Surge Estampa

Daniel Canogar's installation at Estampa contemporary art fair.

‘3e Scene’ Metamorphosis

Developing on United Visual Artist's work with Opéra National de Paris, this film entitled “3e Scène” offers a new perspective on a seemingly familiar subject: the human body in motion. The studio assisted in the development of the film for the Opera's digital platform, featuring original works by artists and creators intended to reveal the world of opera and dance to new eyes. It captures the dance of the ballerina Eve Grinsztajn as a three-dimensional point cloud of data, transforming her into a moving sculpture. Her movement is expressed through abstracted forms, and a story emerges. The film, which revolves around the themes of rebirth and renewal, is accompanied by a Baroque-inspired score by Mira Calix.

real-time face generator / kagami

‘kagami’ means a mirror in Japanese. View this installation, which features ‘3D mirror,’ capable of replicating a person’s face in three dimensions. The installation’s face scanner scans a participant’s face, and a computer converts the scan into 3D modeling data. On the basis of this data, around 5,000 rods are moved forward by a motor, creating a 3D face in real time. The face then becomes a canvass for the theme of ‘Kacho Fugetsu’, which means beauties of nature in Japanese, as electric makeup art featuring morning glory, bamboo, butterflies, kingfishers, ibis, sunsets, cherry blossoms, moon etc. is projected onto its surface. This work is the result of a collaboration between WOW and a project team from Kao Corporation, who drew their inspiration from the ‘OMOTE’ project. It took one year to produce, from planning through to completion. It has been established as an exhibit at Kao’s COCOLAB museum, founded in September this year. Nobumichi Asai (WOW) acted as creative and technical director for ‘kagami’ and ‘Kacho Fugetsu,’ overseeing the planning and development of the project. Noboru Tomizawa, who also collaborated on ‘Connected Colors’, oversaw the makeup art. Beautiful makeup art provides a base over which WOW’s CG animation is projected to evoke the vivacity and motion of nature. Music was provided by hatis noit, using a tonal palette exclusively composed of sounds from nature. Using sounds from her native Hokkaido, the sound of the wind over the plains, running water, bird song etc., hatis noit creates a sound-scape drawn from her own memories. Digital fabrication has been predominant around the world as the popularity of 3D printers represents. This work can be included in the trend. The definitions of ‘thing’ and ‘information’ are basically opposite, but they are equivalent in our mind in the age of digital fabrication. In a way, we can say our ‘existence’ is composed of ‘collection of meaningful information (= code)’. In the human body, a spherule called a ribosome reads the sequence of DNA and transfers 20 different amino acids to produce protein. In the past, we thought that human lives were analogue and organic, which was different to the idea of digital computing. But human lives are supported by the idea like 3D printing in its essence. Cloning is done by copying DNA. And this idea expands to ethical issues with artificial cloning of organisms, which are still controversial. Experiencing this installation, you may be shocked. You should be one of a kind, but your ‘existence’ is reproduced with this. So, the title ‘kagami’ includes the meaning ‘you face your “existence”’.

OMOTE / REAL-TIME FACE TRACKING & PROJECTION MAPPING

This work is the theme of Japanese identity. While feeling that Japanese are losing confidence, where is Japan 's identity? What is the universal value that Japan can transmit to the world? Elements of Japan's identity such as Japanese traditional beauty, future technology, Japanism, etc. were pursued and integrated by members and collaboration members of kuwahara hiroto, Paul Lacroix, and Jin Hasegawa. Finally, when Android face transforms, grotesque dark mask appears from inside. It seems that it is a metaphor for a strange anxiety towards the future brought about by technology that continues to evolve at phenomenal speed

connected colors / real-time face tracking and 3d projection mapping

“Connected Colors” which was planned and produced with the technical direction by media artist Nobumichi Asai (WOW), conceptualizes the coexistence of life. The motif is centered on the colors of nature, and is an expression of electric make-up in the form of various colors intermingling and harmonizing. Expressed from beyond the viewpoint of humanity, “Connected Colors” aims to convey the human desire for harmony and coexistence of life on Earth.

„SAY_SUPERSTRINGS“

A Real-Time Generative Installation Performance Of Electrical Activity In The Musician’s Brain! dastrio x Ouchhh x Ars Electronica

S.A.R.A Test Drive [ RN4-09 by Aoki Takamasa ]

Test drive of S.A.R.A (Synchronous Audio Reactive Algorithms), a custom c++ software dedicated to VJing using 'RN4-09' by Aoki Takamasa. These are audio reactive procedurally generated visuals running in real-time. The software is coded in c++/opengl/glsl and is aimed to be used for sound driven live events.

Ed Fornieles | The Finiliar

An interview with Ed Fornieles on his exhibition The Finiliar at Arsenal Contemporary NY featuring telematic LED works, inkjet prints, sculptures, and an animated digital video. Fornieles creates stages for performative cultures stemming from the ebb and flow of information through various systems of value. Paying particular attention to ludic qualities of subject formation and the polymorphic attachments that develop in these sites, his work navigates the threshold between the virtual and IRL.

1194D^3

An immersive triple-screen audiovisual installation at Today Art Museum.

The Hex

The HEX is a live audiovisual experience and collaborative installation project between visual artist Raven Kwok and musical artist producer Karma Fields. The installation includes a surrounding set of screens forming a hexagonal prism, with generative visuals projected onto each vertical surface, making it possible for the audience to experience the piece from different perspectives. Karma Fields performs live in the center of the HEX. All visuals are created and programmed by Raven Kwok using Processing.

What a Loving, and Beautiful World