Digitized Gastronomy
2012
Digitized Gastronomy is the experience of consuming the artwork itself, thus perceiving the art with your body in a physically active state.
The artwork enters people's bodies, becoming one with them, blurring the boundary between the work and the body. This experience changes the perception of boundaries between the self and the world.
This is a project based on practical research and experimentation, that takes into consideration and reinterprets the cultural background of food and expands on it with digital art.
FEATURED WORKS
Flowers Bloom in an Infinite Universe inside a Teacup
teamLab, 2016, Interactive Digital Installation, Endless, Sound: Hideaki Takahashi
When a cup of tea is made, flowers bloom inside the teacup. When the teacup is lifted, the flower petals scatter and spread outside of the cup. Flowers bloom infinitely as long as there is tea. The tea in the teacup becomes an infinite world in which the flowers continue to bloom. Drink in the infinitely expanding world.The artwork is created when there is tea in the cup; when the tea is gone, the artwork disappears with it. Tea is a transformative entity, and the amount of tea in the cup will change the size of the tea’s surface. Accordingly, it will also change the size of the flower. If tea is spilled from the cup, flowers will also bloom in the spilt liquid.Throughout the year, each month’s seasonal flowers will bloom.The artwork is not a pre-recorded image that is played back; it is created by a computer program that continuously renders the work in real time. The interaction between people and the installation causes continuous change in the artwork, so previous visual states can never be replicated, and will never reoccur. The picture at this moment can never be seen again.
View MoreWorlds Unleashed and then Connecting
teamLab, 2015, Interactive Digital Installation, Endless, Sound: Hideaki Takahashi
When a dish is placed on the table, the world contained within the dish is unleashed, unfolding onto the table and into the surrounding space. The worlds unleashed from each dish connect in the external space creating a new larger world. The worlds unleashed are affected by the other dishes on the table. For example, a bird released from one dish can perch on the branch of a tree unleashed from another. The trees that grow from each dish are not identical; their sizes and shapes are affected by the worlds unleashed by the other dishes on the table. These unleashed worlds are also affected by your behavior. If you stand still, a tiny bird might alight on your hand; if you move suddenly, it might fly away. The worlds unleashed from the dishes on the table influence each other, react to the actions of visitors, and combine to create one single continuous world. The world is constantly changing from momvent to moment and no two moments are alike.What is on the table is observed by artificial intelligence. Therefore, the plates can be arranged on the table however visitors wish.
View MoreteamLab, 2014 Sound: Hideaki Takahashi
We have attempted to create Arita ware of the future, and we hope that you will be able to envision a cafe featuring this Arita ware of the Future.With an unbroken 400 years of history behind it, Arita ware embodies and encompasses a world of beauty envisioned by generation after generation of its creators. We believe that Arita ware's greatest strength is it’s custodianship of that beautiful world that its creators envisioned and brought to life during those 400 years. We capitalized on that strength to create our Arita ware of the future.When our Arita ware is set on the table, the worlds contained within it unfold over the table and into the surrounding space. The worlds released by placing various pieces of Arita ware on the table begin to influence and affect each other, transforming the table and the surrounding space into a new world.Simply by installing some projectors and sensors, any table—and any space—can be transformed into a world of beauty just by setting it with Arita ware of the future.That's right—this is not a tale of the distant future, but a product of today. Arita ware of the future offers 400 years of beauty in every piece.We invite you to enjoy yourself and envision a cafe that would feature this Arita ware of the future.Through placing different combinations of Arita ware on the table, you can transform and create a whole new world.
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