Pillars that Dance with the Wind
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Pillars that Dance with the Wind
* In the event of rain or strong winds, the artwork may not be exhibited. For latest updates please refer to @teamLab_Nagai on X.
All life exists within the flow of matter and energy, and the flow itself creates and maintains its structure.
This differs fundamentally from objects that possess an independent, static, and stable structure, such as stones, iron, or the artifacts humans have historically created.
The artwork does not stand by trapping air inside and relying on its internal pressure. The inlet and outlet are the same size, and air continuously flows through the inside. By that very flow, the artwork stands, maintaining its structure and existence. If the flow stops, the material remains, but the artwork ceases to exist.
Here, the object is not being moved by the flow. The flow itself creates the structure and gives rise to existence.
The artwork is strongly influenced by the environment, such as wind, rain, and humidity, significantly changing its movement and height. The artwork also interacts with people.
As long as the environment that gives rise to existence is maintained and the flow continues, the artwork’s existence is maintained even whilst changing shape. The flow creates order from chaos.
It is continually moving, flexible, soft, and fragile.
This artwork is an attempt to expand sculpture from a fixed object into an existence whose structure continues to be generated by a continuous flow within an open environment. Rather than the artist directly creating the shape, the artist creates an environment in which existence is born. Here, the condition for the existence of sculpture shifts from matter to the order created by flow.