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Mariko Mori : Wave UFO (2003)
Wave UFO believes that human beings as collective living beings shall unify and transcend cultural differences and national borders through positive and creative evolution. —Mariko Mori~Mariko Mori, the Japanese art superstar known for creating utopian futuristic scenarios that mix elements from Buddhism, Shintoism and Manga culture, here presents her latest and grandest endeavor. Wave UFO is a dynamic sculptural form that hovers on the border between large-scale sculpture and bio-amorphous architecture. A futuristic version of an integral work of art, it offers participants a multi-faceted experience involving physical, mental and aesthetic perception, taking them on a journey to an esoteric cosmos, involving them in the artist’s conception of interconnected dream worlds. Inside a capsule that itself rests within a huge architectural sculpture of whale-like proportions, three people can recline in seats for 7 minutes. The images projected on the dome screen above them are generated by an interactive bio-feedback loop that reads the brainwaves of the participants, producing a computer-animated video projection of their own shared spiritual creation. Alluding to the Buddhist vision of Nirvana, Mori’s creation of an artistic space for the joining of minds illustrates the concept that all things in this world are interconnected, offering a vision of a “newer” world, a world in which man appears to have overcome all cultural barriers.
 I got to experience this in person at the Dietch when I was 8 years old. It was an unforgettable and influential moment. 
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Mariko Mori, Wave UFO, 2002. Participatory installation (click for video of 2005 Venice Biannale attendees interacting with the piece).

Public Art Fund on Wave UFO:

The glass atrium of 590 Madison Avenue takes on an otherworldly atmosphere with the installation of Mariko Mori's Wave UFO, a stunning sculptural object and viewer participatory installation that epitomizes Mori’s ongoing exploration of the relationship between the individual and an interconnected cosmos.

Mori (b.1967, Tokyo, Japan) fuses real-time computer graphics, brainwave technology, sound, and state-of-the-art architectural engineering to create a dynamic interactive experience. The connection between technology and spirituality is effected here through the use of specially designed computer programs and scientific equipment that monitor and visually interpret participants’ brainwaves. 

Drawing upon the Buddhist principle that all forms of life in the universe are interconnected, Wave UFO seamlessly unites actual individual physical experience with Mori’s singular vision of a cosmic dream world. Within the tranquil interior of the work, Mori sends participants, three at a time, on an aesthetic voyage that seeks to connect three individuals to each other and to the world at large.

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Scans from ‘Wave UFO’ by Mariko Mori (1999-2002)

“Wave UFO is a large-scale architectural structure, which was built after three years of research. The shimmering silver exterior of the Wave UFO resembles a spaceship in the shape of a water droplet. 

There are three ‘Technogel’ chairs, which allow the visitors to recline on a comfortable, spongy surface. While reclining on the chairs, the visitors watch a seven minute video projection on the ceiling. Before entering the structure, each individual is outfitted with a set of electrodes that gather brainwave data. Next, the data is transformed into visual imagery in real-time correspondence with the current activity of the brain, which is then projected onto the screen.”

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mmkayn: “ vastderp: “ lalaland1212: “ theatre-whovian: “ vastderp: “ Meet the Mona Lisa of the Prado, the earliest known copy of Da Vinci’s best portrait. Similarity in the undersketch of the painting indicates that this was very likely painted...
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Meet the Mona Lisa of the Prado, the earliest known copy of Da Vinci’s best portrait. Similarity in the undersketch of the painting indicates that this was very likely painted concurrently with the original Mona Lisa, by a student of Da Vinci.

There is much controversy in the art world over the question of whether or not to clean the fragile Mona Lisa, but her sister has been restored and some fairly odd later alterations removed to show the original vibrant colors and lighting. Some details, such as the sheerness of her shawl and the pattern on the neckline of her dress, have become utterly obscured in the original, but in the restored copy they’re perfectly clear.

It blows my mind a little bit to look at these two sisters side-by-side and imagine how much vivid detail could be hiding in the Mona Lisa under 500 years of rotten varnish. 

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THE COPY HAS EYEBROWS

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Your response to a beautiful piece of artwork done by Leonardo Da Vinci himself is “SHES GOT EYEBROWS”. Alright. All intelligent life has been lost.

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Yo Snooty McSnotwhine, the Mona Lisa’s vanished eyebrows have been the subject of debate and analysis in the art expert community for hundreds of years, long before your parents squirted water at each other from across the clown car and then honked their bicycle horns to indicate they really wanted to make a smug, insufferable little clown baby together. 

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