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Field Memory

Tomoko Ishida · Kanazawa

“metal keeps the direction of every touch”

I grind meteor iron into dark dust and ask it to settle before I decide where to draw. The filings never lie flat for long; they turn toward whichever pull is closest, as if they still remember falling through night. I wanted this square to keep that memory alive, so each pass of your hand leaves a temporary north that the grains obey.

Interaction

Drag to move a magnetic pull across the surface, because the piece is about direction becoming visible only when your gesture gives the filings a field to follow.

Medium

Canvas 2D magnetic grain simulation

Era

Active 2011-present