Scalar Field of Cosmetics

This work is an installation that was offered at a new work presentation of Kanebo cosmetics "LUNASOL". The image projected on the cloth simulates the moment when the powder put on the brush reaches the skin.The movement of the brush calculated based on physics, and the state that powder contacting the skin diffuses by air pressure.Those micro-behavior are visualized through thousands of calculations. Although cosmetics are commercialized on highly scientific and aesthetic knowledge, scientific and aesthetic phenomena are occurring even at the moment when we make up makeup.A very advanced color and shadow design language is used in the world of makeup. The method of constructing beautiful shading by overlaying color and texture on many layers was diverted to the structure of the installation as it is. By combining the transmittance and reflection characteristics of the cloth, the fluctuation by the wind, and the diffusion simulation image by numerical fluid dynamics, the artist aimed to space the texture like cosmetics which can not be realized only by CG.