Sound of Magma Opera Artis Digitalis by Midori Yamazaki

Sound of Magma Opera Artis Digitalis by Midori Yamazaki is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Graphica Computatralis Competition Category.

AesGraphica Computatralis· 2023

Sound of Magma Opera Artis Digitalis

by Midori Yamazaki

Client: Out of Blue

Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum Winner in Graphica Computatralis Category

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The Design

About Sound of Magma Opera Artis Digitalis

Observatio infrasoni a phenomenis naturalibus generati attentionem in Iaponia attrahit, ubi calamitates naturales saepe accidunt. Infrasonus nec audiri nec videri potest, sed infrasonus ab eruptionibus vulcanicis generatus, exempli gratia, longe transmitti potest et e distantia tuta observari potest ad calamitatem vitandam. Cooperante Instituto Investigationis Seismicae Universitatis Tokiensis, opera artificiosa experimentalia creata sunt in quibus infrasonus spectabilis audibilisque redditur ad sensum sextum excitandum, facultatem naturam sentiendi quam homines hodierni amiserunt.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum

Sound of Magma Opera Artis Digitalis victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aeneum, honoris multum aestimati formis egregiis, creandi ingenio, sollertia et acumine insignibus dati. Victores Aenei opera perita et mire creandi sunt, quae experientiam, imaginationem et solertiam auctorum suorum confirmant. Exspectatur Sound of Magma Opera Artis Digitalis rem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, notabiliter professionalem et novam fore. Haec forma Aeneo victa optimas consuetudines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae amplectitur et in cura minutiarum excellit. Sound of Magma Opera Artis Digitalis necessitates egregie explet, cupiditates tangit, sensus capit et curiositatem allicit.

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.