This work won the New Hope Award in the Kabukicho Creator's Gallery Project competition. It is a video created around the commercial complex “Tokyu Kabukicho Tower,” which opened in Shinjuku Kabukicho in April 2023. Since the building’s floors are divided by genre—B1-B4F / 1-5F / 6-8F / 9-10F / 18-47F— the color scheme changes on each floor to express that it is a facility where a wide variety of entertainment comes together. At the 24-second mark, the line “This is a place where you can fully pursue what you love” becomes simply “love” and grows larger; this is achieved by bringing the “YOU” and “ENTERTAINMENT” markers on the lower scale closer together, expressing that this is a facility where the distance between users and entertainment becomes closer. Following the award, it will be shown on the outdoor vision screen on the first floor of Tokyu Kabukicho Tower from April 5, 2023.

A day in the life of an office lady whose body starts dancing whenever her heart starts racing.

[Concept] “Spheres of Life” is a video work that portrays the story of a sphere born from water as it undergoes a series of transformations, with its energy eventually nurturing a tree. While maintaining a constant shape, the sphere continues to change organically. Through the accumulation of these transformations, it ultimately leads to the birth of new life, and in the end, a tree begins to sprout. I visually expressed the universal process in which life is passed on through changing forms and gives rise to new beings. [Backstory] Life is in constant flux, continually connecting to the future. In this work, I depicted a sphere transforming into various forms, with every stage of that process eventually becoming an element that nurtures a tree. The themes of the cycle and chain of life, and the idea that changes in existence lead to the birth of new life, are expressed through symbolic visuals. [Method] This piece was created using Blender, the 3DCG software I have used and loved for many years, making full use of physics simulations and procedural modeling techniques. I focused on the sphere’s organic metamorphosis and the delicate depiction of the moment the tree begins to sprout, translating the dynamism and fragility of life into the video. [Music] For this work, the musician no.9, who provided music for the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, composed an original piece especially for this project. Its delicate yet dynamic sound resonates with the visuals, accentuating the beauty of life’s transformation and rebirth.