Elysium Echoes Munus Primarium: Machinamentum Artis Contemporaneae Mobile by Yiru Wang

Elysium Echoes Munus Primarium: Machinamentum Artis Contemporaneae Mobile by Yiru Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Ars Pulchra Competition Category.

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Elysium Echoes Munus Primarium: Machinamentum Artis Contemporaneae Mobile

by Yiru Wang

Client: SaturnVII Studio

Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum Winner in Ars Pulchra Category

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The Design

About Elysium Echoes Munus Primarium: Machinamentum Artis Contemporaneae Mobile

Textus Libri: Elysii Echo est machinamentum artis versatile quod necessitudinem inter mutationem environmentalem et salutem humanam explorat. Opus ex resina, metallo et acrylico factum est, partibus tribus dimensionibus impressis et motore versatili instructum, et 45 per 45 per 50 centimetra metitur. Tres partes formas humanas, transitionis et post-humanas repraesentant. Continua conversio hos gradus perturbat et recombinant ut mutationes evolutivas significent. Machinamentum meditationem de technologia, oecologia et futuro humanitatis invitat.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum

Elysium Echoes Munus Primarium: Machinamentum Artis Contemporaneae Mobile 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 Elysium Echoes Munus Primarium: Machinamentum Artis Contemporaneae Mobile 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. Elysium Echoes Munus Primarium: Machinamentum Artis Contemporaneae Mobile 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: 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