Creation of Media Art Utilizing Fluid Dynamics

We have been creating media art based on the concept of capturing beauty in nature utilizing technologies. Especially we have been interested in the visualization of behaviors of fluid. This area has been named "fluid dynamics" from research point of view and there have been various researches in this area. However most of the results show only stable fluid behaviors and lacks of unpredictable behaviors that is substantial for the creation of art. To create unpredictable fluid behaviors, we have introduced several new methods such as usage of dry ice, injection of paints into fluid, and usage of air gun to create an explosive effect. This paper proposes the basic concept of art based on the visualization of fluid dynamics, describes details of the above mentioned three ideas, and then describes details of the new media art we have created combining these ideas.