{"id":719,"date":"2012-01-22T20:19:59","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T04:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artelectronicmedia.com\/artwork\/primal-rhythm\/"},"modified":"2021-01-17T22:36:49","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T06:36:49","slug":"primal-rhythm","status":"publish","type":"artwork","link":"https:\/\/artelectronicmedia.com\/en\/artwork\/primal-rhythm\/","title":{"rendered":"Primal Rhythm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-719-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/youtube\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cKYte94ss0w&#038;_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cKYte94ss0w\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cKYte94ss0w<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Mariko Mori<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Journey to the Seven<br \/>\nLight Bay\/Primal Rhythm<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2011 \u2013 present<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>HTML and web based<br \/>\nmedia, layered acrylic and pigments, software<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Revealed in November of 2011, Mariko Mori\u2019s latest project seeks<br \/>\nto create an environment where natural beauty combines seamlessly with technology.<br \/>\nThe first of what she is calling her \u2018earth works\u2019, Primal Rhythm is located in the scenic Seven Light Bay of Miyako<br \/>\nIsland, in Okinawa, Japan. Japanese culture places significant emphasis on the<br \/>\nbalance of masculinity and femininity, as seen in the well known symbol of Yin<br \/>\nand Yang. The celestial and terrestrial are similarly compared, and marriage of<br \/>\nthe two is to achieve the ultimate balance. Mori crafted two structures for her<br \/>\noutdoor installation, the Sun Pillar and the Tida Dome, or Moon Stone. The 14-foot<br \/>\nSun Pillar, erected on the surface of a large rock jutting out of the ocean, is<br \/>\nmade of layered acrylic, with various colors of pigment between each. The Moon<br \/>\nStone is a floating, egg shaped, acrylic sphere that has been programmed to<br \/>\nchange color according to the tide level. At high tide it is blue, and at low<br \/>\ntide it is red, with five more colors in between. On any given day, the<br \/>\nsunlight is refracted through the transparent Sun Pillar, illuminating it with<br \/>\ncolor, while the Moon Stone glows according to the ebb and flow of the sea. But<br \/>\non the afternoon of the winter solstice, the sun strikes the pillar at just the<br \/>\nright angle to cast a shadow directly onto the Moon Stone several yards behind<br \/>\nit, symbolizing death becoming rebirth, male united with female, the \u201csacred<br \/>\nmarriage of the sun and moon.\u201d \u00a0For Mori,<br \/>\nPrimal Rhythm is \u201ca prayer for peace<br \/>\nand harmony for every living being on earth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Digital Exhibition\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adobemuseum.com\/index.php#\/exhibit\/tidaDome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Digital Exhibition<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Additional Sources:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artinamericamagazine.com\/news-features\/news\/mariko-mori\/\">http:\/\/www.artinamericamagazine.com\/news-features\/news\/mariko-mori\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bullettmedia.com\/article\/mariko-mori\/\">http:\/\/www.bullettmedia.com\/article\/mariko-mori\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":15385,"template":"","artist":[654],"streams":[5],"keywords":[3978,3428,3977],"decade":[5545],"media":[5550],"class_list":["post-719","artwork","type-artwork","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","artist-mariko-mori","streams-coded-form-and-electronic-production","keywords-journey-to-seven-light-bay","keywords-mariko-mori","keywords-primal-rhythm","decade-2010s","media-installation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artelectronicmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artwork\/719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artelectronicmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artwork"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artelectronicmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artwork"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artelectronicmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/82"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artelectronicmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artwork\/719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15384,"href":"https:\/\/artelectronicmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artwork\/719\/revisions\/15384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artelectronicmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artelectronicmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artelectronicmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=719"},{"taxonomy":"streams","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artelectronicmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/streams?post=719"},{"taxonomy":"keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artelectronicmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keywords?post=719"},{"taxonomy":"decade","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artelectronicmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/decade?post=719"},{"taxonomy":"media","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artelectronicmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?post=719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}