Kintsugi++
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2018
Client
Andrew Witt
Andrew Witt
Tobias Nolte
Tobias Nolte
Gavin Ruedisueli
Gavin Ruedisueli
Olivia Heung
Olivia Heung
James Yamada
James Yamada
Simon Epstein / Signal Sound
Simon Epstein / Signal Sound
Le Laboratoire
Le Laboratoire
Research
Research

Drawing from the Japanese craft resurrecting shattered vessels with sutures of pure gold joinery, Kintsugi++ imagines a machine trained in the delicate craft of mosaic.

Presented as a response to the practice of shattering pieces that do not meet the standard for perfection in elite porcelain factories, we collect the remnants and use computer vision to reclaim and ennoble them as elements of complex and intricate new forms. Staged as an immersive double projection, the viewer enters the dream state of the algorithm, an animated galaxy of recombinant fragments and shards. The dynamic mosaics constantly assembling and disintegrating create a kaleidoscope of artificially imagined vessels of striking new potential. We propose a new way to think about the radical reuse of waste, a new relationship between maker, machine, and material.

Team
Andrew Witt
Tobias Nolte
Gavin Ruedisueli
Olivia Heung
James Yamada
Simon Epstein / Signal Sound
Le Laboratoire
Research
Collaborators
Founder
Andrew Witt
Founder
Tobias Nolte
Lead Software Architect
Gavin Ruedisueli
Art Director
Olivia Heung
Lead Software Architect
James Yamada
Sound Design
Simon Epstein / Signal Sound
Le Laboratoire
Research
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