Deme and Deku performance robots by Arata Isozaki (1970), Japan. Robot Deme (identified as RM) and Robot Deku (identified as RK) are a pair of gigantic architectural machines that appeared at the Expo'70 opening ceremony in Osaka, housed beneath Kenzo Tange's Festival Plaza space frame. The transparent spheres at the top of Deme serve as a control room for the performance director. "The Osaka Demonstration Robot by Arata Isozaki consists of a head, body, base and two arms of different lengths. The head contains two control rooms. In the first ambient data is collected and processed, and then transmitted to the main control room from which the robot receives instructions to respond by emitting smoke, smell, light, and sounds. The body of the robot can rise up to a height of twenty-four feet. When the body is up, the base becomes a stage and it is then possible for the body of the robot to go through a repertoire of movements." – Jasia Reichardt, Robots: Fact, Fiction, Prediction.
“The robot that housed projector rooms inside two plastic spheres would be named the 'Deme' (pop-eyed), while the one serving as the control station was named the 'Deku,' derived from 'deku-no-bõ (good-for-nothing),' for its inability to do anything but move from side to side. There was one other problem: the power supply. Batteries could not power the enormous machines. Electricity ultimately had to be supplied by cable. Unable to move without cords, the robots were like performing monkeys on leashes. The movable lighting installation suspended from the Grand Roof was named the 'hanging robot.' It resembled the long-armed monkeys in Hasegawa Tohaku's paintings. Alas, they were all monkeys. We needed to find things to joke about in this manner, as we would otherwise have suffocated working with the lifeless mechanical devices.” – Arata Isozaki, Recalling the Days of Expo Art (?) (2001).
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JIGER final renders. Some WIP images at the end there. Zbrush / Keyshot /Photoshop. #dopepope #jiger #kaiju #gamera #expo70 #daiei #oldmovie #monster #creaturemodeling #creature #zbrush #digital #3D #sculpture #keyshot #art #artwork #artist https://www.instagram.com/p/CgMnT7ygHXC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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【大阪万博50周年】日本万国博 (再編集版) / EXPO'70 50TH ANNIVERSARY
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古本/『日本万国博覧会 公式ガイド』/¥1,500【通信販売】
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今回も絶好調でしたねww @hoshica26 さん、いつも遊んでくれてありがとうございます😊 ショップチャンネル、ぜひやってくださいww 商品撮影する人もコピーライティングする人(私)もサイト構築する人(息子+その友人)もいる。今回のアウトドアパーク×太陽の塔の会で、もうメンバー揃ってます♫ #太陽の塔 #アウトドアパーク #expo70 (万博記念公園) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd4twMkvlvg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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#岡本太郎 #expo70 #expo70 #expo70パビリオン #坐る事を拒否する椅子 (万博記念公園) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd0vjbDPx5x/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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📸万博記念公園 茶室“汎庵・万里庵”(大阪府吹田市) Expo'70 Park Teaceremony Room, Suita, Osaka ——万博公園で“紅葉まつり”期間中のみ特別公開される、通常非公開の茶室と庭園…京都の数寄屋建築の名匠 #中村外二 建築の茶室とモミジと苔が美しい茶庭。🍵 ———————— 「万博記念公園」は1970年の日本万国博覧会(大阪万博)の会場跡地に開かれた公園。シンボルの岡本太郎『太陽の塔』が有名。 公園の北部に位置する「日本庭園」は大阪万博の際に当時(昭和)の日本を代表する造園家が集結し作庭されたもの。東西の距離約1.3km(端から端まで歩いて15~20分)、総面積26万平方メートル(東京ドーム5.5個分)の中に“日本庭園の博物館”のように時代ごとの様式を取り入れた日本庭園が広がります。 ここでは日本庭園の中にある通常非公開の茶室「汎庵」(はんあん)「万里庵」(ばんりあん)を紹介。京都の数寄屋建築の名大工・中村外二(中村外二工務店)の作で、その前には一面の苔と紅葉で彩られた庭園が広がります。毎年秋の『紅葉まつり』の際のみ特別公開。2022年秋の公開最終日に訪れました! ▼他の写真や解説のつづきは @oniwastagram のプロフURLかこのURLから。 For more photos and commentary, please visit @oniwastagram 's profile URL or this URL. https://oniwa.garden/osaka-expo70-park-teaceremony-room/ ———————— #japanesearchitecture #japanarchitecture #japanesegarden #japanesegardens #kyotogarden #osakapark #zengarden #landscapedesign #beautifuljapan #beautifulosaka #japanarchitect #japandesign #jardinjaponais #jardinjapones #japanischergarten #jardimjapones #teaceremonyroom #庭院 #庭园 #庭園 #日本庭園 #大阪庭園 #大阪公園 #茶室 #茶庭 #露地 #露地庭 #露地庭園 #おにわさん (万博記念公園) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpnZhY-Ppri/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Expo '70 - Like Sucking Panther Blood (in Expo '70 / Rahdunes (Split with Rahdunes), 2008)
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なんでか太陽の塔がとても好きになってしまった #tarookamoto #expo70 #osaka #traveljapan https://instagr.am/p/CsyMJhUPB_D/
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SwissAir (1970)
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Os pavilhões da Expo 70 sendo construídos aqui em Osaka, Japão, em setembro de 1969.
Foto de Mitsunori Chigita/AP.
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