Elysium Echoes Foncion Primària : Installacion d'Art Contemporanèu Mobila by Yiru Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award de Bronze in Bèlas Arts Competition Category.
BronzeBèlas Arts· 2025
Elysium Echoes Foncion Primària : Installacion d'Art Contemporanèu Mobila
by Yiru Wang
Client: SaturnVII Studio
A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Bèlas Arts Category
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The Design
About Elysium Echoes Foncion Primària : Installacion d'Art Contemporanèu Mobila
Tèxte del Libre : Elysium Echoes es una installacion artistica rotativa qu'explòra la relacion entre lo cambiament ambiental e la subrevivéncia umana. L'òbra es facha de resina, de metal e d'acrilic, amb de pèças estampadas en tres dimensions e un motor rotatiu, e mesura 45 per 45 per 50 centimètres. Tres seccions representan de formas umanas, de transicion e post-umanas. La rotacion continua destorba e recombina aquestas etapas per suggerir de mudaments evolutius. L'installacion convida a una reflexion sus la tecnologia, l'ecologia e l'avenidor de l'umanitat.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award de Bronze
Elysium Echoes Foncion Primària : Installacion d'Art Contemporanèu Mobila a ganhat la distincion A' Design Award de Bronze, una reconeissença plan prestigiosa acordada a de designs excellents que se destrian per la creativitat, l'engenh e la finessa. Los ganhaires del Bronze son d'artefactes largament abils e sorprenentament creatius que provan la vasta experiéncia, l'imaginacion e l'engenhositat de lors designers. S'espèra que Elysium Echoes Foncion Primària : Installacion d'Art Contemporanèu Mobila siá un objècte fòrça considerat, admirat e estimat, notablament professional e innovant. Aqueste design ganhaire de la distincion A' Design Award de Bronze integra las melhoras practicas de l'art, de la sciéncia, del design e de la tecnologia e es excellent per son atencion al detalh. Elysium Echoes Foncion Primària : Installacion d'Art Contemporanèu Mobila satisfa esplendidament los besonhs, toca los desirs, encanta los sentiments e interèssa la curiositat.
Behind the Design
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- 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
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