SAEKI Takumi (Graduate School of Design) paper has been accepted for Leonardo.
Congratulations!
Authors
Takumi Saeki, Nobuhiro Masuda, Kazuhiro Jo
Affiliation
Department of Design, Graduate School of Design
Manuscript Title
Deliberate Maladjustment by Microorganisms: A Medium for Images or Luminous Bacteria
Abstract
In this paper, we seek to uncover the new significance of the phrase “deliberately maladjusted,” which is borrowed from video artists of the 1970s and their critical interventions (Vasulka, 1970), in the act of Microbial Image-Processing, using two artworks by the authors: A Medium for Images or Luminous Bacteria and ‘イ’(1926) by BioLuminescent Bacteria. In contrast to early video experimentations, contemporary Computational Image-Processing simulates and manipulates various visual media in a “well-adjusted” manner for the digital computation and display. With this paper, we reconsider the historical process of image-processing to focus on living entities and microorganisms and attempt to extend the possibility of works being “deliberately maladjusted.”
Journal name
Leonardo
Relevant SDGs
SDGs 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure)
SDGs 14 (Life Below Water)
Comments
I am Takumi Saeki, a D2 student in the Graduate School of Design. I am creating works based on bioluminescent bacteria, and I am considering the significance of these works in a cross-disciplinary manner. I would like to report that my paper has been accepted. In this paper, I connect my work with that of past video artists and consider the critical significance of images created using modern digital computers. The paper will be officially published in December, but it is already available online and can be viewed via the Kyushu University account. I appreciate being accepted into a journal for the first time in my life.
