Hand Still Primary Function: Deltakende kunstprosjekt by Kenji Fujii

Hand Still Primary Function: Deltakende kunstprosjekt by Kenji Fujii is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award i Sølv in Fotografi og fotomanipulasjonsdesign Competition Category.

SølvFotografi· 2022

Hand Still Primary Function: Deltakende kunstprosjekt

by Kenji Fujii

Client: Keio University Graduate School

A' Design Award i Sølv Winner in Fotografi Category

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The Design

About Hand Still Primary Function: Deltakende kunstprosjekt

Hand Still er et deltakende kunstprosjekt skapt for å fremme velvære. Deltakerne setter sammen hendene og fingrene sine for å antyde et landskap eller en skapning, fotograferer posituren, gir bildet en tittel og deler resultatet på sosiale medier med en felles tagg. Å se de delte verkene og skape nye er ment å øke kreativiteten. Hand Still bygger på fire faktorer knyttet til velvære: selvrealisering og vekst, tilknytning og takknemlighet, et positivt og optimistisk livssyn, samt selvstendighet og selvidentitet.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Sølv

Hand Still Primary Function: Deltakende kunstprosjekt er vinner av A' Design Award i Sølv, en usedvanlig prestisjefylt anerkjennelse som tildeles design i toppklassen som er nydelige og imponerende. Sølvvinnere er enormt briljante og usedvanlig kreative verk som viser designernes enestående ekspertise, talent og skarpsindighet. Hand Still Primary Function: Deltakende kunstprosjekt forventes å være et praktfullt utstillingsverk som er bemerkelsesverdig profesjonelt og dypt nyskapende. Dette designet, som har vunnet A' Design Award i Sølv, er en svært bemerkelsesverdig, beundret oppfinnelse som gagner og flytter grensene for kunst, vitenskap, design og teknologi. Hand Still Primary Function: Deltakende kunstprosjekt er et skaperverk mange misunner, som vekker ønsker, gir positive følelser og vekker undring og forundring.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Hand Still is participatory art to improve well-being.
Anyone around the world can participate by sharing their own hand-expressed artwork on social networking sites. By viewing and enjoying the artwork and creating your own artwork, you can improve your wellbeing.
Hand Still includes the four factors for improving wellbeing (1: Self-Actualization and Growth, 2: Connection and Gratitude, 3: Positive and Optimistic, 4: Independence and Self-identity) are incorporated.
Dimensions & Packaging: Hand Still is a participatory art activity project utilizing SNS.
The rule of the project is that users themselves take a picture of a hand or finger pose they have thought up, decide on a title for the work, and post it on a SNS. We hope to spread the activity and encourage participation rather than appreciation. We assume that the main platforms will be Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.
Tags: Well-being, Participatory Art, finger, Social Network Service, Creativity, Happiness
Production Technology: Hand Still uses the "System Design Methodology for Intentionally Creating Well-being" lectured at Keio University Graduate School in Japan. It includes.
The four factors that improve well-being, as presented by well-being researcher "Takashi Maeno," are incorporated. It also includes ways to enhance wellbeing by increasing creativity from the "Study on Beauty and Well-Being.
Design Challenge: Research and activities related to well-being are said to be difficult to demonstrate their effectiveness. This is because the effects vary from person to person and it is difficult to conduct research over time. Considering these factors, the scope of this project is narrowed down to "the moment of encountering a work of art" as the target of research. We were able to show through the questionnaire that this approach had a certain effect.
Research: Hand Still was born out of the Keio Graduate School's "Well-Being Management" program, a type of well-being research. The purpose was to create an unprecedented method of promoting well-being. This method was based on a survey of 82 people collected through social networking services. The results showed that 71% of the people who viewed the work were able to enhance their creativity. In addition, 15.5% of the respondents took the same action as the artwork.
Inspiration: Well-being is now the focus of attention due to the changing values of humankind.
As the era has progressed from economic growth to spiritual growth, the well-being industry is expected to grow. Against this background, "Hand Still" was born from a well-being management class at Keio University Graduate School (SDM) in Japan.
Well-being is expected to have various effects. For example, people who are well-being have a longer life expectancy of 10 years, higher productivity, and so on.
Project Duration: The project began in September 2021 and was presented on campus in January 2022; as of March 2022, the project is still active.
Operation Flow: How to participate in Hand Still
1.Imagine a landscape or creature by combining your hands and fingers.
2. Take a photograph of the imagined pose.
3.Think of a title for the photo.
4.Post the photo on SNS with the title and the tag "Hand Still.
5. View the works with the tag "Hand Still" to enhance your creativity.
Patents: Copyrights kenji fujii
Team Members: kenji fujii
yotaro hirahara
mako sugiyama
Image Credits: Image #1~5: Photographer Yotaro Hirahara 2022