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daisy* 「Lazy Arms」

2015 ~

00:01:21
daisy* 「Lazy Arms」
Presented by: daisy* | MASATO INAGAKI
Direct by: 木村 歩　/ 　太田 修司
Sound and light artist: Ethan Edwards
Animator: 関根 悠介
Rigging: 島 麻未
Modeling and manufacturing: Matthieu Claude Tessier, 吉田 忠雄, 野中 稜也
Lead programmer: Ethan Edwards
Programmer: 植本 俊介, 鍛治 幸一郎, 勝河 政貴
Technical advisor: 水野 譲
Assistant producer: 荒井 香澄, Luana Elena Matei
©daisy Inc.
Description: Lazy Arms is a piece meant to interact with the viewer. Instead of building it inside the virtual world, we opted for a real analog version based on the same technology as the other pieces. It is not a musical instrument, but an experiment and a response to overcome the boundaries between humans and technology through creative means. Lazy Arms combines robotics, machine learning, and real-time control of light and sound to create an emotional space that allows the viewer to conduct their own orchestra of undulating arms, shifting sounds, and vibrant colors. From your position in front of the piece, you become a conductor, controlling the orchestra of lights, movements, and sounds. As you move your arms, the arms of the piece sway along with you, changing colors and emitting sounds based on your movements. Composed of nine robotic arms with lights and sound. By behaving like an orchestra conductor and engaging in dialogue with the piece, you can create sound and color, giving rise to a mysterious space.

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木 Ayumi Kimura unverified Director 太 Shuji Ota unverified Director E Ethan Edwards unverified Sound / light artist / Programmer 関 Yusuke Sekine unverified Animator 島 Shima Asami unverified Rigging M Matthieu Claude Tessier unverified Modeling / manufacturing 吉 Yoshida Tadao unverified Modeling / manufacturing 野 Ryoya Nonaka unverified Modeling / manufacturing 植 Shunsuke Uemoto unverified Programmer 鍛 Koichiro Kaji unverified Programmer 勝 Masaki Katsukawa unverified Programmer 水 Joe Mizuno unverified Technical advisor 荒 Kasumi Arai unverified Producer L Luana Elena Matei unverified Producer

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