Reconnect Pemasangan Seni Digital by Atsushi Kobayashi

Reconnect Pemasangan Seni Digital by Atsushi Kobayashi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Besi in Reka Bentuk Seni Halus dan Pemasangan Seni Competition Category.

BesiSeni Halus· 2022

Reconnect Pemasangan Seni Digital

by Atsushi Kobayashi

Client: Atsushi Kobayashi

A' Design Award Besi Winner in Seni Halus Category

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The Design

About Reconnect Pemasangan Seni Digital

Reconnect ialah pemasangan seni digital mengenai komunikasi manusia selepas suatu tempoh kehidupan jarak jauh. Karya ini menggabungkan panggilan video yang dirakam dengan dua belas skrin LCD yang dipasang pada bingkai aluminium bersama jalur LED. Sebuah kamera web memaparkan wajah pengunjung yang berdiri di hadapan pemasangan tersebut pada skrin utama, manakala skrin-skrin lain memaparkan orang yang bercakap dalam panggilan yang dirakam. Pada mulanya, setiap skrin menjalankan panggilan yang berasingan, kemudian semua skrin secara beransur-ansur membentuk satu imej gabungan. Pemasangan ini diprogramkan menggunakan perisian visual berasaskan nod dan dikendalikan oleh sebuah komputer riba tunggal.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Besi

Reconnect Pemasangan Seni Digital ialah pemenang A' Design Award Besi, pengiktirafan yang berprestij yang dianugerahkan kepada reka bentuk yang baik yang memenuhi keperluan profesional dan industri yang dijangka daripada ciptaan yang direka dengan baik. Pemenang Besi menunjukkan kemahiran yang besar, kepakaran yang tinggi, kefahaman pakar dan keupayaan kreatif penciptanya. Reconnect Pemasangan Seni Digital diharapkan menjadi ciptaan yang sangat dihargai, dikagumi dan disayangi yang praktikal dan inovatif. Reka bentuk pemenang A' Design Award Besi ini menyepadukan amalan terbaik industri dan mempunyai ciri teknikal yang kompeten yang dikaitkan dengan kepakaran dan bakat. Reconnect Pemasangan Seni Digital dihormati kerana ketelitiannya dan direka untuk memberikan peningkatan kualiti hidup yang membantu menjadikan dunia tempat yang lebih baik.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: People have lived remotely but it’s getting back to normal life and they start to “reconnect” in the real world. This installation is composed of “virtual” interviews and multiple displays extended into “real” space.
Post-pandemic life won't look the same for everybody but you can see bright faces and positive words in this installation.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 1000mm x Depth 1000mm x Height 2000mm
LED stripes: WS2812B
LCD screens: SHARP 5.5inch / 7.9inch LCD screen
PC: Mouse computer Next GEAR NOTE i57
Software: Derivative TouchDesigner
Tags: installation, art, contemporary, touchdesigner, contemporary art, video art, digital art
Production Technology: This installation was programmed by TouchDesigner, which is a node based visual programming language for interactive contents.
And it is composed of LCD screens, LED stripes and almi-frames. Each screens are connected to video splitter with HDMI cables.
One laptop pc handle 12 video outputs and LED data and sound.
Design Challenge: The most challenging point was how to output 12 zoom videos to LCD displays from one laptop PC.
I used 2 video splitters and programmed these videos were in-sync. At the first part, zoom calls are ongoing on each LCD screen, but gradually each screen compose one multi-display.
Research: Communications have changed since COVID happened. We are separated physically but on the other hand, we were able to talk virtually through zoom calls. I tried to materialize this way of communication into the real world. I asked my friends to record our zoom calls and they willingly accepted to be a part of my installation. You can hear positive words in this experience.
Inspiration: People are using zoom call and we can see each other on screen. I tried to extend this situation into real space with LCD screens.
Project Duration: This installation had been exhibited for a joint exhibition, "Public Visuals Exhibition" in Tokyo in October 2021 for two weeks.
Operation Flow: If you stand in front of this installation, your face is shown on center screen through webacam. And zoom calls are starting and people are shown on the other screen. Even if they are zoom calls but they are ongoing on actual screens, you will feel as if you talk to people in person.
Team Members: Director : Atsushi Kobayashi
Creative Technologist : Atsushi Kobayashi