Daihei Shibata's 'GRADATIONs' Video Celebrates Ambiguity
Japanese designer and filmmaker Daihei Shibata created a video titled 'GRADATIONs' for the Japanese TV program Design Ah!. The work explores the spectrum of possibilities between binary opposites, featuring objects like pencils, lightbulbs, household tools, and geometric shapes broken down into sequences of intermediate gradations. Shibata's piece challenges viewers to embrace nuance over simplistic categorizations such as yes/no, right/wrong, or man/woman. The video serves as a tribute to the richness found in ambiguity and the ability to perceive multiple truths beyond binary thinking.
Key facts
- Daihei Shibata is a Japanese designer and filmmaker.
- The video is titled 'GRADATIONs'.
- It was created for the Japanese TV program Design Ah!.
- The video features objects like pencils, lightbulbs, household tools, and geometric shapes.
- These objects are decomposed into sequences of intermediate gradations.
- The work celebrates the beauty of ambiguity.
- It challenges binary thinking (yes/no, right/wrong, man/woman).
- The video was published on Artribune in January 2021.
Entities
Artists
- Daihei Shibata
Institutions
- Design Ah!
- Artribune
Locations
- Japan