3DCGInstallation
Moving Creates Vortices and Vortices Create Movement
2017
00:03:16
When a person moves, force is applied in that direction. As a result, a flow is generated. When a fast flow occurs, a difference in velocity from the surrounding flow causes rotational motion, and vortices are born. Fluids are represented as a continuum of countless particles, and interactions between the particles are calculated. Then, the trajectories of the particles draw lines in space. The collection of those lines is flattened into a surface through teamLab’s concept of “Super Subjective Space,” and the work is created.
The faster people move, the stronger the force applied in that direction. If people stop, or if people disappear, the flow ceases to occur, and nothing exists in the space. The work is born through the influence of people’s movements, and continues to transform.
In the sea, complex terrain such as islands creates differences in flow velocity, causing vortices to form. Vortices stir up the remains of dead organisms that have sunk to the seafloor, turning the water into nutrient-rich seawater. Using that as a source of nutrients, plankton grow, and the fish and shellfish that feed on them also grow. The sea is made rich by vortices.