“33 minutes and 33 seconds needed before the world ends” A dying Earth. A strange game played by the survivors: “Mood Hall.” A mysterious middle-aged gentleman and a beautiful woman, appearing and disappearing. Little people. Giants. A party. A desert. The bottom of a pool. Dance. Day and night, repeated again and again. Experimental, artistic, adventurous, half sci-fi, half mystery: a densely layered labyrinthine world made of sketches. A masterpiece of film that strips away words and leads you into a world of seeing and hearing alone! ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ In 2016, “Mood Hall” was presented as the latest installation in Kawaiokamura’s retrospective exhibition. It was Kawaiokamura’s first new work in nine years, with sound direction for the entire solo show handled by Mariko Harada. In 2019, “Mood Hall” was completed as a film work, and in 2020 it was released theatrically at Demachiza, a cinema in Kyoto. The music, of course, was by Mariko Harada. It brought the richly layered 33-minute-and-33-second world of image and sound to the screens and speakers of the movie theater. In 2022, the music for “Mood Hall” was completely rewritten by Kazumichi Komatsu. It was made neither as an installation nor for a cinema, but as a composition intended for streaming. Reading the visuals like a score, he struck the sound against the images so powerfully that they changed, and linked each segment through a distinctive sense of floating weightlessness. Reconstructed through Komatsu’s bold interpretation, “Mood Hall” was named “Mood Hall side B.”

Japan | 2019 | Color | DCP | 16:9 | Stereo | 33 min 33 sec | Animation, Experimental, Mystery | No dialogue A dying Earth. A strange game called “Mood Hole,” enjoyed by the surviving people. A mysterious middle-aged gentleman and a beautiful woman who appear and disappear. Little people. Giants. Parties. Deserts. The bottom of a pool. Dancing. Repeated day and night. A dense labyrinthine world woven from experimental, artistic, adventurous, semi-SF, semi-mysterious sketches. A masterpiece that strips away words and leads us into a world of seeing and hearing alone!

Ficfyon7 | 2004 | 3:52 | colour | Japan “Ficfyon7,” a talk show centered on the mysterious genre “Hekohyon.” A “semi-meaning / non-meaning” experiment themed around creating a “chain of sparkle” through the high-tempo interplay of visuals, monologue, and music. Rather than relying on narrative, it explores temporal expression that evokes audiovisual pleasure and creative thought. Primarily using stop-motion animation with self-made model figures and sets, the film was compiled with Adobe After Effects, incorporating hand-drawn animation and motion graphics. Grand Prize, “The 1st Under 10 Minutes Digital Cinema Festival” (2005). “The unfamiliar television program that suddenly appeared on TV—Is it a pirate broadcast radio jack? Or is it interference on television, someone's head?” This short film is a visual beat spectacle based on the “chain of glittering fascination,” set in the TV show “Ficfyon7,” which explores the mysterious genre “Ficfyon.” A Grand Prize winner at the Under 10 Minutes Digital Cinema Festival 2005, Tokyo, Japan The 1st Under 10 Minutes Digital Cinema Festival [2005] Grand Prize-winning work