B. 2124
Beeple
2024
- Medium:Kinetic sculpture with four video screens( video, and sound), Polished aluminum metal exterior, Internal sapele wood frame
- Year:2024
- Size:221 × 121.9 × 121.9cm
Description
This kinetic sculpture envisions an underwater city 100 years in the future—a vibrant, evolving testament to the possibilities of human ingenuity and harmony with nature. Through a constantly remixing generative video component, the piece is perpetually in motion, ensuring that no two moments are ever the same. Layers of dynamic video flow seamlessly across the sculpture, creating a hyper-detailed scene alive with movement: robotic fish darting between glowing coral, algae-powered turbines gently rotating, and shimmering bioluminescent structures casting ever-shifting light.
The generative nature of the piece mirrors the ceaseless rhythms of the ocean and the boundless potential of technology. By blending organic and mechanical elements in a symbiotic relationship, the artwork offers a hopeful vision of the future—one where innovation and nature coexist in balance. It challenges viewers to reimagine technology not as a force of domination, but as a collaborator in crafting sustainable solutions.
This ever-changing landscape invites reflection on the choices we face today. It asks: What futures can we create if we align human ambition with the resilience and beauty of the natural world? By immersing the viewer in a richly textured, living world, the sculpture becomes a meditation on possibility—a dynamic, hopeful blueprint for what could be achieved through a deeper connection between humanity and the environment.