Artificial intelligence (AI) threatens human occupations. Such topics are now frequently discussed. Many machines exist that are far more capable than humans, not only in terms of intellectual capacity, but also in terms of their ability to detect their surroundings and their physical capabilities. The main purpose of humans
creating machines and tools is to enhance and extend their own capabilities. In a society where everything is becoming a platform, society is gradually changing as if humans are part of machines, and humans are becoming more like machines and machines are becoming more like humans.
Where do we sense our 'humanity' in the face of such technological extensions of perception and an immeasurable sense of a future that is even more diverse and flexible than the present? Our perception, which is becoming cyborg in this high-tech world, seems to be seeking again the desire for the real, for things that we can feel real on the spot, for example, happenings, experiences by accidental events. I have found the encounter with the now sought-after coincidences and happenings in the material 'water'. Water contains various functions, effects and expressions, which can be freely manipulated and incorporated into an infinite number of sculptural elements.
My project "MIZUTAMARI - the puddle" aims to discover "something" that could not be seen in the water itself and to gain a new perspective on the world by transforming the mysterious and fascinating free-flowing movement of water into LED light. Through the movement of light in conjunction with the flow of water, the viewer feels a sense of sudden change in known reality, possibilities, scale, illusion, sense of time and discomfort, and encounters perceptual sensations that could not be perceived in a perception that has been extended by high-tech.
