Mother Fluctuation
This film aims to express the impact of climate change from an artistic standpoint while using scientific data. Through multiple scenes, the work focuses on the phenomenon of fluctuation (rise and fall) of temperature, sea level altitude, markets, and civilization, and depicts Mother Earth, which is indifferent to human activity. Referencing the expression of traditional Japanese hell painting (Jigoku-e), the work renders landscapes that reminds us of the catastrophe that global warming will bring to mankind by manipulating open scientific data in an art-specific manner. The team aimed to create an immersive visual and acoustic space with 8K video and 5.1ch stereoscopic sound.
SCREENING
- Ars Electronica Festival, Data Art and Science, DeepSpace8K, Linz, 2023
PERFORMANCE
- Ars Electronica Festival, Future Lab Night, Linz, 2023
DATA SET
IPCC - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, https://www.ipcc.ch
OFES (Ocean General Circulation Model for the Earth Simulator) dataset by JAMSTEC, https://www.jamstec.go.jp/ofes/
CREDIT
Artist : AKIRA WAKITA
Software : YUKI KUWASHIMA, YUTA MOROFUJI
Sound : KAIRI HARUNA
Research : YOSHINORI SHIBAHARA, KAZUKI NAGATA, TAISHO NISHIHARA
Technical Support : ASTRODESIGN INC., MASAKI YAMABE