www.designboom.com: the project finds its origins in the form of fortune tellers, the small objects kids fold and decorate to humorously predict the future and tease each other. as multiple modules of the origami are combined, tactile surfaces and geometries are developed. the insight is that with the right design, even a simple piece of paper can create a range of dramatic emotions
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Although I'm not sure it was the artist's intention, this piece feels really nostalgic to me. As a kid, one of my favorite toys was a kaleidoscope. I remember I would spend hours looking through it, watching the symmetrical compartments full of colors combining and breaking apart, a motion very similar to the folding and unfolding on the origami. The fact that is responds to human motion puts the viewer in charge, like me and my kaleidoscope, yet the movement is so strange and intricate that you cannot quite understand how much control you really have. I wish however that the motion of this piece was not so jerky. Rather than drawing you into the lovely, interactive sculpture, the viewers impulse is to jump back and laugh. In the video, people trying to interact with the piece are mostly jabbing their hands at it or giving short waves, an if they are afraid the piece might snap out at them like a venus fly trap. Over all, I think this is a wonderful idea, but I wish it had been executed with a bit more attention to viewer, sculpture interaction.
I love this! I love how they took something so simple, something everyone knows, something almost everyone had at one point in their childhood and they made something so beautiful. I love it when art can make people smile and can make them feel happy. It would be really cool to see how the piece was made. What I think is so amazing about origami is how you start off with a flat piece of paper, one of the simplest of forms you could think of, and you can create a whole world of beautiful things! I wish there was a way to see how each fold was actually made. Albert showed me this really cool video about origami clothing and you got to see how it was made which made the garment all the more special since you see the work put into it.
Beautiful! How is it that the simplest of things are often the most extraordinary?
It's an intriguing concept, really, about how ordinary objects and ideas can turn into fully animated beings with personality. The personality of these creations, I would say, is aloof and alluring, with a mystery that makes the people underneath very wary.
I don't know if that was the intention, but I agree with a previous comment posted that it seems almost like a venus fly trap.
I wonder what would've changed had the physical orientation changed? For instance, if these were on the floor or on a vertical wall, how would have the interaction between human and origami creature differed?
I think that placing it vertically has the potential to make it more terrifying yet more equal in power at the same time. It also may not have helped that the people seemed to be afraid of it falling on them.
These pieces were so lovely, and looked like otherworldly creatures that were floating above the people below them. I was a little disappointed at the how the pieces were "responding to the crowd". They were only moving in an up and down motion, and I think it would have been more interesting if they moved in multiple directions to better mirror the people below them. Origami is one of those art forms that is always interesting and also has the potential to be a multitude of different forms. These origami structures were so fluid and surreal that you would think they were a more complex form of machinery. I was reading an article about a fashion designer who created a line of origami dresses and handbags. The clothes flowed in a way that I would never have guessed they were origami if I hadn't already known. Simple forms can create complex and intriguing objects.
This reminds me of a rather strange, but cute floating octopus or jellyfish, particularly with the way it changes color and pattern as it moves. And while this art piece is wonderful to look at from the side, I think it shines best when looked at from underneath, where you can see the geometry of the piece change into different patterns. The idea behind this to give everyday objects a real personality is rather fitting, as it is a very Japanese concept to give a spirit to everything.
This piece raises the question as to whether we could use origami folding to create other function objects in everyday life. For example, what if we could build things using origami-like folds or use it as a method of transporting things that could just fold up small. I would like to know more about the material used to create this piece.
I really love how the intricacy of the structure pairs with the simplicity of the idea of a child's fortune teller to create a really dynamic piece. I only wish the structures were made so they allowed for more variation in movement. Once you see the few phases each structure goes through it looses some of its appeal when they repeat. Even so the structures are really interesting in form and are effective in how they communicate and resonate with everyone, from our childhood familiarity with fortune tellers and origami. I think this piece is super cool and I would love to see a similar design utilized in a set design to create an interactive "living" environment.
I'm fascinated by this piece--and not only because it's interactive. I think it's a perfect display of how art isn't only just placing color on a piece of paper or making a sculpture of someone's face. Kamiko combines artistic design with the mathematics of paper folding and the science to engineer a synthetic, paper-looking material for the installation. I would, however, like to see more pictures of the people in the exhibit actually interacting with the piece. It seems like kamiko hangs too far above the audiences' heads for it to be called interactive, though I guess I would have to be at the exhibit to judge that for myself. I am also intrigued by the distinct red lighting in the exhibition -- I wonder why the artists chose to pick red instead of blue or even purple, if they were trying to provoke a nostalgic image.
Just watching the origami sculpture kimiko I was taking aback by the beauty these people have been able to create with paper. I understand their mission in creating it was to establish an emotional connection with people looking at it and from the video attached I firmly believe they accomplish their goal by keeping the movement of the origami paper slow and fluid but with the help of music and light. Basically applying the same magic theater often creates in the world of the show.
Just watching the repetition of all the folds in the origami makes me think of the same kind of gorgeous shape Fiona and Monica created in their line form project. While their project does not move in response to the students around Purnel they were still able to use all the snow cone cups to create highlights and shadows within their project.
I'm not really sure what the purpose of this thing is for but I will comment as by looking at this sculpture. Japanese art has been constantly effects a lot of Asian arts for a long time in a great way. Origami is something that we really used to since we were little, I myself played with it all the time in school when I was young with my friends. We play and build this style of art work all the time (not this big and complicated, but sort of). It just appears everywhere at so many times in our daily life. It's part of the culture, It's part of people's believe,not only in Japan, but all across South East Asia. So, looking at this sculpture makes me having some nostalgic moment and reminding me of how beautiful and delicate this is and I feel proud to see that people on the other part of the world appreciate this style of art too.
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