Exhibition

20–27/10/2009

Pogon Jedinstvo (Zagreb)

There are three basic characteristics of Japanese Device Art. The first is that the mechanism itself constitutes the subject of the work, i.e. the medium is the content; the second is that the artworks are often designed for play, and in some cases are mass produced and meant for wide commercial distribution. The third characteristic is that the playfulness of the works derives from the Japanese tradition and culture that have always been intrigued with sophisticated tools and materials.

If we pick out the basic characteristics of Croatian device art, the first and most patent difference as compared with Japanese Device Art, which is high tech from the point of view of technology and design, domestic works are on the whole created on the basis of low tech materials and technologies, and their design is in key with this. The concept and content are very important for domestic works, and although they often stem from the device, they almost always outweigh the technological aspect of the piece.

Nika Autor (SI), Miha Ciglar (SI)

A Small Contribution to the Genesis of Everyday Life

Daniel Brickman (US)

Green Uranus Switch

CUBE (JP)

Humping dog, Cruching dog, USB Chameleon, USB Owl...

Maywa Denki – Novmichi Tosa (JP)

NAKI Series, TSUKUBA Series, ARCLASSY Series, Toy Series

Ivana Franke (HR)

Seeing with the eyes closed, stage 1

Kazuhiko Hachiya (JP)

Thanks Tails

Toshio Iwai (JP)

Tenori-On

Hiroo Iwata (JP)

Food Simulator

Janez Janša (SI)

Brainloop

So Kanno (DE/JP)

Jamming Gear

Natsu Kawakita (JP)

Karakuri Block

Sachiko Kodama (JP)

The Art and Science of Ferrofluid

Dubravko Kuhta Tesla (HR)

MONTE CARLO Simulation or Ingwar and Freya

Ryota Kuwakubo (JP)

Video Bulb, Nicodama

Margareta Lekić (HR)

From the Drawers

Edita Matan (HR)

Interactive Gloves

Tomislav Pokrajčić (HR)

General Treatment

Borut Savski (SI)

Strainded Structures: Being / Bitje / Biće

Sašo Sedlaček (SI)

Origami Space Race

Tomoko Ueyama (JP)

Watashi-chan

Ivana Vratarić (HR)

Primary Human Fear No. 2: Loss of the Ground Beneath the Feet

Masaki Yamabe (JP)

An Experiment for New Hiragana