Tokyo Calling : Another Landscape of Japan » Art

inhabitant SNOW SHOW Color Mountain

Kenji Harada — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 14:51:53 +0000

SNOW SHOW at Mt Naeba, Japan.

In two days the event set up projectors, snow mapping software and nifty
iphone app. allowing the audience to interact with visuals in real-time,
the riders illuminated the mountain as they approached and hit the ramp.

Music by: Chatanix
Video by: Andrew Dorn
Concept & Production: ENESS.com & inhabitant.jp

TOKYO CITY SYMPHONY

Kenji Harada — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 13:21:40 +0000

Symphonize with the world to the ever-evolving city of Tokyo.
tokyocitysymphony.com

The 10 year celebration theme for Roppongi Hills is “LOVE TOKYO”.
We will be starting a movement here from Roppongi Hills to transform Tokyo into a more attractive and exciting “world-class city”.
We are opening a 10th anniversary website in which users can experience 3D projection mapping on a miniature model of the city of Tokyo at a 1 : 1000 scale.
Participants can enjoy various motifs of the city: “Futuristic City,” “Rock City,” and a traditional Japanese “Beauty of Nature” motif by pressing the keys on a keyboard, as if playing the piano.
Exploit the possibilities and make Tokyo more dynamic and exciting.
Join us in a symphony with the entire city of Tokyo, and enjoy this completely new visual experience.

OMOTE / REAL-TIME FACE TRACKING & PROJECTION MAPPING

Kenji Harada — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 07:57:10 +0000

PROJECT OMOTE IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN JAPANESE MEDIA ARTIST NOBUMICHI ASAI, MAKEUP ARTIST HIROTO KUWAHARA AND FRENCH DIGITAL IMAGE ENGINEER PAUL LACROIX.

PROJECT MEMBERS

NOBUMICHI ASAI (PRODUCER / DIRECTOR / TECHNICAL PRODUCER)
HIROTO KUWAHARA (ART DIRECTOR & MAKEUP)
PAUL LACROIX (TECHNICAL DIRECTOR / PROGRAMMER – TRANSIT DIGITAL WORKS)
JIN HASEGAWA (CG DESIGNER – SPADE)
TAKASHI ISHIBASHI (CG DESIGNER – SPADE)

SPECIAL THANKS

AYAKA MOTOYOSHI (PRODUCTION MANAGER -P.I.C.S.)
KOJI KOJIMA(PRODUCER)
AYA KUMAKURA (PRODUCTION MANAGER)
KAZUHIRO NAKAMURA (COLORIST – McRAY)
KENJI NAKAZONO (PHOTOGRAPHER – CREATIVE STUDIO WORKS)
KIMIHIRO MORIKAWA (PHOTOGRAPHER – SHOOTING & LIGHTING)
RHEA TOR’S INC.
DAN (STYLIST)
K.FURUMOTO (HAIR – &´S MANAGEMENT)
YUKA SEKIMIZU (MODEL – SATORU JAPAN)
SPICE (OPTITRACK MOTION CAPTURE SENSOR)
HIDEAKI TAKAHASHI (MUSIC – mjuc)
HIROSHI SATO (PROJECTOR INSTRUMENTS – AMSA)

nobumichiasai.com

toco toco ep.1 Yusuke Shigeta, digital artist

Kenji Harada — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 01:53:43 +0000

Digital artist, Yusuke Shigeta is taking us to the Yokosuka art museum in Kanagawa prefecture.

An exhibition was held during the 2014 summer holidays called “KiRaKiRa ZaWaZaWa HaRaHaRa” where parents could enjoy art with their children.
It showcased Yusuke Shigeta’s art pieces and four other contemporary artists’ work.

Yusuke Shigeta is originally a video creator who makes animation and computer graphics.

His work is a video installation that uses the whole space of a room.
The video is a pixel animation displayed from a projector set on the ceiling.
This animation, “Gaso no Mori” (Pixel Forest) is inspired by ten fairytales that you can see by holding a white book opened while wandering in the room.

His other art piece is called “Gaso Sansui” (Pixel Scenery) and is inspired by the series of paintings of Ogawa Usen, “Shunkashuutou”.