This material was published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same title. As mentioned in the foreword by the organizers, Yoichiro Kawaguchi has been highly respected for elevating the Computer Graphics as one of the fine art forms.

In the essay, ‘Life Form in the Universe,’ Yoichiro Kawaguchi discusses about the works that sprang from the computer graphic technology of ‘the Growth Model,’ with which he began to work since the mid 1970s. Kawaguchi explains about the technology in detail with chats and figures in his essay, ‘The Growth Model.’ The first interactive CG work that was presented in the year 2000 was entitled ‘Gemotion,’ bringing together three words, ‘growth,’ ‘gene,’ and ‘emotion.’ Kawaguchi gradually became interested in bringing his ‘Gemotion’ and traditional art forms, such as traditional Japanese dancing and Japanese tea ceremony. ‘Gemotion’ created unique spaces in response to the body movement of the dancers and subtle wiggling of tea making hand. Kawaguchi moved on to utilize people’s mobile phones as interface. Chronology and the artist's publications are listed at the end. There is a floor plan drawing for this exhibition by the artist near to the end of this material.
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MON.KAY
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Japanese

Publication/Creation date

2003

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1

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artist monograph, 

catalogue

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(Fictional Astroboy: Artificial Life Form Created by Yoichiro Kawaguchi) - Hiroyuki MIYAZONO, 宮薗広幸

(Life Form in the Universe) - Yoichiro KAWAGUCHI, 河口洋一郎

The Growth Model - Yoichiro KAWAGUCHI, 河口洋一郎

(The World of Gemotion) - Yoichiro KAWAGUCHI, 河口洋一郎

(Evolution, Inheritance, Changing Fertile Imagination: The visual world of Yoichiro Kawaguchi) - Tomoe MORIYAMA, 森山朋繪

Interactive CG Art of Yoichiro Kawaguchi: Origin of the Universe
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Interactive CG Art of Yoichiro Kawaguchi: Origin of the Universe