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Kinetic Wall

Friday, 28 August 2026

Kwsa

Kwsa is a kinetic wall installation located at the Aramco Innovation Center in Riyadh. The work covers 209 square meters and is formed by six modular walls, each 6000 mm wide and 7000 mm high. Motion is produced by 20,000 stepper motors that drive a custom lead screw and lever system with a precision of 0.1 mm. Components made of self-lubricating technopolymers need no lubrication and allow front access for maintenance. Choreographed sequences are created from grayscale video, where brightness values define the degree of movement.

Cultural Affairs Bureau of Hsinchu City

Interaction Installation

Thursday, 27 August 2026

Hsinchu Scroll

Hsinchu Scroll is an interactive installation created for an exhibition in Hsinchu City, Taiwan. The design adapts the traditional Chinese handscroll into a spatial journey through two galleries, each measuring about 30 by 15 meters with a ceiling height of 5 meters. Infrared depth sensors track visitor movement and trigger real-time calligraphy and flowing water effects. Lightweight modular screen structures and high-gain projection fabric support large-scale digital projections. In a final zone, visitors leave digital calligraphic marks and join the evolving exhibition.

Daisuke Nagatomo and Minnie Jan

Container Installation Art

Wednesday, 26 August 2026

Arrival

Arrival is a temporary light installation built from two vertically stacked recycled shipping containers. The containers form a narrow walkable passage with curved steel surfaces inspired by the bow of a ship entering a harbor. Mirrors at both ends reflect the city, the sea, and the visitors, blurring the boundary between real space and reflection. Integrated LED lighting and a mist system activate the passage during evening hours. Arrival shows how retired industrial materials can become an immersive public artwork.

Yusuke Nakamae

Digital Art Series

Tuesday, 25 August 2026

Neo Japanesque

Neo Japanesque is a digital art series reimagining the balance between tradition and the future. Through cinematic 3D rendering and atmospheric lighting, it portrays temples, ruins, and organic light forms as meditative spaces where spirituality meets technology. Each work merges cultural memory with digital imagination, visualizing impermanence, silence, and renewal. The series invites contemplation on how faith and beauty persist beyond civilization, offering a tranquil vision of harmony within the digital age.

Heredia Komiyama

Pet Urn

Monday, 24 August 2026

Memorial Capsule

This biodegradable pet urn is designed to provide a gentle and continuous farewell. Inspired by Japanese home memorial traditions and natural burials, it offers a sustainable way to honor life. The two-part structure with a threaded lid secures ashes for display or burial, while a small charm remains with the owner as a keepsake. Crafted from bioplastic with powdered oyster shells, the urn naturally returns to the earth. Its matte finish and soft contours invite touch, offering comfort and rituals during grief.

Ting Kai Chen

Interactive Light

Sunday, 23 August 2026

Beehive Fireworks

By day, the form evokes a Qing Dynasty merchant vessel surging through the waves, a frozen moment of splashing spray that crystallizes the harbor's former glory. As night falls, the artwork transforms into soaring Beehive Fireworks, using the interplay of light and shadow to whisper a serene prayer. The piece utilizes reflections on the water to create a symmetrical top down view of the fireworks, while the natural ripples of the water authentically recreate the erratic, crisscrossing dynamism of the pyrotechnics.