KANAZAWA CITY, Japan – A large-format projection on Kanazawa castle in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, took place on two nights last fall, Oct. 11-12, 2014. The event was part of the celebrations surrounding the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train service, which goes all the way to Kanazawa, since March of this year.
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The content of the projection mapping was conceived to be an enchanting digital art fantasy, combining sound and light.
The creative agency responsible for bringing it all together was Drawing and Manual. Creative Director Seiichi Hishikawa and Art Director Yutaka Obara were able to draw on the talent of a large crew of inspired artists and craftsmen from a great number of different companies, including CENDO Inc., Invisible Designs Lab, Diorama and Radix Corporation among others.
During the three month preparation phase, the creators of this large scale spectacle spent countless hours to ensure their vision would become a tangible reality.
The width of the scaffolding alone came to an impressive 140 meters.
In order to better be able to study the intricate traditional roof structure, an exact miniature model of the Castle that was printed using 3D printing technology.
The project creators used cutting edge real-time rendering technology like the coolux Pandoras Box media servers to bring their vision to life, yet they also went to great lengths to incorporate traditional craftsmanship and the notion of things “handmade”.
One of the most striking examples that reflect this approach is without doubt the traditional colouring procedure used on Japanese paper, which found its way into the content design.
Another unique feature of this event was the development of a body-sonic machine that would convert the event’s soundscape into vibrations in a way that would make it easier for hearing impaired persons to fully experience the aural side of the event.
The music that was especially composed deliberately used only human voices as instruments to create a powerful atmosphere.
In order to maximise the effect of the multidimensional sound, the speakers were placed around the audience.
More than 50.000 people attended the two nights, during which they were inspired to appreciate the traditional castle of Kanazawa in completely new ways.
Credits:
- Kanazawa Shinkansen Launch Commemorative Project Executive Committee, Kanazawa City
- Creative Director: Seiichi Hishikawa
- Art Director / Editor: Yutaka Obara
- CGI Designer: Takaharu Shimizu, Kyotaro Hayashi, Kazuhiro Morisaki (CENDO Inc.)
- Music Director: Shinya Kiyokawa (Invisible Designs Lab)
- Composer: Shinya Kiyokawa (Invisible Designs Lab), Yuichi Nakamura (Invisible Designs Lab),
- Kiminori Takaki (Invisible Designs Lab), Yuki Sezaki (Invisible Designs Lab), Masayuki Noda (Diorama), Yasuhiro Higuchi, Taiyo Sekito
- Main Voice Artist: Ami Yamazaki
- Voice Artist: Roberta Janelle Stott, Kie Oyama, Asami Uto, Toshiyuki Iwashita, Junpei Tsuji,
- Hideki Funahashi, Takahide Kajiwara, Yasufumi Nakadera, Kama City Children, Iizuka City Children
- Technical Director: Kazuhisa Tsukada(Radix Corporation)
- Mute Converter Development Advisor: Yasuhiro Senno
- Construction / Operation Crew: Radix Corporation (Kosuke Fujii, Ryuta Gomi, Yoshinori Kobayashi, Toshikatsu Tsubota, Hiroshi Yonekawa, Yasuhiro Ikeda, Takashi Saito, Airi Nakamura, Shigeru Ayukawa)
- Producer: Takashi Ueno
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