When you change your “point of view,” new things come into view, and the way you feel and think changes—something everyone has likely experienced. In this work, by changing viewpoints and focusing on a specific viewpoint alone, we challenged ourselves to intentionally reconstruct the scenery and create a sense of appreciation.

The internal sounds of a mechanical wristwatch were recorded using a specialized microphone. Those recordings were then reconstructed into an audiovisual work. At the core of the movement is the balance wheel, oscillating eight times per second — what the watch industry refers to as “8 beats.” The work was inspired by the resonance between this rhythm and the concept of the 8-beat rhythm in music. When recorded, the rhythm proved to be extremely precise, yet the pitch fluctuated ever so slightly. Precise, yet somehow organic. This sensation — constant, yet subtly unstable — is expressed through both sound and visuals. In the CG work, rather than simply recreating the internal structure and metallic textures of the watch, we took an abstract approach to visualize “the vibration of time itself.” Within an exact cyclical motion, slight fluctuations begin to emerge. Through layers of light, vibration, repetition, and microscopic shifts, the piece visualizes the “vibration of time” occurring inside a mechanical watch.

First 3DCG in the series! KOO-KI, together with MARZA ANIMATION PLANET, which produced the film itself, created the opening sequence for the movie “LUPIN III THE FIRST.” Released nationwide on December 6, 2019. Blu-ray & DVD released on June 3, 2020. ▼ Storyboards for the opening sequence of “LUPIN III THE FIRST” now available! https://koo-ki.co.jp/topics/detail/12161