Elysium Echoes Pohyblivá súčasná umelecká inštalácia by Yiru Wang

Elysium Echoes Pohyblivá súčasná umelecká inštalácia by Yiru Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Bronzová cena A' Design Award in Výtvarné umenie Competition Category.

BronzováVýtvarné umenie· 2025

Elysium Echoes Pohyblivá súčasná umelecká inštalácia

by Yiru Wang

Client: SaturnVII Studio

Bronzová cena A' Design Award Winner in Výtvarné umenie Category

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The Design

About Elysium Echoes Pohyblivá súčasná umelecká inštalácia

Elysium Echoes je rotujúca umelecká inštalácia, ktorá skúma vzťah medzi environmentálnymi zmenami a ľudským prežitím. Dielo je vyrobené z živice, kovu a akrylu, s trojrozmerne tlačenými časťami a rotačným motorom, a jeho rozmery sú 45 x 45 x 50 centimetrov. Tri sekcie predstavujú ľudskú, prechodnú a posthumánnu formu. Neustála rotácia narúša a znovu kombinuje tieto štádiá, aby naznačila evolučné posuny. Inštalácia vyzýva k zamysleniu nad technológiou, ekológiou a budúcnosťou ľudstva.

The Recognition

About the Bronzová cena A' Design Award

Elysium Echoes Pohyblivá súčasná umelecká inštalácia je laureát Bronzovej ceny A' Design Award, vysoko prestížneho uznania udeľovaného vynikajúcim dizajnom, ktoré sa vyznačujú kreativitou, vynaliezavosťou a bystrosťou. Laureáti Bronzovej ceny sú plne zručné a nápadne kreatívne artefakty, ktoré potvrdzujú rozsiahle skúsenosti, predstavivosť a zdatnosť svojich dizajnérov. Od Elysium Echoes Pohyblivá súčasná umelecká inštalácia sa očakáva, že bude vysoko cenený, obdivovaný a milovaný predmet, pozoruhodne profesionálny a inovatívny. Tento dizajn ocenený Bronzovou cenou A' Design Award zahŕňa najlepšie postupy v umení, vede, dizajne a technológii a vyniká pozornosťou k detailom. Elysium Echoes Pohyblivá súčasná umelecká inštalácia skvele uspokojuje potreby, dotýka sa túžob, očarúva city a vzbudzuje zvedavosť.

Behind the Design

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

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