Elysium Echoes Rörlig samtida konstinstallation by Yiru Wang

Elysium Echoes Rörlig samtida konstinstallation by Yiru Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award i Brons in Konst- och Konstinstallationsdesign Competition Category.

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Elysium Echoes Rörlig samtida konstinstallation

by Yiru Wang

Client: SaturnVII Studio

A' Design Award i Brons Winner in Konst Category

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The Design

About Elysium Echoes Rörlig samtida konstinstallation

Elysium Echoes är en roterande konstinstallation som utforskar relationen mellan miljöförändringar och mänsklig överlevnad. Verket är tillverkat av harts, metall och akryl, med tredimensionellt printade delar och en roterande motor, och mäter 45 gånger 45 gånger 50 centimeter. Tre sektioner representerar mänskliga, övergångsmässiga och posthumana former. Den kontinuerliga rotationen bryter upp och omkombinerar dessa stadier för att antyda evolutionära skiften. Installationen inbjuder till reflektion kring teknologi, ekologi och mänsklighetens framtid.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Brons

Elysium Echoes Rörlig samtida konstinstallation är vinnare av A' Design Award i Brons, ett högst prestigefyllt erkännande som tilldelas enastående designverk som utmärker sig genom kreativitet, uppfinningsrikedom och klokhet. Bronsvinnare är mycket skickliga och slående kreativa föremål som styrker formgivarnas stora erfarenhet, fantasi och påhittighet. Elysium Echoes Rörlig samtida konstinstallation förväntas vara ett högt skattat, beundrat och älskat föremål som är anmärkningsvärt professionellt och innovativt. Detta vinnande verk i A' Design Award i Brons införlivar bästa praxis inom konst, vetenskap, design och teknik och är utmärkt genom sin omsorg om detaljer. Elysium Echoes Rörlig samtida konstinstallation tillfredsställer fantastiskt behov, rör vid längtan, charmar känslor och väcker nyfikenhet.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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