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Hikoko Ito

Art Installation

Sunday, 13 October 2024

Happy Birthday Likeboxes

When was the last time you received or crafted a hand-drawn birthday card? Relive this joy with Hikoko's Happy Birthday Likeboxes, an art installation showcasing 366 illuminated mailboxes, each representing a day of the year. Their appearance, reminiscent of social media posts invites visitors to reflect on the often-impersonal nature of social media interactions and to create and share hand-drawn birthday cards with personal, heartfelt wishes. The installation enables the exchange of warm messages and personal creativity, spreading positivity and connecting people one card at a time.

yang Lu

Art Installation

Saturday, 12 October 2024

Weightlessness

The project is an immersive spatial experience video installation. The theme is weightlessness, which is originally a physical concept, through the clever visual transformation and multi-media integration, to create a new visual experience for the audience. The work Weightlessness is a metaphor for modern urban life, ecological environment, and people's feelings and states in real life. The designer hopes that the audience can feel a weightlessness state during the visit, reflecting on their own situation and confusion in urban life.

Kai Mao

Art Sculpture

Friday, 11 October 2024

Butterfly and Lady

The sculpture reflects the artist's interest in humanity's connection with nature, contrasting physical reality with the spiritual realm. It symbolizes change and life's fleeting beauty by combining human and butterfly forms, highlighting the contrast between art's durability and nature's transience. The piece aims to capture and preserve transient beauty. Its intricate design features a contemplative woman adorned with butterflies, symbolizing freedom and transformation, with a marble-like bronze surface enhancing its aesthetic appeal.

Impactplan Art Productions

Christmas Decoration

Thursday, 10 October 2024

Golden Dot Invasion

An ephemeral art installation inspired by the "Midas touch", composed by 1.000.000 golden sequins to attract good luck and fortune! To create a tunnel effect were used different size chains from 1 to 6 meters long that move with the wind, shine and create reflections in the surrounding area, depending on the incidence of light. Hidden in the middle of the golden dots, 2880 meters of golden led light curtains light up in the night involving the viewer by transforming their state of mind!

CAPA

Giant Installation Artwork with Lights

Wednesday, 9 October 2024

Milky Way

The Milky Way project was inspired by the galaxy in the sky. The warm white color tone reflects people's imagination. When night falls, the interlaced lines are illuminated. Full-color LED light tubes are adopted, with 7 shifting colors to produce rich visual effects and display the mystery and charm of the vast universe. The sculpture also spans 90 meters with a height of 40 meters, producing a giant volume. The structure symbolizes the mountain and water landscape of Wuhan.

WHYIXD

kinetic installation

Tuesday, 8 October 2024

Heaven Bloom

“Heaven Bloom” is located in the lobby of a building which was designed with concept of nature. The installation is composed of 144 mechanical metal flowers which were made of aluminium and stainless steel, different finishes were applied to metal in order to produce special textures and colors. The metal flowers will be in bloom out of the surface and become a dynamic piece collocated with the ambient sounds. Different patterns and movements allow flowers create a near-natural scenario indoors, building a simulation of a phenomena in nature.

Design Cult

Happy Birthday Likeboxes

Weightlessness

Butterfly and Lady

Golden Dot Invasion

Milky Way

Heaven Bloom

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