Kazamidori
A Weathercock Driven by the Winds of the Internet
“Kazamidori” is a device that indicates the social winds of interest on the internet. It operates by harnessing the social energy from web traffic to Ars Electronica. When someone visits the Ars Electronica website, “Kazamidori” points in the direction of the visitor based on their IP address. For example, if a visitor comes from Tokyo, “Kazamidori” will point east.
“Kazamidori” displays virtual visitors who continuously access Ars Electronica from around the world at the real-world entrance of the Ars Electronica Center.
This work connects a physical location with the interest of people on the internet, serving as a pioneering example of device art that bridges the gap between the real and virtual worlds.
Year
2008
Team
- Chief: Junichi Yura, Taizo Zushi
- Concept: Hideaki Ogawa, Junichi Yura, Taizo Zushi
- Kazamidori System: Taizo Zushi + Junichi Yura
- Device Design: Hideaki Ogawa, Emiko Ogawa
- Installation Design: Hideaki Ogawa, Yoko Minagawa, Emiko Ogawa
- Prototype Design: Takeshi Kanno
- Art Direction: Hideaki OgawaExhibition
- Ars Electronica Festival 2014 Exhibition in a shop : Linz, Austria, September 4-8, 2014
- ITU Telecom World 2013 : Bangkok, Thailand, November 19-22, 2013
- ICT&ART CONNECT 2013 : Bozar museum, Bruxelles, Belgium, November 9-11, 2013
- Pioneers Festival 2012, Vienna / Austria, Sep. 24, 2012
- Sensing Place / Placing Sense, AFO, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz / Austrai, Sep. 4 – Oct. 22, 2011
- ENTER 5: DATAPOLIS, Prague / Czech Republic, Apr. 14 -22, 2011
- TEI11 (5th International Conference on Tangible Embedded and Embodied Interaction), Funchal / Portugal, Jan. 23 – 25
- h.o solo exhibition 2010 -SENSE THE INVISIBLE-, Ars Electroica Center, Linz / Austria, Jul. 30 – Sep. 12, 2010
- Social Bits Istanbul, KASA GALERI, Istanbul / Turkey, May 15 – Jun. 19, 2009
- Amber 09 – Uncyborgable?, Istanbul / Turkey, Nov 5 – 15, 2009Related Links
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