KMD | Balance
Kinesthetic Motion Database





Balance


We have the tacit understanding of how objects balance and stand on the ground, just as we know how to stand upright and remain stable. Balance is of high necessity for human perception both physically and psychologically.



| Object movements
| Kinesthetic representation



Balance Machine

The sharp pivoting point of the machine reminds me of the feeling of standing and balancing on the heels. The sharp pivoting point of the machine reminds me of the feeling of standing and balancing on the heels. The sharp pivoting point of the machine reminds me of the feeling of standing and balancing on the heels. The sharp pivoting point of the machine reminds me of the feeling of standing and balancing on the heels.



Elliptic Sculpture

The rhythm of rolling, the angle of balancing, the elliptic shape of the sculpture, the hard materiality which not only the visual but also the sound tells us. With what kind of kinesthetic feeling would you empathise with the motion? My kinesthetic empathy with the elliptic sculpture can be better expressed with a rocking chair. I can simulate how it would feel like if I were to move like the sculpture, but my body is not enough to actually demonstrate the feeling of rolling on the round and hard edge. Sitting on a rocking chair, it feels like an extension of my body, not just an external object.



Bending Sculpture

It consists of a foam sphere, a carbon fibre, a wooden pillar and base. The sense of balance and imbalance repeats and gradually attenuates. It is anthropomorphic; the sphere looks like a head on top of a body of the fibre. The sculpture overall may look like a human bowing. The sense of tilting the upper body could be simulated.


kinesthetic representation
Shishi-odoshi in Shisendo Temple

Puwants Dahlia is an artificial water plant which stands using the buoyancy of air stuck in the flower. The air is supplied through the stem made of a plastic tube. When the air goes out from the tiny hole on top of the flower, the plant loses buoyancy and consequently its balance momentarily.