Yuma Yanagisawa

Japan

Yuma Yanagisawa is a Japanese media artist based in Berlin whose practice explores real-time generative systems, immersive installations, and the intersection of nature, time-based systems, and perception. His work focuses on the poetic potential of computation, creating ephemeral environments shaped by algorithmic processes. His practice is grounded in the concept of “Computational Ephemerality,” which he describes not as the invention of new technology, but as a shift in the observer’s focal point. In this approach, attention moves away from the continuous flow of a generative system and toward the individual particle, revealing how what appears to be a fluid macro-structure is in fact composed of countless fleeting instances.

His works have been presented internationally at Ars Electronica, MUTEK Tokyo, and NODE20 at Mousonturm in Frankfurt, and have been licensed for long-term exhibition by CODE – Centre of Digital Experiences in Veszprém, Hungary. He has also created commissioned projects for Shiseido, Nikon, and Cartier. Through this body of work, Yanagisawa proposes a form of digital naturalism in which existence gains value through its impermanence, drawing on the poetic reality of hakanasa, or the appreciation of fleeting existence.


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Flower Sands is a collection of 100 moving image works that explores vibrant colours and fluid movements inspired by nature. Using generative AI models, Yuma Yanagisawa produces a wide range of flower forms, each varying in structure and detail.

These AI-generated flowers are then combined with fluid particle simulations, transforming them into evolving, sculptural compositions. Through this process, the works shift away from static imagery, becoming dynamic visual forms in constant motion.

By generating and reworking these floral elements through algorithms, Flower Sands reflects on how nature can be recreated through artificial systems, while opening questions around collective creation and ownership in the context of AI.

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