Reconnect ዲጂታላዊ ስነ-ጥበብ ዳስ by Atsushi Kobayashi

Reconnect ዲጂታላዊ ስነ-ጥበብ ዳስ by Atsushi Kobayashi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award in ንድፊ ስነ-ጥበብን ምትካል ስነ-ጥበብን Competition Category.

ሓጺንስነ-ጥበብ· 2022

Reconnect ዲጂታላዊ ስነ-ጥበብ ዳስ

by Atsushi Kobayashi

Client: Atsushi Kobayashi

ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award Winner in ስነ-ጥበብ Category

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The Design

About Reconnect ዲጂታላዊ ስነ-ጥበብ ዳስ

Reconnect ኣብ ልዕሊ ናይ ደቅሰብ ርክብ ድሕሪ ግዜ ናይ ርሑቕ ናብራ ዝምልከት ዲጂታላዊ ስነ-ጥበባዊ ዳስ እዩ። እዚ ስራሕ ንተመዝገቡ ናይ ቪድዮ ጻውዒታት ምስ ዓሰርተ ክልተ LCD ስክሪናት፣ ኣብ ናይ ኣሉምንየም ፍሬም ምስ LED ስትሪፕስ ዝተሰቕሉ፣ ብሓባር ዘተኣሳስር እዩ። ሓደ ዌብካም ንገጽ ናይቲ ኣብ ቅድሚ እቲ ዳስ ደኣ ደው ዝበለ በጻሒ ኣብ ማእከላይ ስክሪን ይርኢ፣ እቶም ካልኦት ስክሪናት ከኣ ኣብ ዝተመዝገቡ ጻውዒታት ዝዛረቡ ሰባት ይርእዩ። ብመጀመርታ ነፍስወከፍ ስክሪን ንበይኑ ዝተፈላለየ ጻውዒት ይኣላሊ፣ ደሓር ብቐስሉ ኩሎም ስክሪናት ሓደ ሓባራዊ ምስሊ ይምስርቱ። እቲ ዳስ ብኖድ ዝተሰረተ ራእያዊ ሶፍትዌር ተመዝጊቡ፣ ብሓደ ላፕቶፕ ተመርሖ ኔሩ።

The Recognition

About the ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award

Reconnect ዲጂታላዊ ስነ-ጥበብ ዳስ ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award ዝዓወተ እዩ፣ ካብ ጽቡቕ ዝተዳለዉ ፍጥረታት ዝጽበዩ ሞያውን ኢንዱስትሪኣውን ጠለባት ንዝመላኡ ጽቡቓት ዲዛይናት ዝወሃብ ክቡር ኣፍልጦ። ዘዓወቱ ሓጺን ዓቢ ክእለት፣ ልዑል ፍሉይነት፣ ክኢላዊ ርድኢትን ፈጠራዊ ዓቕምን ፈጣርዮም የርእዩ። Reconnect ዲጂታላዊ ስነ-ጥበብ ዳስ ብብዙሕ ዝተመነየ፣ ዝደነቐን ዝፈተዎን፣ ተግባራውን ሓድሽን ፍጥረት ክኾን ይጽበ። እዚ ዝዓወተ ዲዛይን ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award ንዝበለጹ ልምድታት ኢንዱስትሪ የጣምር፣ ምስ ፍልጠትን ተውህቦን ዝተኣሳሰሩ ብቑዓት ቴክኒካውያን ባህርያት ድማ ኣለዎ። Reconnect ዲጂታላዊ ስነ-ጥበብ ዳስ ብጥንቃቐኡ ይኽበር፣ ንዓለም ዝሓሸ ቦታ ክትኸውን ዝሕግዙ ምምሕያሻት መዓርግ ህይወት ንምቕራብ ድማ ዝተዳለወ እዩ።

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: People have lived remotely but it’s getting back to normal life and they start to “reconnect” in the real world. This installation is composed of “virtual” interviews and multiple displays extended into “real” space.
Post-pandemic life won't look the same for everybody but you can see bright faces and positive words in this installation.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 1000mm x Depth 1000mm x Height 2000mm
LED stripes: WS2812B
LCD screens: SHARP 5.5inch / 7.9inch LCD screen
PC: Mouse computer Next GEAR NOTE i57
Software: Derivative TouchDesigner
Tags: installation, art, contemporary, touchdesigner, contemporary art, video art, digital art
Production Technology: This installation was programmed by TouchDesigner, which is a node based visual programming language for interactive contents.
And it is composed of LCD screens, LED stripes and almi-frames. Each screens are connected to video splitter with HDMI cables.
One laptop pc handle 12 video outputs and LED data and sound.
Design Challenge: The most challenging point was how to output 12 zoom videos to LCD displays from one laptop PC.
I used 2 video splitters and programmed these videos were in-sync. At the first part, zoom calls are ongoing on each LCD screen, but gradually each screen compose one multi-display.
Research: Communications have changed since COVID happened. We are separated physically but on the other hand, we were able to talk virtually through zoom calls. I tried to materialize this way of communication into the real world. I asked my friends to record our zoom calls and they willingly accepted to be a part of my installation. You can hear positive words in this experience.
Inspiration: People are using zoom call and we can see each other on screen. I tried to extend this situation into real space with LCD screens.
Project Duration: This installation had been exhibited for a joint exhibition, "Public Visuals Exhibition" in Tokyo in October 2021 for two weeks.
Operation Flow: If you stand in front of this installation, your face is shown on center screen through webacam. And zoom calls are starting and people are shown on the other screen. Even if they are zoom calls but they are ongoing on actual screens, you will feel as if you talk to people in person.
Team Members: Director : Atsushi Kobayashi
Creative Technologist : Atsushi Kobayashi