Heartful Communication
| Owner | Other |
|---|---|
| Search Type | Outdoor Sculpture |
| Japanese Title | Heartful Communication |
| Artist | 菊竹 清文 KIKUTAKE Kiyoyuki |
| Material | Stainless Steel |
| Year | 1999 |
| Size | 400cm×300cm×150cm |
| Concept | U字型の脚の上に、ウエーブを描く横棒が取り付けられたステンレスの彫刻。水平・垂直を基本線とする建築構造と曲線の彫刻、コンクリートに白タイルの建物外観と赤色の彫刻。両者が鮮やかな対比を見せ、新郵便局のランドマークとして機能している。横棒の両端の鏡面部分に回転する仕掛けがあり、その動きがウェーブの運動感と呼応して心地良いリズムを生む。この「動く彫刻」には、自動ドアの開閉と連動するスイッチがセットされている。しかし、それはドアの動きを機械的に追従するのではない。コンピューターによって、2ヵ所の可動部分の回転／静止はそれぞれが制御され、また回転の角度やスピードにも多様なバリエーションが用意される。作者は、「建物と利用者の良好な関係を視覚化した」と言い、このような彫刻の動きの中に、利用者の多様なニ一ズにこたえる施設の在り方を象微する。この作品を含め、作者は自作を『情報彫刻』と呼ぶ。ここでは、彫刻を介しての人間と技術の新しい関係、「現代テクノロジー社会に即した思考で環境に鋭敏に反応し、環境を真に、人間的に変える人間賛歌の動く彫刻」がテーマとなっている。 The stainless-steel sculpture consists of a waved, horizontal rod placed on a U-shaped leg. It contrasts the architectural structure based on horizontal and vertical lines with a curve, and the concrete building covered in white tiles with the red structure. The vivid contrast of the two establishes the sculpture as an effective landmark of the new post office. There is a rotating mechanism on the mirror surface at both ends of the horizontal bar, which creates an airy rhythm in combination with the dynamism of the wave. The “moving sculpture” is embedded with a switch coordinated with the movement of the automatic doors, but instead of mechanically following the opening/closing of the doors, each of the two rotating parts are independently controlled, and there are variations in angle and speed. The sculptor “wanted to visualize the friendly relationship between the building and its users.” The movement of the sculpture symbolizes the ideal way of the facility responding to different needs of the users. The artist calls his works, including this one, as “information sculpture”. In this work, he addresses the new relationship between humanity and technology through the operation of the sculpture, which “has the agility to respond to the environment with a mindset aligned with today’s technology-driven society and is equipped with mobility to transform the environment into something truly humane in praise of humanity”, as its theme. |
| Document ID | 21808 |
| Source | 宇部郵便局蔵 |