Colors in the Haze is a kinetic installation in which materials slowly shift their form with the flow of water vapor, causing its color to change depending on its bent angle. This work treats color not as a fixed attribute, but as a phenomenon that arises through the relationship between material, light, and the environment. In each motion—whether gently drooping like a withering form or rising as if regaining vitality—colors take shape, and viewers may encounter a quiet narrative unique to each moment.
Colors in the Haze / Yumi Nishihara, Yasuaki Kakehi - Photo: Yumi Nishihara
Exhibit
Colors in the Haze
Yumi Nishihara (JP), Yasuaki Kakehi (JP)
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Photo: Hiroki Kaimoto
Yumi Nishihara
Yumi Nishihara is a researcher, media artist, and tinkerer of playful crafts. She focuses on developing smart yet familiar materials that dynamically change and applies them to reinvent traditional crafts and fabrication techniques.
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Photo: Yasuaki Kakehi
Yasuaki Kakehi
Yasuaki Kakehi is a media artist, HCI researcher, and professor at the University of Tokyo. His work spans interactive media engineering, material science, media art, and design, with exhibitions at Ars Electronica Festival, YCAM, ICC, and LVMH Métiers d’Art La Main. He has received accolades including an Honorable Mention at the STARTS Prize 2022.
