Akira Wakita

Diversity (For Alan and Keith)

2021

Realtime Software

Diversity (For Alan and Keith) — image 1

Mapping the Gray-Scott model to the UV plane provides a continuous view of all the possible shapes this model can produce. This image is familiar to researchers in complex systems science, and there is nothing novel here in a scientific sense. However, if you display this pattern using the fastest PC available to you, at the maximum resolution that can be interactively displayed, you will find that it produces richer shapes than you can imagine. In the future, as PCs become faster, we will be able to visualize a finer and finer world, and we will encounter unknown forms.

This seems to apply not only to the Turing pattern, but to many other things as well. Advances in science and technology will allow us to look at the world in greater depth and detail in the years to come. What we thought were only two classifications for a given subject may actually be nine, and as more science advances, the existence of tens of thousands of patterns may become apparent.

In the 1950s, when Alan Turing died, homosexuality was a crime. In the 21st century, the term diversity has become popularized, and the gradations of sexuality known as LTBTQ are finally becoming known. However, it seems that there are still many people who do not understand this kind of gender identity. It seems as if they are stubbornly continuing to use old-fashioned PCs and are stuck in a world with low resolution. In this age of high speed and high resolution, we need to look at the world as a complex system.

CREDIT

  • Concept : Akira Wakita
  • Software : Akira Wakita, Koki Nagashima, Yuta Morofuji, Maya Udagawa
  • Setup Assistants : Maya Udagawa, Rakuki Ogawa, Yoshinori Shibahara, Issei Suzuki, Yuta Morofuji, Ai Yamamoto

EXHIBITION

  • For Alan and Keith, Hokuto Art Program ed.1, Nakamura Keith Haring Collection, Yamanashi, 2021-2022
Diversity (For Alan and Keith) — image 1 Diversity (For Alan and Keith) — image 2