Along the Mōsō bamboo grove of Kairakuen, anonymous and diverse figures continue walking. People watch as they choose something and abandon something else, following along behind them. There is a Zen phrase, “hoho kore dōjō” — “every step is a training ground.” The characters in the work continue walking without end as they face various events. People, too, will confront them together by following the characters in the work as they walk. Or, they will confront each of the characters one after another as they come walking by. The work is continuously drawn in real time by a computer program. It is not playing back pre-recorded video. As a whole, it keeps changing forever without ever reproducing a previous state. The image of this very moment can never be seen again. “teamLab Kairakuen Garden of Light” (Mito, Ibaraki) Exhibition details: https://www.teamlab.art/jp/e/kairakuengarden/ Work details: https://www.teamlab.art/jp/w/walk_bambooforest/kairakuengarden/

This CLIENT WORKS REEL focuses on the opening title and main footage of the program, on which we also worked from the logo design stage.

A world of Chinese medicine where the story loops forever Life spirals infinitely, linked to the natural world A playful expression of the philosophy that we humans are part of that whole With an emphasis on eating in a warm, joyful spirit This film tells the origin story of a restaurant run by an internationally certified medicinal-food specialist, who creates herbal cuisine rooted in the evidence of Chinese medicine and designed to delight both mind and body Using a mix of techniques including craft work, live action, and more, it was finished with playful analog visuals, as well as music Methods: hand-drawn animation, stop motion, After Effects, loop animation