{"id":6057,"date":"2026-10-14T19:07:50","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T17:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fragmentation.fr\/?p=6057"},"modified":"2026-10-14T19:07:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T17:07:50","slug":"keiko-takahashi-meter-crawler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fragmentation.fr\/en\/keiko-takahashi-meter-crawler\/","title":{"rendered":"Keiko Takahashi | Meter Crawler"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>body.postid-6057 .wp-block-cover:has(> img.wp-post-image){aspect-ratio:3\/2!important;min-height:0!important;padding:0!important}body.postid-6057 .wp-block-cover>img.wp-post-image{width:100%!important;height:100%!important;object-fit:cover!important}body.postid-6057 .wp-block-lemmony-companion-post-featured-image-caption{display:none}<\/style>\n<p class=\"fragment-image-credit\"><small>Keiko Takahashi, Meter Crawler, 2008\u20132013. Installation view, Like A Second Nature, Berlin, 2013. Photograph: Michael Knoll. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/arselectronica\/8967771984\/\">Ars Electronica<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/2.0\/\">CC BY-NC-ND 2.0<\/a>).<\/small><\/p>\n<div class=\"fragment-video\" style=\"max-width:960px;margin:0 auto\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/9875679\" title=\"Meter Crawler - snail racing \u2014 Keiko Takahashi\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;height:auto;aspect-ratio:4\/3;border:0\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><small>Video: early documentation published by Keiko Takahashi, showing the blue-housing version. The photograph shows the yellow version exhibited in Berlin in 2013. <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/9875679\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n<p>A tape measure extends a few centimetres of steel, catches its hook against the surface and draws its housing forward. Repeated, this movement is enough to reveal a snail-like gait within an ordinary tool. In Meter Crawler, measuring becomes a way of moving. Our attention shifts from the instrument\u2019s precision to the behaviour of a small creature: what gesture makes us begin to imagine life in things?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong> : Documented context: Like A Second Nature, Volkswagen Automobil Forum Unter den Linden, Berlin, Germany, 6 June\u201328 July 2013. Project begun in 2008; archival documentation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Artist<\/strong> : Born in 1969 in Kanagawa, Japan, Keiko Takahashi is a new-media artist trained in painting. Her practice connects computer graphics, interactive systems and everyday objects animated through behaviours that evoke living things.<\/p>\n<p>Sources : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Dd6TwU-uAQE\/\">Nico Kok, 30.09.2026<\/a> ; <a href=\"https:\/\/ars.electronica.art\/export\/en\/wie-eine-zweite-natur\/\">Ars Electronica<\/a> ; <a href=\"https:\/\/interface.khm.de\/index.php\/art\/projects\/meter-crawler\/index.html\">KHM<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tape measure extends a few centimetres of steel, catches its hook against the surface and draws its housing forward. Repeated, this movement is enough to reveal a snail-like gait within an ordinary tool. In Meter Crawler, measuring becomes a way of moving. 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