SHOHEI KATAYAMA

Medium: Glass, silver, fluorescent lights, LED, electromagnets, motor. Dimension: 36" x 55" x 55" Three levitating discs that spin, orbit, and emit light through wireless induction coils, inserted between a sheet of mirror and silver tinted glass, surrounded by LEDs. The piece creates a dialogue on the cyclical nature of individual lives that reside in a metropolis and its effect on their spirituality.

Medium: Glass, silver, fluorescent lights, LED, electromagnets, motor. Dimension: 36" x 55" x 55" Three levitating discs that spin, orbit, and emit light through wireless induction coils, inserted between a sheet of mirror and silver tinted glass, surrounded by LEDs. The piece creates a dialogue on the cyclical nature of individual lives that reside in a metropolis and its effect on their spirituality.

Medium: Glass, silver, fluorescent lights, LED, electromagnets, motor. Dimension: 36" x 55" x 55" Three levitating discs that spin, orbit, and emit light through wireless induction coils, inserted between a sheet of mirror and silver tinted glass, surrounded by LEDs. The piece creates a dialogue on the cyclical nature of individual lives that reside in a metropolis and its effect on their spirituality.

Medium: Glass, silver, fluorescent lights, LED, electromagnets, motor. Dimension: 36" x 55" x 55" Three levitating discs that spin, orbit, and emit light through wireless induction coils, inserted between a sheet of mirror and silver tinted glass, surrounded by LEDs. The piece creates a dialogue on the cyclical nature of individual lives that reside in a metropolis and its effect on their spirituality.

A levitating moss island hovering above a sheet of mirror. Electromagnets and sensors are used to sustain the magnet in air. The piece creates a dialogue concerned with environmental, ecological, and sustainability issues, aiming to advance and understand the dynamics of anthropogenic systems. The work suggests what landscapes in the future could be, on a planet where population continues to grow at an exponential rate.

A levitating moss island hovering above a sheet of mirror. Electromagnets and sensors are used to sustain the magnet in air. The piece creates a dialogue concerned with environmental, ecological, and sustainability issues, aiming to advance and understand the dynamics of anthropogenic systems. The work suggests what landscapes in the future could be, on a planet where population continues to grow at an exponential rate.

A levitating sphere that spins, orbits, and emits a light using its own centripetal force. Commenting on the invisible, ubiquitous, and transformative forces of energy, the installation is a study that explores the process and conversion of electricity. Considering the formal aspects, the phenomenon simulates the subtle movements of a black hole and the emission of quasars.

A levitating sphere that spins, orbits, and emits a light using its own centripetal force. Commenting on the invisible, ubiquitous, and transformative forces of energy, the installation is a study that explores the process and conversion of electricity. Considering the formal aspects, the phenomenon simulates the subtle movements of a black hole and the emission of quasars.

Composed of iron shavings and cobalt flakes which react to a motorized magnet, the piece exists in the state of perpetual change. In much the same way, human activity and natural occurrences can initiate both individual and cultural changes that are in constant fluctuation.