Affiliations: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Niigata
University, 8050 Ikarashi 2, Niigata, 950-2181, Japan. E-mail:
fujisawa@eng.niigata-u.ac.jp | Media Artist and Independent Filmmaker,
Bilderdijkstaat 167, 1053 KP, Amsterdam, Netherlands | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, University
of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA | Graduate Aeronautical Laboratory, California Institute
of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA | Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of
Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0427, USA
Abstract: This paper describes recent progress in flow visualization
techniques from the viewpoint of visual art incorporating fluid motion. The
images of fluid art introduced here are categorized into four groups: the
reflected or refracted patterns of free surface motion in nature and in a
controlled environment, the coherent turbulent phenomena of fluid flow, and the
fluid motion induced by the physical properties of fluids. It is shown that
flow visualization techniques, which were originally developed in the field of
engineering, have been successfully applied to the creation of artistic images.
Keywords: Flow Visualization, Fluid Art, Visualization Technique, Scientific Art
