Amazing Magnetic Art Sculpture!!

December 30th, 2009 by admin

This art piece is by SACHIKO KODAMA and currenly on display at the Samuel Freeman Gallery at the Bergamot Station, in Santa Monica, CA. THIS VIDEO IS NOT TIME LAPSE. IT IS ALL FILMED AND PLAYED BACK IN REAL TME.

In 2000, Sachiko began work on a ferrofluid art project that she named “Protrude, Flow”.
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 sculptures made from Ferrofluid which changes its state by the introduction of electro-magnetic waves into the fluid turning it solid. As you stand around and watch this piece, you get literally mesmerized as the ferrofluid (guided by magnets) follows its track and changes its forms.

Music is by Phillip Glass

Duration : 0:5:18


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25 Responses to “Amazing Magnetic Art Sculpture!!”

  1. videoboy9913 Says:

    I agree!
    This is so …

    I agree!
    This is so amazing!

  2. rockersrac Says:

    fantastic! AWESOME!
    fantastic! AWESOME!

  3. Microglia1 Says:

    X-FILES ALIEN …
    X-FILES ALIEN SPECIES!

  4. omgitsgray Says:

    Fascinating shit.
    Fascinating shit.

  5. 0megasonic Says:

    they need to just …
    they need to just record this live and like make it a tv show or something, because I could literally watch this for HOURS and not get bored…

  6. aKrzyAs5korean Says:

    This is truly a …
    This is truly a breath taking piece of art

  7. Swaynze33 Says:

    MAgnetic fields FTW …
    MAgnetic fields FTW… i love seeing the lines of magnetism everything has em and you can imagine how electricity functions a little better looking at this

  8. jface888 Says:

    So awesome
    So awesome

  9. kevinrsm Says:

    wtf is that?
    wtf is that?

  10. qumni Says:

    it’s a fluid that …
    it’s a fluid that has magnetic particles dissolved in it, so it shapes itself according to external magnetic fields

  11. natlongrox Says:

    omg what’s going on …
    omg what’s going on? is that liquid? how come they look like spikes?

  12. dan020350 Says:

    i still don’t …
    i still don’t understand 4-d :)

  13. cooldude2rule Says:

    Your hand will get …
    Your hand will get dirty. But besides that not to much else will happen to you.

  14. walagers Says:

    incredible, thanks …
    incredible, thanks for posting!

  15. redtree6767 Says:

    shut up man. id …
    shut up man. id like to see you make something like this.

  16. redtree6767 Says:

    shut up socrates. …
    shut up socrates. you dont know what your talking about.

  17. MOEMUGGY Says:

    where’s BILL NYE …
    where’s BILL NYE when you need him!

  18. Basse9419 Says:

    my guess would be …
    my guess would be nothing.. unless its very shard.. but this is a metal(magnetic one) but i dont think it can get that sharp

  19. Rubashkyn Says:

    You might die!
    You might die!

  20. yourstrulyloved Says:

    what happens if you …
    what happens if you touch it??

  21. cctong333 Says:

    3:37 is where it …
    3:37 is where it gets cool :P

  22. RomeeSayuri Says:

    this is pretty cool …
    this is pretty cool : D

  23. LizzyAston Says:

    how the did …
    how the did you get to that? “when i look at a tree it makes me feel like i need to become a hindu” – makes little sense? SO DO YOU
    i hope you were joking

  24. LizzyAston Says:

    when you check this …
    when you check this out, remember not to forget a neodymium magnet in your pocket, or you’ll have a little mess

  25. TheLostRepublic Says:

    I wonder how …
    I wonder how expensive one of those sculptures would be to make.