Be at the Moment

Fall 2019 - Spring 2020

Design Concepts 設計理念

This is a project of a dynamic machine without intended usage. My goal is to make people focus at the moment when they are observing the motion.

本次是要製作沒有特定功能的可動裝置。我想做一個讓人能夠專注於他的動態中的裝置,當裝置在運動時,參與者(或觀者)會心無他想的心受於那個當下。

✓Transparency of materials 材料通透性:

In order to present every moment to the viewer clearly, I constructed a cubic support using thin metal rods, and other materials that have high transparency, including acrylic and fishing line.The transparency helps fading out the structure while viewer can focus on the ball's rotation as well as the interactions with the mirrors around the track.

為了讓人方便看到每一個過程,我以細鐵支架建構出立方體的範圍,並選用相當通透的材料,包含透明壓克力材、與釣魚線, 以降低材料本身在運動過程中的存在感,讓觀者focus on球的滾動與鏡面反射的過程本身。

✓Force at a distance 超距力牽制:

I installed a magnet between every two mirrors and suspend them within the cube. The mirrors will sway in different directions when the magnetic ball passes through. The charm of force at a distance is that it is invisible but could certainly be felt. Similarly, while experiencing this work, participants cannot actually see the time, but truly feeling the flow of it.

我以兩個鏡面夾住一顆磁鐵為單位,將之懸吊在裝置中間。利用磁鐵球在壓克力軌道上滾動時產生的磁場變化,作為動力來源,牽動鏡面的搖擺。我認為超距力吸引人的地方也在於不可見,卻可以被感覺到,就像體驗裝置的當下無法看見時間,卻能感覺到他正在流動

✓Reflecting the moment 反映空間當下:

The ball orbits and converges to the middle with varying pace. Meanwhile, the swaying mirrors reflect partials of the space where the viewer is currently at, they could be faces of other viewers or trees outside the window. When the ball finally comes to the bottom, the magnetic particles beneath it form magnetic field lines, visualizing the ending movement of the ball.

球以不規律的速度,旋繞逐漸收斂至中心。過程中鏡面偏動反射出所處空間的各個角落的片段,觀者可能由裝置上看見身後的人臉,或是窗外的樹影。最後當球落到底面,底座中的磁粉會visualizes出球體的磁力線,作為裝置運動的終點。

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