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Perfect Time

What is the nature of time? How might we come to touch it?

“Perfect Time” is a magical, interactive work that brings time into existence only through the participant’s engagement.
When a participant adds sand to the installation, an image is projected onto the sand. The sand becomes a medium that embodies time, and, much like an hourglass, when the sand in the installation runs out, the projected image disappears. The central theme of this installation is “time.” We exist within the constant flow of time, yet we are unable to truly experience it. In “Perfect Time,” time is depicted through illusory images that appear on the flowing sand. This conveys the impression that one might be able to physically touch these images. However, when one does, only the sand remains. What, then, is “time”? This work, one of h.o.’s early pieces, is renowned for its poetic intuition, captivating audiences worldwide.

  • Year

    2004

  • Team

    Chief: Kaori Honda, Tomonori Kondo
    Concept: Hideaki Ogawa, Tomonori Kondo
    Motion Graphics: Kaori Honda, Tomonori Kondo, Hideaki Ogawa
    Device Design: Hideaki Ogawa, Emiko Ogawa, Yoko Minagawa
    Installation: Hideaki Ogawa, Tomonori Kondo, Kaori Honda, Emiko Ogawa
    Prototype Design: Sakura Toyabe, Yuichi Tamagawa, Satoshi Onodera
    Art Direction: Hideaki Ogawa

  • Exhibition

    - h.o solo exhibition 2010 -SENSE THE INVISIBLE-, Ars Electroica Center, Linz / Austria,　Jul. 30 – Sep. 12, 2010
    - Poetry of Motion, VolksWagen Automobil Forum Unter den Linden, Berlin / Germany,　Jun. 25 – Sep. 5, 2010
    - Ars Electronica Center 2008, Linz / Austria, Jan. 1 – Oct. 15, 2008
    - FUNKY PIXELS, net.culture.space/MQ, Vienna / Austria, Dec. 14 – Jan. 9, 2007
    - Digital Canvas – Art for Screens, net.culture.space/MQ, Vienna / Austria, Nov. 14 – Dec. 9 2007
    - Ars Electronica – Digital Art & Technology, Singapore Science Center, Singapore, Nov. 10 – Jan. 1, 2007
    - The World is My Imagination, CUBE, Manchester / United Kingdom, Sep. 6 – Nov. 3, 2007
    - Ars Electronica Center 2007, Linz / Austria, May 1 – Dec. 31, 2007
    - Bites & Bodies, Regensburg / Germany, Sep. 22 – Oct. 15, 2006
    - Ars Electronica Center 2006, Linz / Austria , Aug. 31 – Sep. 5, 2006
    - Laval Virtual 2006, Laval / France, Apr. 26 – 30, 2005
    - Ars Electronica Center 2005, Linz / Austria, Sep. 1 – Aug. 31, 2005
    - h.o solo exhibition 2004, LA GALERIE DES NAKAMURA, Tokyo / Japan, Mar. 9 – Apr. 2, 2004

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