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Waiting for the Wave in Metaverse Karya Seni Digital by Midori Yamazaki

Waiting for the Wave in Metaverse Karya Seni Digital by Midori Yamazaki is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Gangsa in Seni Digital Competition Category.


GangsaSeni Digital· 2024

Waiting for the Wave in Metaverse Karya Seni Digital

by Midori Yamazaki

Client: Out of Blue

A' Design Award Gangsa Winner in Seni Digital Category

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The Design

About Waiting for the Wave in Metaverse Karya Seni Digital

Karya seni ini merupakan visualisasi bentuk seketika ombak yang sempurna untuk luncur air yang menarik dari segi estetika dan sekaligus memberikan kekeliruan yang menyenangkan kepada penonton. Ia dicipta melalui proses kreatif antara digital dan fizikal, menggabungkan realiti dan realiti maya dalam kerjasama dengan EPFL. Ia bertujuan untuk menjana pengalaman dalam alam semula jadi dan menegaskan semula kekuatan lentur kebolehan kognitif manusia yang secara aktif memilih pengalaman estetik untuk mencipta masa depan yang lebih baik. Rasa kewujudan manusia akan kekal tidak berubah selama-lamanya, walaupun dalam masa depan di mana realiti berada dalam keadaan huru-hara.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Gangsa

Waiting for the Wave in Metaverse Karya Seni Digital ialah pemenang A' Design Award Gangsa, pengiktirafan yang amat berprestij yang dianugerahkan kepada reka bentuk cemerlang yang dicirikan oleh kreativiti, kecerdikan dan ketajaman fikiran. Pemenang Gangsa ialah artifak yang amat mahir dan sangat kreatif yang membuktikan pengalaman luas, imaginasi dan akal budi pereka bentuknya. Waiting for the Wave in Metaverse Karya Seni Digital diharapkan menjadi objek yang sangat dihargai, dikagumi dan disayangi, sangat profesional dan inovatif. Reka bentuk pemenang A' Design Award Gangsa ini merangkumi amalan terbaik dalam seni, sains, reka bentuk dan teknologi, dan cemerlang dalam perhatiannya terhadap butiran. Waiting for the Wave in Metaverse Karya Seni Digital memenuhi keperluan dengan indah, menyentuh keinginan, memikat perasaan dan menarik rasa ingin tahu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
This artwork is a visualisation of the momentary shape of a wave in perfect shape for surfing, which retains its aesthetics forever, through a creative process that mixes reality and virtual reality. It attempts to generate an experience in nature and reaffirms the supple strength of human cognitive abilities that select actively beautiful experiences to create a better future, and a sense of human existence that will remain unchanged forever, even in a future where reality is in chaos.
Dimensions & Packaging
Video: Width 1920px X Height 1080px Static image: Width 460mm X Height 305mm
Tags
wave, nature, science, visualization, digitalart, digitalfabrication
Production Technology
The artwork was created through a playful creative process, between digital and physical, 2D and 3D, mixing reality and virtual reality. The hand-drawn intuitive sketches of waves and the simulation of ‘good waves’ suitable for surfing using ocean physics were combined to create the shape using stone powder in collaboration with EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne). The three-views that merged the two methods were used to create the hand-formed shapes. Surprisingly the aesthetic curves from the skilled hand-drawn sketches were very close to the simulation. And the sculptures were 3D scanned, output onto transparent materials, and photographed in the actual sea to create the digital artwork.
Design Challenge
The creative challenge in this research was to design an interaction that generates an awareness of what could reaffirm the supple strength of human cognitive abilities that actively select beautiful experiences to create a better future and a sense of human existence that will remain unchanged forever in the chaotic era. To this end, we attempted to create the artwork through a playful creative process between digital and physical, 2D and 3D, mixing reality and virtual reality.
Research
The research question for this artwork is what design can help to make you connected to nature in order to live better in the chaotic era of reality and intended to express the momentary shape of a wave in perfect shape for surfing, which retains its aesthetics forever. It was created by mixing reality and virtual reality in collaboration with Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. It generates the experience in nature and reaffirms the supple strength of human cognitive abilities.
Inspiration
Modern technology makes it easy to replicate visual representations that are indistinguishable from reality these days. The metaverse has become one of the spaces in which we humans exist, and the definition of existence is being distorted. However, we live in ever-changing times and continue to evolve, recognising and accepting flexibly the chaos of reality and the unreality that technology brings. The artwork attempts to express eternal existence with positive hope.
Project Duration
This artwork was launched worldwide, in May 2023. 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, Waiting for the Wave in Metaverse, 2023.
Image #2: Image Midori Yamazaki, Waiting for the Wave in Metaverse, 2023.
Image #3: Image Midori Yamazaki, Waiting for the Wave in Metaverse, 2023.
Image #4: Image Midori Yamazaki, Waiting for the Wave in Metaverse, 2023.
Image #5: Image Midori Yamazaki, Waiting for the Wave in Metaverse, 2023.

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