Germination Instalație de Artă by Atsushi Kobayashi

Germination Instalație de Artă by Atsushi Kobayashi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award de Bronz in Artă Plastică Competition Category.

BronzArtă Plastică· 2023

Germination Instalație de Artă

by Atsushi Kobayashi

Client: TV Asahi Corporation

A' Design Award de Bronz Winner in Artă Plastică Category

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The Design

About Germination Instalație de Artă

Germinația este o instalație artistică imersivă care combină un braț robotic industrial, iluminat și plante. Brațul robotic este coregrafiat ca un lăstar care germinează din pământ după o perioadă de repaus. Benzi LED formează rădăcinile și oferă lumină care apare ca hrană. O sferă luminoasă este montată în vârful brațului și este controlată ca și cum ar fi vie. Maparea prin proiecție este aplicată pe scenă, care este compusă din artefacte și elemente naturale. Spectacolul de trei minute se încheie când razele de soare strălucesc printre nori, iar lăstarul înflorește.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronz

Germination Instalație de Artă a câștigat A' Design Award de Bronz, o recunoaștere extrem de prestigioasă acordată designurilor remarcabile care se disting prin creativitate, ingeniozitate și istețime. Câștigătorii Bronzului sunt artefacte din plin pricepute și izbitor de creative, care atestă experiența vastă, imaginația și resursele designerilor lor. Se așteaptă ca Germination Instalație de Artă să fie un obiect foarte apreciat, admirat și prețuit, remarcabil de profesionist și inovator. Acest design câștigător al A' Design Award de Bronz încorporează cele mai bune practici din artă, știință, design și tehnologie și este excelent prin atenția la detalii. Germination Instalație de Artă satisface splendid nevoile, atinge dorințele, vrăjește sentimentele și stârnește curiozitatea.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Germination is an immersive installation which features an industrial robot arm and lighting and plants.
A robot arm is choreographed as a sprout which germinates from the ground after a period of dormancy.
At the beginning of the show, it absorbs nourishment from its LED roots and gradually starts to germinate. And after raining and thundering, it sways in the wind. Rays of sunlight shines from clouds and eventually it will bloom.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 3m x Depth 3m x Height 2m
Tags: robot, installation, art, immersive, contemporary, projectionmapping, led, TouchDesigner
Production Technology: Many processes were taken to realize this installation.
To send a command to control an industrial robot arm remotely, a communication system was developed. The robot arm’s maximum payload was 10kg but moment had to be taken care of.
And an attachment equipment was needed specifically for this robot arm. Wing Robotics, a startup company helped the project to solve these problems and eventually a show control system was developed that everyone can easily use.
Design Challenge: We took many processes to realize our installation.
To send a command to control an industrial robot arm remotely, we developed a communication system. Maximum payload was 10kg but we had to take care of moment.
And we designed attachment equipment specifically for this robot arm. We collaborated with a startup company to solve these problems and eventually developed a show control system that everyone can easily use.
Research: Software
TouchDesigner, Blender, Fanuc ROBOGUIDE

Hardware
Fanuc CRX-10iA/L, Windows PC

Support received from
Wing Robotics
Fanuc
Inspiration: This installation was created with a wish that it is going back to a normal and peaceful world soon and people germinate from constraint and eventually bloom again.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2021 in Tokyo, and was exhibited in Go Tech, Tokyo in March 2022.
Operation Flow: The show was run by a control system which has a straight forward UI. It can start a robot arm, sound, LED lighting simultaneously. Also it is possible to simulate how everything works on a preview window. The show is 3 minutes long but it can be operated by one person to click a button to start it.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Atsushi Kobayashi
Image Credits: Creative Director, Creative Technologist : Atsushi Kobayashi (tv asahi)
Robotics Engineering : Liping Feng, Liang Lin(Wing Robotics)
Flower artist : Akiko Suzuki (Mitsurin Tokyo)
Sound design : Atsushi Kobayashi (tv asahi)