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The Prix Ars Electronica Archive is a collection enabling search and viewing of all the submissions since 1987. The award-winning projects are documented with catalogue texts and audio-visual media. All other submissions can be searched by title/artist and displayed with year, category in list form. Please cite the credits (artwork name, artist and photographer) and only use the materials if your article is related to Ars Electronica.
Rhapsody in Light and Blue
Eihachiro Nakamae,
Hideo Yamashita
Original: PR_1994_rhapsodyinlight_001_o.jpg | 3858 * 2699px | 6.7 MB
Original: Rhapsody in Light and Blue | 4429 * 3024px | 42.6 MB
Original: Rhapsody in Light and Blue | 4429 * 3024px | 42.6 MB
Original: Rhapsody in Light and Blue | 4429 * 3024px | 42.6 MB
Original: Rhapsody in Light and Blue | 4429 * 3024px | 42.6 MB
The animation Rhapsody in Light and Blue simulates the lighting effects in an indoor
pool lit by multiple light sources both above and beneath the water.
The combination of various colors of light and the turning on and off of the light make this animation active.
A festival of light is held in an indoor swimming pool in the night. Various kinds of light are set both on the walls and under the water. Each light turns on and off in its own way.
The light is reflected and refracted on the surfaces of the water; the light is scattered and absorbed in the water, and shadows are cast on water surfaces.
To render photo-realistic images including water region, many latest techniques based on optical phenomena, such as scattering and absorption of light, are employed.
Technical Background
HW: SGI Iris and NEC EWS
SW: RAYSKY (In-House Software)
pool lit by multiple light sources both above and beneath the water.
The combination of various colors of light and the turning on and off of the light make this animation active.
A festival of light is held in an indoor swimming pool in the night. Various kinds of light are set both on the walls and under the water. Each light turns on and off in its own way.
The light is reflected and refracted on the surfaces of the water; the light is scattered and absorbed in the water, and shadows are cast on water surfaces.
To render photo-realistic images including water region, many latest techniques based on optical phenomena, such as scattering and absorption of light, are employed.
Technical Background
HW: SGI Iris and NEC EWS
SW: RAYSKY (In-House Software)
Hideo Yamashita (J), professor in the Electric Machinery Laboratory at Hiroshima, working with computer graphics and scientific visualisation. Co-director of the computer animation "Rhapsody in Light and Bleu" which was shown at SIGGRAPH 93. One of his latest visualisation works, "Electromagnetic Distributions in an Induction Motor", was recorded in an HDTV format.
Eihachiro Nakamae (JP), professor in the Hiroshima University Department of Management and Information Science. Studied computer graphics; a number of his works have been shown in various categories at SIGGRAPH. His works are mainly concerned with simulating light effects.
Eihachiro Nakamae (JP), professor in the Hiroshima University Department of Management and Information Science. Studied computer graphics; a number of his works have been shown in various categories at SIGGRAPH. His works are mainly concerned with simulating light effects.