Bio Sculpture (Scene of a Future Portable Lab)
ReleaseDay
2021/7/25
Team
METACITY
Category
Installation
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Hiroya Tanaka Lab + METACITY, Bio Sculpture (Scene of a Future Portable Lab), 2022
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3D-printed soil (mixed with red clay, black clay, akadama, and rice husks), tent, sensors
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80(D) x 80 (W) x 150(H) cm
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Exhibition: “Jack into the Noösphere” of Chiba City Festival of Arts
Hiroya Tanaka Lab + METACITY
Bio Sculpture (Scene of a Future Portable Lab), 2021
Bio Sculpture is an art project by Keio University SFC Tanaka Hiroya Laboratory and METACITY, with the theme of exploring "Technology for Multi-species" in the era known as the "Pyrocene," or the age of fire.
The project aims to plasticize the relationship between humans and nature by sharing the technologies and social systems developed by humans with nature, by opening the technologies and social systems humans have developed to nature for restoring and nurturing ecosystems. This project is strongly influenced by the Australian forest fires of 2019, which are estimated to have claimed more than one billion lives. Bio Sculpture is heavily influenced by the devastating Australian forest fires of 2019, which are estimated to have taken the lives of over one billion creatures.
This work was produced for the "Jack into the Noösphere" exhibition held in the Japanese Garden at night as part of Chiba City's first art festival "Chiba City Festival of Arts.” It depicts the development of technology to purify the air in a future where air pollution from microplastics is increasing and wearing masks is becoming a necessity even in daily life.
During the exhibition, actual environmental changes are sensed by sensors. After the exhibition, the observation stations are set up in Chiba City (Makuhari New City) near the exhibition site for long-term observation.
Bio Sculptureは、「パイロセン（Pyrocene＝火新世）」と呼ばれる火の時代における「Technology for Multi-species」の探求をテーマとする慶応義塾大学SFC田中浩也研究室とMETACITYによるアートプロジェクト。
このプロジェクトは、生態系を回復・育成するために、人間が発展させてきた技術や社会システムを自然へと開くことで、人と自然の関係性を塑像することを目的とする。10億人以上の命を奪ったとも言われる2019年のオーストラリアの森林火災に強く影響を受けている。
本作品は、千葉市初の芸術祭「千の葉の芸術祭」の一環で、夜の日本庭園で開催された「生態系へのジャックイン展」に向け制作された。マイクロプラスチックによる大気汚染が進み、普段の生活においてもマスク装着が必須になるつつある未来で、空気を浄化する技術を開発している様子を表現している。
展示中には、実際に環境変化をセンシングしている。展覧会後には、展示場所付近の千葉市（幕張新都心）に設置し、長期観測を行っている。
Caption
Hiroya Tanaka Lab + METACITY, Bio Sculpture (Scene of Future Portable Lab), 2021
3D-printed soil (mixed with red clay, black clay, akadama, and rice husks), tent, sensors
80(D) x 80 (W) x 150(H) cm
Exhibition Credit
Artist: Hiroya Tanaka Lab + METACITY (Ryuta Aoki)
Director: Ryuta Aoki
Installer: Yasuo Nagura, Moriyasu Chinen, Nanaka Matsuki, Mayuki Omura, Shin Aoyama
Past Exhibitions
Jul. 24 – Aug. 08, 2021: The Exhibition of Jack into the Noösphere