The constant contrast between the development process of Kurokawa’s work to the work itself is an interesting look into the extent to which this work can be transformative. An isolated intimate space produces work that is farthest thing from isolated, works that stand in concert halls and museums for the masses. Work that is derived from nature, an unpredictable disordered scene, that turns into an organized orchestrated performance. These changes make me think of the different ways I can derive from my source of inspiration and surroundings, you can take it and recreate it or transform into to a work of complete contrast. An earlier reading talked about the importance of keeping live coding a field without a definition as to not constraint or try to dictate what it’s limits and possibilities are. The work described in this text further proved me the importance of such a choice. The tools Kurokawa used to create his work are varied from custom software and 3D modelling platforms to capturing nature itself such as his approach to Octfalls. There are endless possibilities to what you can use to create such installations and in turn there are endless possibilities to what messages you can send out or what emotions you can evoke through your work.

Looking into the process of creating and the space where an artist creates is also interesting and insightful. Another part of the reading that particularly stood out to me is when the writer was talking about the space is when they pointed out that the various softwares and set-ups used in the office to test out the works are a “nod to the technical variables at stake in each live performance-to the fact that things can go and have gone wrong in the past.” That realization that things even in the case of an established artist have gone wrong when dealing with technological performances is a really comforting fact that even at a higher level it takes time to perfect and build up your vision. The various set-ups are also a reminder of the importance of testing and understanding the possibilities that come with different technologies. And this careful testing across different laptops are also quiet complimentary to Kurokawa to create order out of disorder, where he takes the unpredictability of what might go wrong and orders it. This line felt like it was both a comfort to the possibilities of error and a reminder to the importance of testing and experimenting.