TORAFU ARCHITECTS
Crystal Aqua Trees
Installed in Sony Square in Tokyo and on display until January 14, the ‘Crystal Aqua Trees’ is a crystal work of art inspired by the concept of a fountain that can be seen as a spray of water as well as a Christmas tree. Designed by Torafu Architects, the project was inspired by the Trevi fountain in Rome, the “Ai no Izumi” (Fountain of Love) charity drive, which has been held by Sony every year since 1968. For this edition, the architects proposed a new embodiment as an interactive installation. More images and architects’ description after the break.In response to changes in the landscape of the street and the actions of people, the illumination will play beautiful music in harmony with a gorgeous light display. The movement of people is picked up by a sensor camera, which prompts the pillars of light illuminated by LEDs to change colors to create a glimmering structure.Whenever coins are deposited in the crystal donation box placed in front of the square, the installation responds by switching to a special performance, as if acknowledging the contributions made. Like water in a fountain, the polished black floor surface of the stage reflects the illumination, creating a wonderful scene in the middle of the streets of Ginza.
LIZ LARNER
Corridor Red/Green
Liz Larner Non voglio davvero guidare l’interpretazione delle persone del lavoro, ma posso farti sapere cosa ne penso. I problemi legati alla fotografia nel periodo in cui ero alla Cal Arts nei primi anni ’80 mi hanno spinto a voler affrontare il nostro mondo spazialmente e materialmente, ma non come architetto. La scultura affronta molti degli stessi problemi dell’architettura, ma per ragioni diverse. Per me è un mezzo che può affrontare il modo in cui viene prodotto il nostro mondo e i fattori che lo compongono. Per questo motivo, sento che c’è una potenziale poetica nella scultura che è strettamente connessa al nostro mondo come contesto in cui viviamo.
GUILHERME MAUELER
Neither fish nor flesh
via highlike submit
JAUME PLENSA
Crown Fountain
Designed by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa, the Crown Fountain in Millennium Park is a major addition to the city’s world-renowned public art collection. The fountain consists of two 50-foot glass block towers at each end of a shallow reflecting pool. The towers project video images from a broad social spectrum of Chicago citizens, a reference to the traditional use of gargoyles in fountains, where faces of mythological beings were sculpted with open mouths to allow water, a symbol of life, to flow out.
ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS
زها حديد
扎哈·哈迪德
זאהה חדיד
ザハ·ハディド
ЗАХА ХАДИД
KAPSARC
King abdullah petroleum studies and research center
with a campus that spans over 70,000 square meters, the king abdullah petroleum studies and research center (KAPSARC) is a modular structure that grows and multiplies like a living, organic cell. Comprised of five hexagonal prismatic honeycomb-shaped structures, the center is a non-profit institution for independent research into policies that contribute to the most effective use of global energy.
CLAIRE MORGAN
Клер Морган
كلير مورجان
克莱尔·摩根
クレア·モーガン
클레어 모건
Over My Dead Body
A primera vista, estos objetos parecen estar en movimiento. Objetos que dan la sensación de caerse como en el caso de la manta fresa. La escultura de Belfast, Claire Morgan utiliza objetos naturales como plumas, frutas y flores que deja suspendidos de hilos de nylon obteniendo sensaciones de ingravidez o de parada del tiempo.
SIDI LARBI CHERKAOUI & ANTONY GORMLEY
سيدي العربي الشرقاوي
西迪·拉比·切考维
Сиди Ларби Шеркауи
Sutra
O coreógrafo belga Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui junto ao renomado artista Antony Gormley e 17 monges do templo chinês Shaolin apresentam a performance Sutra, que mescla artes marciais e dança contemporânea.
Sutra conta com o cenário elaborado por Antony Gormley, que consiste em 21 caixas de madeira manipuladas de diversas formas na narrativa criada por Cherkaoui, e ainda apresenta música especialmente comissionada pelo compositor polonês Szymon Brzoska para piano, percussão e cordas, que é tocada ao vivo.
Jeppe Hein
Geometric mirrors
Geometric Mirrors is a series of mirror angles, each comprised of two mirror surfaces intersecting at a 90° angle. While a perpendicular viewpoint simply reflects the viewer and the opposite space, an interesting visual phenomenon occurs when the viewer faces the corner angle directly. The right angle causes a duplicate reflection, as both mirrors reflect not only the space but also each other. Their widths become extended into the adjoining side, thus appearing to the viewer as a mirrored cross rather than a mirrored angle.
HANYOUNG LEE
virtual wall
DAIKOKU DESIGN INSTITUTE
Лепестковая Комната
Лепестковая комната состоит из 3500 настоящих цветов, 6 миллионов бумажных лепестков, созданных таким образом, чтобы падать с красивыми траекториями, с характерным ароматом и освещением, активируемым датчиком, которое включает в себя микроскопическое сканирование цветов. Эти элементы стимулируют чувства и позволяют посетителям почувствовать физическую связь с цветами и природой.
JAMES ANGUS
제임스 앵거스
ジェームスアンガス
詹姆斯·安格斯
جيمس انجوس
Anna Halprin
Parades & Changes
Parades & Changes, replays is a full scale re-creation of the masterpiece Parades & Changes, a major 1965 work of American postmodern dance legend Anna Halprin. The provocative Parades & Changes, Halprin’s first “collective creation” dynamited the codes dominating dance by exposing the process of performance: improvising around several “scores,” dancers dress and undress, inventing gestures and vanishing naked in rolls of skin colored paper. This “ceremony of trust,” as it was named by Halprin, seeks to utilize dance as a medium for being together: her prolific composition addresses the process, the place, the action, and the performer as both unique and corresponding entities.
FILE SÃO PAULO 2025: SYNTHETIKA – Julius Horsthuis
Fractalicius
Julius Horsthuis
FILE SÃO PAULO 2025: SYNTHETIKA – Art and Technology – Installations
Electronic Language International Festival
Fractalicius – Netherlands
Exploring the mysterious connection between mathematics and art, Julius Horsthuis delves into the mesmerizing realm of fractal geometry. His animations reveal surreal landscapes generated by mathematical equations, inviting viewers to contemplate infinite worlds born from invisible patterns. These works reflect the harmony between numerical abstraction and visual beauty, transforming logic into poetic expression.
BIO
Julius Horsthuis is a digital artist known for his hypnotic fractal animations that blend abstract complexity with cinematic beauty. With 15 years of experience in the Dutch film and entertainment industry as a visual effects supervisor, he transitioned into fractal animation and became a pioneer of a distinct visual language that has captivated audiences worldwide.
JULMARD VICENTE
Juliette
KEITH ARNATT
Self Burial with Mirror
Steven Gawoski
Trench Denizens in Blue
The function of my art, visually, is to reconstitute subjects presented through scientific research, (via electron micrography, deep sea photography, or deep space imagery) into idealized forms. This method is perhaps more akin to an 18th century naturalist’s catalogue of documented specimens from far off lands, returning to be deciphered and judged under the reigning doctrines of the day.
