A GARDEN
PREFACE
Since the time when the humans started to imitate the nature, the nature and the machine
civilization became inseparable in their progress.
If the man-made machines work in the boundaries of the nature, should we accept the machines
as a part of the nature?
As the magic and the machines that are wrapped with wind-up springs wounded the human
nature in the past, the machines in the present are recognized as a part of the human civilization
and shows continuity between itself and the humans.
Even though, the human evolution was and still is relied upon the development of tools and
machines, the humans still deny the continuity between machines and themselves.
‘A Garden’ is a man-made replica of the Natural Environments. Through this, the nature and the
human creations are placed in the same environment, and by observing these two, the humans
find the continuity between the nature and their own creations.
NATURALISTIC
The humans created the machines by imitating the nature, however the
machines that cannot revolve back to nature cannot stay in the boundaries.
SILENT
If we cannot control all the circumstances, shouldn’t we take the time to
observe the circumstances first?
DISCONTINUITY
As humans always denied the continuity with the nature, we also deny the
continuity with the machines. That is how the machines become severed from humans.
A Garden project was made in JAVA. And it won the Canon award from CANON DIGITAL CREATORS CONTEST in 2001.
See the project (need a JAVA VM)
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