Held at the National Gallery of Victoria as part of the NGV Triennial exhibition, an interactive digital installation titled Moving Creates Vortices and Vortices Create Movement has been created by TeamLab.
Interacting to a person’s movement, the installation is said to be inspired by the ocean as it’s always changing and being influenced by forces applied within the environment. If there is no movement, no flow will occur. When a fast flow occurs a rotation phenomenon is produced due to the difference in the flow velocity around it, creating a vortex. The faster the person moves, the stronger the force is applied in that direction.
Flow in the artwork is expressed as a continuum of numerous particles and the interaction between the particles is calculated, where lines are then drawn according to the trails of the particles. The cumulation of lines that represent the work are then “flattened” in line with what teamLab considers to be ultra-subjective space.
TeamLab, the art collective behind the installation, is made up of various specialists such as artists, programmers, engineers, CG animators, mathematicians and architects who cover topics of science, technology, design and the natural world through art.
“We see no boundary between ourselves and nature; one is in the other and the other in one. Everything exists in a long, fragile yet miraculous continuity of life,” said TeamLab.
Aiming to explore the relationships between humans and nature, TeamLab combines digital technology and physical artforms to leap boundaries and create new mediums for expression.
Learn more about TeamLab on the link below.
