Waiting for the Wave in Metaverse Digitale kunstverk by Midori Yamazaki

Waiting for the Wave in Metaverse Digitale kunstverk by Midori Yamazaki is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award i Bronse in Digital kunst Competition Category.

BronseDigital kunst· 2024

Waiting for the Wave in Metaverse Digitale kunstverk

by Midori Yamazaki

Client: Out of Blue

A' Design Award i Bronse Winner in Digital kunst Category

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The Design

About Waiting for the Wave in Metaverse Digitale kunstverk

Dette kunstverket er en visualisering av den øyeblikkelige formen til en bølge i perfekt form for surfing som er estetisk tiltalende og samtidig gir publikum en behagelig forvirring. Det ble skapt gjennom en kreativ prosess mellom digitalt og fysisk, som blander virkelighet og virtuell virkelighet i samarbeid med EPFL. Det forsøker å generere en opplevelse i naturen og bekrefter på nytt den smidige styrken til menneskelige kognitive evner som aktivt velger estetiske opplevelser for å skape en bedre fremtid. En følelse av menneskelig eksistens vil forbli uendret for alltid, selv i en fremtid hvor virkeligheten er i kaos.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Bronse

Waiting for the Wave in Metaverse Digitale kunstverk er vinner av A' Design Award i Bronse, en høyt prestisjefylt anerkjennelse som tildeles enestående design som utmerker seg ved kreativitet, oppfinnsomhet og skarpsindighet. Bronsevinnere er rikt dyktige og påfallende kreative gjenstander som bekrefter designernes store erfaring, fantasi og ressurssterkhet. Waiting for the Wave in Metaverse Digitale kunstverk forventes å være en høyt ansett, beundret og verdsatt gjenstand som er bemerkelsesverdig profesjonell og nyskapende. Dette designet, som har vunnet A' Design Award i Bronse, rommer beste praksis innen kunst, vitenskap, design og teknologi og utmerker seg ved sin omtanke for detaljer. Waiting for the Wave in Metaverse Digitale kunstverk tilfredsstiller behov på en strålende måte, berører ønsker, sjarmerer følelser og vekker nysgjerrighet.

Behind the Design

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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.