We made Umashimenkana artwork for Alfredo Jaar
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- The Umashimenkana artwork was by far the most challenging project we made.
Made for Alfredo Jaar: alfredojaar.net/
Installed in Hiroshima Museum Of Contemporary Art: www.hiroshima-...
Umashimenkana poem read by Sadako Kurihara: • 栗原貞子【広島平和記念資料館_被爆者証言ビデ...
Thanks to Tomáš Müller for creation of the H tube font: www.tom.cz
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Absolutely incredible work! A truly unique and beautiful piece of art. Thanks for making this great documentary of the process. And thanks for mentioning me as well -- I agree: the comments section on TH-cam can help in so many ways.
It is absolutely amazing and unbelievable, that Delorean riding, SEM building guy from diametrically opposite side of the world helped Dalibor's incredible project in a comment!
Thank you Ben for all your videos and knowledge! You are a great man!
Just watching that made me nervous about all the things that could have gone wrong - well done!
And they often went wrong, but fortunately it all ended up well :-)
Good grief many rabbit holes to fall down in this one.
"The Art Of Engineering"
I'm deeply moved by this documentary.
Thank you, sir!
the bit at the airport where the security guy was just like "yeah, that doesn't look like bomb parts" made me laugh
Yes, but when we got back, the japanese security guys spent some time asking me about them :-) I was taking the damaged ones back with me.. So, definitely, nixie tubes can catch attention of airport security..
it is incredible man, big congratulations to the entire team!
The H tube is truly a work of art and the exhibit is equally mesmerizing.
Spectacular work and looking forward to your next project!
👍👍 thank you, stay tuned for next project!
I went to see this work.
It goes without saying these H-Tubes are beautiful.
The best part was that the curator told me it was okay to take a closer look.
I was able to stare at these wonderful Nixie tubes from a very close distance for over ten minutes.
I'm sure they thought I was a strange guy XD
Thats so nice to hear you visited the exhibition! I wanted this video to show the struggles that are not apparent when you see the Umashimenkana in the exhibition. I think it is perfectly normal to stare at nixies from close distance for a while :-D
Hello Dalibor - congratulation to your succesfull design, development and manufacturing of the artwork (nixie tube system)! The documentary itself is a great piece of work and could be used in engineering classes ... it shows how difficult a development path can be, but also how to overcome obstacles i.e., by identifying what the true problem is and finding appropriate solutions. Great stuff. You can be proud of yourself and the team. Greetings from Germany, Stefan.
Thank you, Stefan!
Absolutely amazing work and a stunning result. Congrats to you and the team, that was quite a journey!
Absolutely incredible project for something that is basically almost a lost art at this point. The little details are absolutely fascinating and some of them remind me so much of those old Philips and Mullard videos.
A project to be really proud of, it looks amazing in the end and has a important story as well. 👍👍
What a satisfying end to such a long project. Following it from the start was fun, and I got worried about it sometimes when there were no updates haha - but seeing it completed now is just amazing. The touching story behind it is just another cherry on top.
Thank you for bringing us this project, this series, and this finale!
Thank you! When there are no updates, it always mean we are deeply burried at the work :-)
I've been following you guys since started re-inventing the Nixies. Very cool to see your success. Congradulations on this. Also a very good video on your accomplishments.
It took a very long time to complete this project. It's a great effort. As someone who lives in Japan, I definitely go to see the "生ましめんかな(Umashimenkana)" that you made.
That's a great work! Very big thanx to the whole team for such inspiring work! Wish you good luck in all your future projects!
What an incredible undertaking and incredible journey to get to the final result! The combination of deep engineering development and artistic beauty, all in service of such a unique and powerful message really touched me somehow.
Watching each step of the process, I was amazed all over again by how much development has gone into your work in general. Watching the video, I could imagine the painstaking experiment and iteration required for every tiny step of the process. Materials choices, the metal forming, the specific dimensions of all the ceramic parts, the ceramic adhesive you used, all the jigs and production aids, even down to the specially shaped electrodes on the spot welders, so you could get through the forest of wires and supports to make the connections needed.
As an engineer myself, it gives me a great deal of pleasure just to see your facilities and production process and appreciate all the work that went into getting to where you are today. Very heartfelt congratulations! I hope one day to be able to afford a clock made with your tubes, they’re such works of art in and of themselves.
I’m curious: Now that you’ve developed them, do you see yourself selling H tubes as a product? I imagine they would be very expensive to make, as they’d be outside your normal production, but I’m sure there are special-case customers for them out there in the world, and it would be nice to see some additional return from the huge engineering investment.
Congratulations again on all you’ve accomplished!
Hi, thank you for a detailed comment, it goes very deep! I wish I could share more details from the experimentation - there is a lot of work behind each of the procedures. Exactly as you pointed out. I would like to make the H tubes regularly, at the moment we are around 700 EUR per tube (thats cost of production including amortization of the development). We have customers asking for these, so it is on us to make it happen. still some little details need to be solved.
@@daliborfarny I think if you were able to make them with 10 or 11 custom electrodes that could spell out a couple of words (or a sentence in eastern idiographs) could find a market in corporate foyers and upscale club decor.
Simply using them for clocks would be mind blowingly extravagant but oh so sophisticated.
What a wonderful journey to witness!
Watching your videos since don't know how long.
The H tube turned out really great. Congrats!
Congratulations on making an amazing exhibit, and thanks for taking us along, showing every part of the process.
Amazing, my mind is blown. What a project, true artistry. the videos and explanation are great.
Great job. I've been following you for quite some time back from the small nixie tubes to the end of successful project. Cant wait for the next project.
What a journey those tubes took. Everyone at the castle did an amazing job.
Many thanks to Alfredo Jaar for the idea. Many thanks to Dalibor and his great team to build this wonderful peace of art. This is a wonderful gift you have given to the world and I hope it will help to make planet Earth a more peaceful place.
Failure of the special character units could have been a disaster, they must have been the most scary ones to install.
I watched this series from the moment you uploaded the first video. This was an incredible journey you went on and documented. I can't imagine how relieved you must now that this project is finished and how excited you must be to start on a fresh project. I am looking forward to the next video!
Cool! I had bad feeling abandoning the regular updates.. The relief is huge, motivation (and confidence) to jump on something new high!
I enjoy your videos so much! Thank you!
This project truly displays your engineering skills Dalibor; absolutely magnificent!
Congratulations to all the team. As an industry engineer myself, I am impressed by the amount and quality of R&D that was necessary to achieve this project! You can be proud.
Glad to have been here for the journey. Incredible work!
Welcome aboard!
Congratulations Alfredo, Dalibor and team! What an amazing convergence of history, visual arts, poetry, industrial art, electronic arts, and the sheer passion of all involved.
Awesome project!! It has been epic watching it from start to finish! Thank you!!!
🙏 thank you, it was exciting, I wish I could document it better, but when there is a deadline… :-)
This was such a great detailed documentary of the process (don't second guess it for a second)! I hope at least some of the exhibition visitors realize the creativeness, effort and care your team put in to this! Thank you again :)
Well done in pulling this off, you guys are amazing for doing this.
I also hope the H tube becomes a successful product for you in the future
Amazing work, with a fantastic final result, it has been so exciting following this project. I hope you will use the H tubes for other products.
Un-ba-li-va-bal !!!! Kindest regards from Ukraine!
what a journey. glad the see it a success.
Do you know if it's going to be permanently installed in Japan or does Alfredo Jaar plans to take it around the world?
I dont know the plans, but heard it might be installed again soon in Japan. The Hiroshima topic might be used in other contexts around the world, so it is possible it will travel. I would like to see the work also in Europe or US!
Thanks@@daliborfarny
It's great to have been able to follow along in such a long and dificult project. The result is amazing
Having followed your progress on this project since you first announced development three years ago, this was a roller-coaster to watch. I can only imagine what it must have been like to _live_ it. Hopefully, having now delivered something as complex and bespoke as _Umashimenkana,_ you'll have an opportunity to do more like this. Nicely done. 👍 Any plans to produce the H tube in a product?
Yes, new projects are being discussed (and some already worked on), but one of the main projects will be our own product.. stay tuned. The H tube will be also our product - this was meant from the start..
@@daliborfarny Thanks for the reply. Yours is one of maybe six channels I "ring the bell" on. I'll be here when you announce them!
I love seeing the full story! I've been following your project from the beginning!
@30:00 was pretty funny, the inspector probably had no idea what they were looking at.
Absolutely fantastic work by you and your team! I followed the project from your first video and it is wonderful to see it completed. I must say that I find your contribution much more impressive and indeed artistic than that of the official artist. Modern artists are mostly art marketing managers and have it way too easy. Still, the idea was nice and it turned into a stunningly beautiful object.
Fantastic work. Thanks for sharing your journey on this project, both in the progress videos and in this final video. Having seen the progress videos, it's great to see the finished thing and understand the meaning and significance of the artwork.
Today, I took the Shinkansen to Hiroshima and saw Alfredo Jear and Dalibor's work ``生ましめんかな''.
When I saw this work, I was reminded once again of the victims of war and the will to continue life even in such an environment.
On the other hand, I was also very impressed with the technical aspects of the Nixie tube. We developed the manufacturing and control technology for Nixie tubes that can display fonts as large as a hand but with delicate fonts, and we realized that it took a lot of effort and time to install them in museums in Japan. All tubes light up and are highly reliable.
I was really lucky to be able to see the fruits of your labor.
However, it's a shame that we can only see it until October 15th.
I would be happy if people all over the world could see this work.
What a fantastic documentary! Thank you for sharing. I was following your updates all along. Putting it all together like this was an emotional rollecoaster. It was all very close to home with my engineering work. I am glad it all worked out at the end! :)
Cant tell you how proud I am that you guys have overcome so many setbacks to arrive at the finish line! I've been watching since the beginning and it's been a long but very fruitful journey.
It's been incredible to follow along with the H tube project, and to see it finished now, on display.
I'm happy for you and your team that you managed to pull through and complete the project with no compromises.
Looking forward to seeing what other exciting things you're going to be doing in the future!
Incredible story, thank you for taking us through all the challenges and pitfalls along the way.
When the artwork itself is made of artwork/masterpieces (your tubes!)
Simply amazing, congratulations to all the team
I con only imaging all the ups and downs during this project. It must be so extremely rewarding to install and see the final result. I am really impressed by all the dedication you and your team did put into this!
this is beautiful! I love the aesthetic, the message and I think the nixie tubes really help show the historical timeframe. also the 0's falling down like bombs with that warm glow on them like the color of the sun reminds me a lot of nuclear detonations in a way that is more subtle and relaxing. The sheer amount of engineering and work is nuts! 121 functioning custom tubes that had to be carefully hand assembled... Imagine all the stamping, laser cutting, welding etcetera that had to take place before carefully sealing the glass and pulling vacuum. And you don't even know if it's done then cause as he mentioned, there's still the burn in which they have to survive. Then hoping it survives shipping is nerve wrecking and having to guess which once might be broken and having no idea how many could be dead.... not to mention all the prototyping and deadlines! This is truly outstanding work, I think this video is almost a piece of art of its own. I think I would think the artwork would be cool if I saw it but seeing the work that went into this.... Insane!
Most incredible work! Congratulations. I have watched your video progress already a couple of times and still enjoy it after months ;D
Prostě nádhera
velkej obdiv a palec hore
jakej projekt bude další?
Děkuji! Teď pracujeme na "Urwerk Space Time Blade", ale plánuju něco otevřeného, co se dá průběžně dokumentovat..
It's been amazing watching your progress over the years. So glad you guys got to fulfill this challenge and create something so beautiful.
Congratulations everyone!!!
Seeing the finished installation in all its glory must have been a truly amazing moment. I’ve been following the progress of the project since the first troublesome prototypes and it’s been great to see the solutions and improvements of your design and processes. Hopefully even better projects will come knocking and I look forward to seeing what the future has in store for you.
This is an enormous project. Congrats to you and your team! It is nice of you to show members of your team at the end of video. It shows you really appreciate them.
Three years of design, experimentation, iteration and cash flow. This was an epic project for a small business to undertake.
That turned out beautifully! I've followed the H Tube development here on TH-cam since the beginning. It's great to now get to see the end results and I enjoyed seeing the whole saga nicely wrapped up in this documentary.
Oh man, what a journey!
But it's sooo worth it!
Great work and thanks for letting us be a part of it ^^
Truly fantastic I've loved Nixie tubes since the first time I saw one as a kid. One day I hope to get a few of yours to build a clock. But until that time I will just admire how far you have come from the days in your shed.
Wow such an incredible opportunity, and a beautiful project. I have been wanting to see this completion, great work to the whole team!
Absolutely fantastic work. With or without the art.
I personally feeling nothing about the poem and its history, but ur work is astonishing and incredible.
Congratulations on completing such an amazing display! I've been following along since the beginning and in awe of all the hard work your team put into this piece. I hope to see it in person.
Man, what a journey!! It's nice to not only see the final product but the improvements you had to make in your own shop, processes and workflow to get it manufactured.
wow, thanks for this. it's been great watching the whole thing come together. It looks amazing
beautiful and meaningful way to connect art and technic.
thank you Dalibor, and the whole team.
beautiful thought from Alfredo Jaar.
Have you ever experimented with a transparent cathode on the front glass for a different look? I believe titanium nitride can be sputtered onto glass, but I have no idea if it's suitable for use in nixie tubes
Unsaleable & so amazingly beautiful, all of everyone's hard work payed off.
Congratulations to you and your amazing team! I had been watching this series from the beginning and saw the work and passion that went into this project. The outcome was amazing and beautiful. This was a huge accomplishment for your team!
I'm so glad this project ended successfully, it's been such a trip watching your update videos from the start.
Also, Alfredo Jaar is such a mensch for conceiving, having faith, and funding such a project.
Everything about this has been inspirational.
Cheers!
What a journey, congratulations! The name surname combination of the artist called my attention and indeed... Alfredo Jaar is the father of Nicolas Jaar!
i think the most mesmerizing part is the baby that was born that day, who inspired this whole art piece, being with you at the inauguration is like everything coming full circle. truly moving💖 and the art piece is absolutely pristine, the amount of work shows in just how perfect and beautiful it is, I definitely have to come around to see it when I go to Japan
There are only a few times that I have seen art that moved me, this is one of them. Thank you for the video, I wish I could see it in person. Alfredo Jaar had a vision and you and your team gave it life....
Thank you very much for your words!
Incredible project. So happy to see that it was delivered ok and was able to be displayed at the museum.
Congratulations on delivering this gargantuan project and also to Alfredo Jaar for making such a poignant artistic statement.
It's been a pleasure watching you develop the H tube (and the toolchain to manufacture them) over the past few years.
Hi, thank you! I like to see watch your progress on making vacuum tubes, keep it going ;-)
Amazing journey and amazing story - you must be so proud of your team
Beautiful!
Thank you so much for sharing this journey over the last years. The engineering is as much a work of art as is the final installation.
What an amazing story Dalibor!
I‘m a fan of your products from the beginning and so happy with the 2 clocks I already purchased from you.
Hope to get the chance of an H-tube blub clock purchase some day!
Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪
Hi! Thank you for your support, I am glad you like the clocks :-) H-tube is being fine tuned and we want to make it ready for clocks for customers! Keep in touch, greetings to Germany
AMAZING !! Absolutely beautiful, as all of your creations are. Still loving your nixie clocks. Looking back from where you came in 2013, you keep amazing us with your persistence and creativity.
My mother was put in a Japanese concentration camp together with her mother. Her father and two brothers were locked up in a different camp. They were freed when the bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. So I exist because of these bombs.
Always felt very sorry for all the Japanese civilians that were killed, they were just civilians living out there lives just like we are. Love the Japanese culture and the people. Love nixie tubes and this piece of art. Thanks for bringing it to the world. Keep the nixies alive 👍
Thank you for sharing the story of you and your relatives, it is another perspective on the WWII events. Very interesting.
Your country should be proud of people like you folk in the castle .
So amazing! You and your team's hard work is wonderful to witness.
WOW amazing work! Congratulations to the entire team!
Congratulations. Beautiful work.
Oh
My
God
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This is absoluteley fantastic!!!
Thank Your for creating this masterpiece!!!
Absurd job and deliver! I'm an electrical engineer specializing in new media art, installations, and lighting design from rio, Brazil. I've followed all your videos closely. Kudos to you and your team for doing an outstanding job.
Wow, thanks!
Very well done Dalibor and all your team, so nice to see a complete final documentary.
Fantastic to finally see the project completed. It's been a journey.
first: amazing work. i really love the look of that installation. Never would have guessed, that this was so many years of work and dedication. After seeing your workshop and lab, i would have guessed a total cost arround of 8K to 10K$ per nixie tube including the developement. Can you estimate what your cost per tube (in the installation) was ? or is that confidential?
second: can anybody tell me what song that is on this timestamp? th-cam.com/video/8ElxcRCt0mQ/w-d-xo.html it just fits perfect to the charme of the kanji glowing and i wanna go down that rabbithole of this kind of japanese music ( if it is even japanese ?! )
Thank you! The costs are confidental, I still also need to do a post calculation to know the real numbers, but it was less than your estimation. The music is twilight of Kyoto by Pecan Pie (uppbeat.io). Cheers!
Congratulations on this milestone, it looks epic!
Obrovská gratulace! Je to nádhera!
For the longest time this project was in the background and felt like it would be always there, seeing it completed got me tearing up a bit. I wish I could go in person to see it! I'll be keep an eye out for the next project, I'm confident that with the expertise and the capability built during the developing H-Tube, some amazing thing will come!
Thank you! Yes, we've learned a lot and also got some confidence. I am now thinking where to move next - stay tuned :-)
I'm pretty convinced the real artists here are you guys. Great stuff.
Incredible. From the final result alone, it's difficult to realize how much work went into the project and how many challenges had to be overcome. I'm grateful that you took us on the journey with you, gives us a whole new perspective and a deeper way of appreciating the final result. Very well done!
Absolutely amazing work. I'm proud of czech develop team.
I remember Dalibor from the very start of his nixie tube journey. I remember seeing his first tube. It was a test tube with 2 digits in it, made in his kitchen. That was over 20 years ago.
Still have it in the office, some 13 years ago, seems ages..
the numbers mason, what do they mean?
Amazing accomplishment! The end result is even more beautiful than I had imagined and it was great hearing the story behind the artwork. Well done!!
Yes! Congrats guys! This is a truly wonderful achievement! 🍾 Thanks for bringing us along 😎
I'm so glad you finally made it! The next question, despite the warning on your website, is : when will you have a clock with the H tubes? With all my admiration. Christophe
It was a journey of discovery, setbacks, and accomplishments for which you and your team can be proud. Hopefully, you will be able to capitalize on the fact that you now have something to offer the world that is a capability unique to you and yours. Congratulations again and thank you for sharing this wonderful summary of your journey (even though I've been following along over the years).
Absolutely amazing project and documentary. Thank you for sharing it with us.
I love the look of Nixie tubes, yet i've never used one in any of my projects, because i thought they were a lost piece of technology and are becoming more expensive because of this.
It's very exciting to see that somebody took on the task to bring this art back to life - thank you for doing what you do, and also showing how complex and difficult it is to built them!
Oh, and beautiful work on this artwork, it's chilling to see it run through its cycle to run for the first time.