The first time i saw the video on 'Morpho Towers -- Two Standing Spirals' in out Creative Thinking Class, i had no idea what it was. Well, try looking at it. I'm sure at first look, you're like "What is THIS??". Actually, it reminds me a little bit about a sea anemone. In my opinion, it moves like one but in reality, it is not a living creature at all. Not even close.
The Morpho Tower is actually two ferrofluid sculptures that moves synthetically to music. This is made possible because when music is played, the magnetic field around the ferrofluid is strengthen. The shape of the ferrofluid is affected by magnetic fields around it. More information can be read from this web site http://www.kodama.hc.uec.ac.jp/spiral/
The idea of ferrofluid caught my interest. Here's a video which explains more bout ferrofluid.
We are able to see this amazing tower today thanks to this lady (claps)
Sachiko Kodama
A little bit about Sachiko Kodama.
Sachiko Kodama was born in 1970. As a child she spent a lot of time in the southernmost part of Japan. This area is rich in tropical flowers and plants, edged by the sea, and washed with warm rain. Sachiko loved art and literature from an early age, but also had a strong interest in science. 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. Then 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.
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