Ars Electronica Festival · 2013
Nanohana Heels - Healing Fukushima
by Sputniko!
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 2013
“Nanohana Heels - Healing Fukushima” by Sputniko! received a Honorary Mention in the Hybrid Art category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2013. Explore 1 other work by Sputniko! below.
_Nanohana Heels_, created in collaboration with shoe designer Masaya Kushino, is a pair of shoes that plant rapeseed (Nanohana) in the soil through their mechanical heels. Using the heels, rapeseed is automatically planted as the wearer walks.
About Sputniko!
Sputniko! (JP/UK). Her multi-media artworks explore the intersections of technology, feminism and pop culture. Produced through research and investigative cooperation with scientists, her works are critical speculations on possible futures of humanity and…
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