Japanese innovation

ThePrenominals have gone through a video of spiral- fluid like structures ( the morphing towers of Sachiko Kodama’s ), fascinated with our jaws dropped, we went through several researches to understand more about this magnificent artwork.

But of course, behold! Sachiko~

After Graduating Physics course in the Faculty of Science at Hokkaido University, In 1993, Sachiko matriculated in the Fine Arts Department at the University of Tsukuba, studying Plastic Art and Mixed Media. Also, she completed Master's and Doctoral Program in Art and Design at the University of Tsukuba. She studied Computer and Holography Art in her doctoral research.

In 2000, Sachiko began work on a ferrofluid art project that she named "Protrude, Flow". The dynamic movement of liquids is the theme of this project. Kodama is currently an associate professor at University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo. Her work has been exhibited at Ars Electronica Center /Linz, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Wexner Center for the Arts/Columbus, Skirball Cultural Center /Los Angeles, Science Museum/ Tokyo, The National Art Center/Tokyo. (with references from kodama's website)

This is not your ordinary CG animation, these structures are real. And to our surprises they moved synthetically to the music, but it’s just an artist’s expression, the fluid doesn’t move on its own. Back to the point where we said it’s real and exists in our world, yes it does, it is a kind of fluid/oil – by the name of ‘FERROFLUID’ that can be polarized ( eg. spiking of the structure ) on a normal-field instability factor – magnetic fields are not stable due to environmental factors, like gravity and all. So now, these morphing towers are not simply generated by any magnets, but electromagnetism, strong enough to draw the magnetic fluid up the structures, varying in sizes as it approaches the tip - electromagnetic strength decreases.

Let’s cut the chase, i’ll make things a little shorter, this incredible work of Sachiko’s basically pictures the ‘Creativity’ in us – simple yet free in our imaginations, able to soar above in the blue skies, with boundless spaces for us to explore. Maybe the structure’s a fluid, but with our imaginations, nothing is impossible.

quote of the day : You have all the reason in the world to achieve your grandest dreams. Imagination plus innovation equals realization. — Denis Waitley, American personal development expert