（おくる｜はこぶ｜うけとる）ものの箱庭

（おくる｜はこぶ｜うけとる）ものの箱庭

Since its opening in July 2024, the large AxCROSS screen on the 4th floor of the former Osaka Central Post Office Preservation Building at KITTE Osaka has been continuously broadcasting information and digital art under the concept of "A place for weaving connections." As we approach our first anniversary this year, AxCROSS aims to evolve into "A place where history and new culture can be felt," and to achieve this new step, we publicly invited submissions for new digital art. As a result of rigorous screening, we have decided to adopt Mr. Hirai's proposal this time. This work is a real-time generated artificial ecosystem simulation that overlays the relationship between humans and postal services onto the ecological relationship between insect-pollinated flowers and insects. It maximizes the use of AxCROSS's characteristic large screen, which is approximately 18 meters in length, to create an interactive expressive space where visitors can experience it life-sized.

Concept

This work juxtaposes the intricate network of mail connecting people across distances with nature's mechanism of insects transporting pollen to form genetic networks between plants. The ecosystem woven by virtual flowers and insects with independent genes is positioned as a modern reinterpretation of the "delivering thoughts" function that the former Osaka Central Post Office had long fulfilled.

Technical features

Real-time Artificial Life Simulation

Simulates a large number of virtual organisms in real-time through high-speed parallel computation utilizing GPUs.

Generative Visuals

The shapes and colors of flowers, as well as the behavior patterns of insects, are generatively determined from virtual genes, creating a unique ecosystem.

Participatory Interaction

By sending messages via QR code, they are converted into genetic data and generated as new plants.

Continuous Change

The simulation continues even during ad delivery, achieving long-term ecosystem changes linked to Osaka City's weather information.

Artist

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Hirai

Technical Artist, Researcher, Filmmaker

Graduated from the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo. Through the creation of "Artificial Ecosystem" series, which employs artificial life research as a methodology, Iraha aims to propose examples of worlds where different intelligences coexist.

Artist
SpaceAxCROSS
Period
2025.7.31 2:0:0
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2026.7.30 14:0:0

Space

AxCROSS
AxCROSS

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