NEWTONS station (TEXT)
- category:
- objects
- materials:
- walnut, steel rod, iron
- dimensions:
- 235 × 210 × 45 (mm)
- purchase inquiry:
- mail@studio-yo.com
- client:
- kishimoto hikimono
- contents:
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concept making, product design, art direction,
film direction, web direction - graphic design:
- katsura okada
- photography & film:
- yoshikazu shiraki
- year:
- 2023
静岡挽物の伝統から生まれたオブジェ「NEWTONS」。家具のつまみや雛道具のような繊細な加工を得意とする静岡挽物の特長を活かし、職人・岸本真紀の持つ確かな設計力と技術力で、ネオジウム磁石を挽物の中に仕込みました。立ったり、ぶら下がったり、支えあったり、揺れたり。異なる回転体が連なる様は、実に不安定で曖昧です。N極とS極という一つの秩序の中で、偶然と必然が自由な造形を創りだしてくれます。
NEWTONS station は“積み上げ”と“ぶら下げ”、双方向から互いを引き合わせながらバランスをとって遊ぶことが可能です。上に引き寄せる磁力の作用により、重力から半分解放されたような、新しい感覚を味わえるオブジェとなっています。より遊びのバリエーションと安心感を得るためにワイヤーは十角形に。結果、主役である挽物を引き立て象徴性を感じる形となりました。
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欧州文化センター（ヴェネチア）主催
「TIME SPACE EXISTENCE 2023」 出展
Objets born from the tradition of Shizuoka turnery – “NEWTONS”.
Exploiting the distinct Shizuoka turnery specialization in the machining of delicate articles such as little knobs for furniture and doll tools, the craftsman Masaki Kishimoto has utilized his design and technical skills to place neodymium magnets inside these objets, enabling them to stand, hang, be supported, and sway. The connections between the various parts are unstable and ambiguous. Within the order created by the north and south poles of the magnets, coincidence and necessity create a free form.
NEWTONS station can be "stacked" and "hung" in both directions. The magnetic force that pulls them upward gives them a new sensation, as if they are half free from gravity. The wires are decagonalized for more variation in play and a sense of security. The result is a form that enhances the main character, the turnery object, and gives it a sense of symbolism.
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Exhibitied at “Time Space Existence 2023”
European Cultural Centre, Venice.
