Japanese concepts of "Kasane (layering)" and "Zurashi (shifting)." This reflects how living beings shape the world, either by choice or by following the flow. The ever-changing forms symbolize human transformation and the cycle of life and death.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- LED screen 4m × 4m, 10 minutes 30 seconds
- Tags
- Generative Art, Coding
- Production Technology
- This work was created entirely in a programming language called Processing.
It is made up of multiple animations that change from one shape to the next, linked together. - Design Challenge
- The most difficult and exciting part was figuring out how to connect all of the different shapes through coding.
It was impossible to create all of the animations in one document, so I divided the whole thing into four scenes, created the animation, and connected them using video editing software. - Research
- This design research explores an animation technique that uses coding to break down and reconstruct pixels.
Through this process, the artist began to feel as if the pixels symbolized the workings of humans and the world. The pixels are like cells, but at the same time, they also seem like the individual people that make up the world. This created a sense of moving between the micro and macro worlds.
Through the use of digital technology, this research offers new methods of visual expression in art, business and society, and suggests the possibility of redefining cultural value. - Inspiration
- The impetus for creating this work began when the artist, a printmaker, wanted to create a landscape print, and wondered whether it would be possible to achieve color separation through coding. This was the beginning of an attempt to incorporate the physical acts of producing a multi-color woodblock print - "color separation of the print," "overprinting, " and "rolling the paper" - into code, and it developed into the more abstract idea of "creating a three-dimensional print."
- Project Duration
- This work was exhibited as part of the CCBT x Yebisu International Festival for Art and Alternative Visions 2024 "Poems in Code: Generative Art Today and Programming Generated Moving Image" project held in Tokyo in February 2024.
- Operation Flow
- This work is an animation that depicts the process of pixels being broken down and reconstructed. As you watch, the pixels move and transform, creating new shapes. The changes in the pixels symbolize the potential for people to transform in various ways, and this diversity and fluidity is expressed throughout the work.
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Ryuichi Maruo, Life-forms of colors, 2024, Photo courtesy Civic Creative Base Tokyo [CCBT].
Image #2: Photographer Ryuichi Maruo, Life-forms of colors, 2024, Photo courtesy Civic Creative Base Tokyo [CCBT].
Video Credits: Photographer Ryuichi Maruo, Life-forms of colors, 2024, Video courtesy Civic Creative Base Tokyo [CCBT].
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