Ars Electronica Festival · 2008
It’s fire, you can touch it
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 2008
In 2008, the Prix Ars Electronica jury recognised “It’s fire, you can touch it” by Yoko Ishii and Hiroshi Homura (Interactive Art) with a Honorary Mention.
In this work, when the user’s hands are held out, a set of images is projected onto the palms: a scrolling tanka poem and a single Chinese character representing each tanka. Tanka, meaning “short song”, is a traditional form of Japanese poetry.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.