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Method: Risograph printing and stop-motion I adopted “stop-motion animation using risograph printing,” a technique I have been experimentally producing independently since around 2019, as the visual expression method for this work. By handling the footage physically, I was able to introduce a level of flexibility that digital methods do not allow, such as using different types of paper for each scene, which was a major gain from this production. Concept: “Life during the COVID-19 pandemic” In Video Creators 100, which presents representative creators for each year, what kind of year was 2021? I set this theme because I wanted to preserve it as a visual record. One year has passed since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020. I am writing this text on May 29, 2021. The third state of emergency, which was initially supposed to last two weeks, has been extended by about another month and a half. In 2021, the infectious disease is still spreading, and the new lifestyle has become more deeply rooted. I think it has become normal for many people to enjoy entertainment through a screen. While continuing to stay at home, meetings, live events, and drinking parties have all been replaced by monitors. The present is what keeps and extends our lives through the screen, and I condensed 2021 into a teaser video with the hope for the future—that one day COVID will subside and we will be able to go বাইরে outside again.

I had the privilege of directing a promotional video for the EV race car “E-RA,” developed by Subaru Tecnica International. Given the nature of the world premiere, the full vehicle would be revealed at the unveiling event, so I turned the fact that only part of the car could be shown to our advantage, using long, powerful beams of light in the shoot to evoke a sense of advanced technology and combativeness.

In 2013, Shinichi Yamamoto worked on “The Movements,” a data visualization piece based on scientific data. This work is a spherical image piece created as a permanent program for “Geo-Cosmos,” the spherical display at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation. http://www.omnibusjp.com/supersymmetry/research/project_3.html Then, in 2015, two years after “The Movements,” he began production on the 3D fulldome work “The Man from the 9 Dimensions,” which was released in 2016 and screened at Dome Theater Gaia at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation. He was responsible for visualizing scientific concepts related to superstring theory in theoretical physics, as well as for the film’s visual direction. http://www.omnibusjp.com/supersymmetry/research/project_7.html In the media art scene, science and art have been drawing closer together, and visualization of data and waveforms has been actively pursued. Building on the two works mentioned above, which focused on data visualization and the visualization of scientific concepts, this work is a philosophical concept visualization piece (※) that visualizes, from an artistic perspective, the concepts and ideas that arise when considering the origins of nature, the universe, and all things. The work has a total running time of 30 minutes, and each track has its own theme, such as “reversal of perspective,” “invalidating position,” “elementary particle,” and “time.” Overall, however, the main theme of the entire work is the shape of the trajectory traced by time, expressed through the concept featured in Track 04, “Emerging Design”: the accumulation of moments. Since 2016, he has collaborated on the concept with science curator Dimitris Kontopoulos, and together with Intercity-Express (Tetsuji Ohno), with whom he has continued to collaborate on sound design, they created the work in eight tracks. For high-resolution 3D visualization, Seiichi Sega (superSymmetry) also took part, contributing not only computer-generated imagery based on physical calculations but also interactive performances using TouchDesigner. ※ Philosophical concept visualization: In this context, “philosophy” refers to the knowledge, experiences, and view of life gained through pursuing the nature and principles underlying all things. - Premiere screening at MUTEK.JP: Since the main venue for MUTEK.JP in 2017 was the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, we planned and presented a version optimized for the museum’s Dome Theater Gaia 3D dome system, allowing audiences to experience the audiovisual performance in the best possible way, fully taking advantage of the dome’s specifications.