Akira Wakita

Mother Fluctuation

2023

Audio Visual Installation / Live Performance

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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

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

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