These video works are reconstructed from filmed image data based on “wave” landscapes through transformations of time (frames) and space (the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the screen). Since 2020, this has also been an ongoing project that examines the perception of spacetime through the medium of video, while updating its transformation algorithms and filming methods. In the works, various cyclical differences that exist in the landscape appear as textures in the image. These naturally bring new perspectives and make visible the ways in which we perceive space and time. For example, a stationary object such as a rock, when the time axis is replaced by the horizontal axis, loses its sense of scale and appears as a flat band of color crossing the screen. Meanwhile, the ever-changing sea surface retains its wave form while undergoing distortion. This is because waves possess a certain symmetry with respect to the spacetime dimensions. In this way, the people, objects, and waves that appear each have different rhythms and vectors, and emerge on the screen as movements of color and texture. These video works are also traces of the artist’s practice of seeking out the hidden rhythms of nature.

I served as the director of photography and camera operator for “kinu 6th live ‘Turning, Opening.’” held in VRChat. A hybrid shoot combining preprogrammed camera work inside VR with handheld camera filming in VR.

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