Artistic Experiments using Fluid in the Environment of Micro Gravity

• Project/Area Number: 16602010
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: 表象芸術
• Research Institution: Kyoto City University of Arts
• Principal Investigator: NOMURA Hitoshi Kyoto City University of Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Professor, 美術学部, 教授 (00326183)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): FUJIWARA Takao Kyoto City University of Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Professor, 美術学部, 教授 (30181415) ; TOWATA Masayuki Kyoto City University of Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Assistant Professor, 美術学部, 助教授 (50249372)
• Project Period (FY): 2004 – 2005
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2005)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000); Fiscal Year 2005: ¥1,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000); Fiscal Year 2004: ¥2,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000)
• Keywords: Space Development / Microgravity / Artistic Experiments

Research Abstract

Through this research, the authors made many experiments using fluid on the assumption that these experiments should be done in the environment of microgravity. The experiments aims at realization of artistic activities in the International Space Station, especially in the Japanese Experiment Module named "KIBO." The authors also examined effective method to let people understand what the space looks like.
One experiment is to oscillate a drop of water or mercury put on the plate by exposing the drop to periodic wind coming from loud speakers. Another experiment is to oscillate and deform a drop of magnetic fluid hang in water by pressing and releasing the drop with rods. The density of the magnetic fluid can be set exactly same as that of water, so that this experiment can simulate the behavior of a drop in microgravity successfully. The experiments are recorded as video for further investigations.
From the experiments, the authors found that it seems difficult to freeze the drop instantaneously and bring it back to Earth. However, the experiments of oscillating drop show that behavior of a fluid drop put in microgravity is interesting even from the point of fine arts. Some experiments are easy to be preformed in the International Space Station. Such performance using fluid in space also seems to be useful for people to understand the environment of space.
One of the experiments has been submitted to Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency as a proposal of Artistic Experiments in Space.

Research Products

• [Book] 宇宙への芸術的アプローチ 共同研究最終成果報告書(2分冊) (2005)
  • Author(s): 福嶋敬恭, 野村仁, 松井紫朗, 中原浩大, 砥綿正之, 池上俊郎, 藤原隆男, 井上明彦
  • Total Pages: 108
  • Publisher: 宇宙航空研究開発機構
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
• [Book] Final Research Report : Artistic Approaches to Space (2005)
  • Author(s): Fukushima, N., Nomura, H., Matsui, S., Nakahara, K., Towata, M., Ikegami, T., Fujiwara, T., Inoue, A.
  • Total Pages: 108
  • Publisher: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
• [Book] 宇宙への芸術的アプローチ共同研究最終成果報告書(2分冊) (2005)
  • Author(s): 福嶋敬恭, 野村仁, 松井紫朗, 中原浩大, 砥綿正之, 池上俊郎, 藤原隆男, 井上明彦
  • Total Pages: 108
  • Publisher: 宇宙航空研究開発機構
• [Book] 宇宙への芸術的アプローチ 共同研究成果報告書 (2004)
  • Author(s): 福嶋敬恭, 野村仁, 松井紫朗, 中原浩大, 砥綿正之, 池上俊郎, 藤原隆男, 井上明彦
  • Total Pages: 200
  • Publisher: 宇宙航空研究開発機構(CD-ROM)
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
• [Book] Research Report : Artistic Approaches to Space (2004)
  • Author(s): Fukushima, N., Nomura, H., Matsui, S., Nakahara, K., Towata, M., Ikegami, T., Fujiwara, T., Inoue, A.
  • Total Pages: 200
  • Publisher: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency(CD-ROM)
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
• [Book] 宇宙への芸術的アプローチ共同研究成果報告書 (2004)
  • Author(s): 福嶋敬恭, 野村仁, 松井紫朗, 中原浩大, 砥綿正之, 池上俊郎, 藤原隆男, 井上明彦
  • Total Pages: 200
  • Publisher: 宇宙航空研究開発機構(CD-ROM)