Floating Lamps in Spontaneous Order
Floating Lamps in Spontaneous Order
Each Floating Lamp on the water glows with its own rhythm. Over time they mutually influence nearby lamps and Tea in Spontaneous Order, starting a spontaneous order phenomenon, and the rhythms of their flickering become closer to each other. When people push the lamps, their rhythm changes. Then, again a spontaneous order occurs with nearby lamps and Tea in Spontaneous Order.
Each time the lamp glows, it emits a tone. The only sound that resonates in the space is the sequence of sounds, and the overall tone of the space is formed by the sequence of the tones of the flickering.
The lamps take on various rhythms depending on people's behavior, but a time structure is created by the simple localized interaction between the lamps and Tea in Spontaneous Order, and order continues to be created throughout the work.
The spontaneous order phenomenon is when different rhythms influence each other and become aligned. The pendulums of two pendulum clocks hanging on a wall gradually become aligned. When many fireflies gather in a tree, they gradually begin to flash at the same time, creating a larger accumulated light. The cells that make up the heart pulsate in unison, synchronizing with each other to produce heartbeats. This is seen in a wide variety of systems, including physical phenomena, neurophysiology, life systems, and ecosystems.