Sachiko Kodama / 磁性流体による作品. Protrude, Flow 2001. Sachiko Kodama. Interactive Architecture dot Org » Ferrofluid Sculptures by Sachiko Kodama. Ruairi On December 27, 2005 Ferrofluid is a very interesting material originally developed by NASA it has now found itself been used for a whole range of devices including dampers for controlling and stabilizing large building that move around in the wind.
Whats also amazing is that they have such lovely visual qualities when magnetized. The term liquid architecture is used a lot in interactive architecture based on the ideas of how architecture becomes animated by adding the 4th Dimension of Time. Sachiko has taken this idea of liquid architecture more literally with these stunning sculpture made from Ferrofluid which changes its state by the introduction of electro-magnetic waves into the fuid turning it solid. Words can't describe so just enjoy this beautiful video from wmmna. SACHIKO KODAMA’s ferrofluids ‹ 5election - The International Coolhunting Magazine. Odeling physical material more freely and making it move more flexibly is a dream long sought after by human beings, and many artists have created surreal illusions in pictures or moving images.
But those were imaginary. Can we obtain a real object that transforms as we designed it? In 2000, Sachiko Kodama (児玉幸子) began to work on a ferrofluid art project that she named “Protrude, Flow”. Amazing Liquid Metal. Ferrofluid Sculptures by Sachiko Kodama.