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"Light’s Ancient Strata" Old Rice Warehouse Installation #Hino Town, Tottori Prefecture - 映像作家: overlay
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"Light’s Ancient Strata" Old Rice Warehouse Installation #Hino Town, Tottori Prefecture

2025
00:05:43
This work, presented on August 13, 2025 at the “Neo Lantern Festival” held in Hino Town, Hino District, Tottori Prefecture, simultaneously unfolded a visual presentation and an illumination design that enveloped the entire space. Set in an old warehouse once used for storing rice, it repurposed a dormant space and transformed it into a place that connects local memory with the future. The illumination is not merely decorative; it is an essential element that shapes the rhythm of the space in response to the imagery. Light placed along the walls and beams overlaps with the abstract layers of the video, spreading outward as if embracing the audience’s bodily sense. In a space where the festival’s defining “light” and the installation’s illumination coexist, the traditional light of the festival and the light of contemporary digital art intersected. The theme of the work is “reconstructing the landscape.” It captures fragments of nature and daily life from the Hino District (Hino Town, Kofu Town, and Nichinan Town), then reassembles them into abstract designs. The video evokes memories of the landscape, while the illumination serves to extend those memories throughout the entire space. Viewers can experience the moment when the familiar appearance of the land is transformed by light and imagery, discovering another kind of beauty hidden within the region’s scenery. Underlying the work is a desire to reuse local resources and foster cultural regeneration. By reviving an unused rice warehouse as an art venue, it became an attempt to create new value that honors memories of the past while opening toward the future. The closed-off space of the warehouse was opened up, creating a place where local people could share an experience of being surrounded by light. This installation functions as a mediator that connects land, people, and memory through the unity of video, illumination, and the local community.
Seed of a Star (Award Winner, Asia Digital Art Award FUKUOKA 2025; Award Winner, Mitaka no Mori Animation Festa 2026 – 24th Indies Animation Festa; Official Selection – In Competition, SPARK ANIMATION 2026〈Canada / Academy Award®-Qualifying Festival〉; Official Selection, Turku Animated Film Festival 2026〈Finland〉; Official Selection – International Competition, Big Cartoon Festival 2026〈Russia〉; Official Selection – International Short Film Competition, 2nd Tochigi International Film Festival; Competition Nominee, Fukuoka Independent Film Festival 2026; Official Selection, Breath of the City and Forest Film Festival 2026) - 映像作家: yasuhirohiguchi
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Seed of a Star (Award Winner, Asia Digital Art Award FUKUOKA 2025; Award Winner, Mitaka no Mori Animation Festa 2026 – 24th Indies Animation Festa; Official Selection – In Competition, SPARK ANIMATION 2026〈Canada / Academy Award®-Qualifying Festival〉; Official Selection, Turku Animated Film Festival 2026〈Finland〉; Official Selection – International Competition, Big Cartoon Festival 2026〈Russia〉; Official Selection – International Short Film Competition, 2nd Tochigi International Film Festival; Competition Nominee, Fukuoka Independent Film Festival 2026; Official Selection, Breath of the City and Forest Film Festival 2026)

2025
00:02:17
Major Awards & Selections Award Winner — Asia Digital Art Award FUKUOKA 2025 Award Winner — Mitaka no Mori Animation Festa 2026, 24th Indies Animation Festa Official Selection – In Competition — SPARK ANIMATION 2026 (Canada / Academy Award®-Qualifying Festival) Official Selection – Music Video Panorama — Turku Animated Film Festival 2026 (Finland) Official Selection — Breath of the City and Forest Film Festival 2026 Official Selection – International Short Film Competition — 2nd Tochigi International Film Festival Official Selection – International Competition — Big Cartoon Festival 2026 (Russia) Competition Nominee — Fukuoka Independent Film Festival 2026 Seed of a Star One day, my daughter casually said the words, “Seed of a Star.” Those simple words quietly planted a seed in me. Drawn to their gentle sound and poetic resonance, I began to imagine stars descending into a silent forest and a landscape inhabited by tiny creatures. The story begins as stars softly fall from the night sky into the forest. When they reach the ground, they become tiny seeds, eventually sprouting and blooming into “star flowers.” The small creatures of the forest gather around them, playing music as they quietly watch over the flowers. Through the light and sounds spreading across the nighttime forest and the gentle passage of time, I wanted to create a world that feels both peaceful and warm. I created the film using Blender, a tool I have worked with for many years. The forest, stars, flowers, and tiny creatures reflect my love of nature and are rendered with a simple, handcrafted feel. By carefully shaping the light, shadow, and textures, I sought to create a landscape that seems to drift somewhere between reality and imagination. Rather than synchronizing the music and images precisely, I wanted them to gently accompany and resonate with one another. The music was composed by cokiyu, a musician with whom I have collaborated on previous works and who has also contributed music to Confessions, directed by Tetsuya Nakashima. For this film, her delicate piano melodies are accompanied by her clear, ethereal voice, perfectly complementing the atmosphere of the nighttime forest. The lyrics carry the themes of the story, with each word resonating quietly, almost as if speaking directly to the viewer. Her voice gently deepens the visual world, enriching its sense of light, time, and the poetic universe of Seed of a Star. I hope that Seed of a Star will quietly take root in the hearts of those who watch it, allowing their own imagination and feelings to gently unfold.

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