Media, Events, Experiments
Posts tagged video installation
Bathysphere Video Installation @ Mariana Tokyo
Oct 26th
Mariana is THE deep techno music event in Tokyo.
On August 15, 1934, Barton and Beebe made a world record descent to a depth of 3,028 feet (923 m), the record remaining unbroken for 15 years.[2]
What Beebe saw on that trip—and reported with such vividness—was a glowing world of creatures so astonishing that for decades many doubted his veracity. The clear sea stretched endlessly, and was so full of luminescence that it sparkled like the night sky. Cavalcades of black shrimps, transparent eels, and bizarre fish approached the descending sphere, and when Beebe used his spotlight to see them, great shadows and shifting patches of light hovered just out of view, leading him to postulate the existence of giants in the Bermudan depths. And below the bathysphere? There, said Beebe, lay a world that “looked like the black pit-mouth of hell itself.”
Hfour collaborated with Mariana’s key organizer to create an ambient ‘back wall’ video installation showcasing found footage of deep sea life and exploration.
Visit mariana-jp.com/ for information about upcoming events.
7 For All Mankind Store Opening
Mar 30th
Hfour worked with Bidon and Six Inch to produce a video installation at the party for the 7 for all Mankind store opening in Daikanyama, Tokyo. Three projectors were used to create a seamless image on the ceiling, presenting content following the theme: ‘looking up to nature’.
Whisky Live! 2009
Mar 6th
Hfour worked with Whisky Magazine to help produce the visual content above the stage during the ninth annual Whisky Live! in Tokyo at Big Sight. The event was a success, with over 5000 people coming to sample some whiskies, learn more about the drink and to watch a lively stage show.
Thought Projector at the ICC
Dec 7th
If anyone is interested in the intersection of Art and Technology, they should hit up the NTT InterCommunication Center (ICC) next to Hatsudai station, near Shinjuku, Tokyo. There is a show called Light InSight, which features several installations which discuss light in Art. It included a machine which photographs retinas, a sonochemical observatory, luminescent walls, and interactive smoke tunnels.
The Open space featured more contemporary works of Art including a very exciting anechoic chamber, and a lot of interactivity in nearly every work.
NTT ICC
- My retina image from the ICC
Dom Perignon Event at the Peninsula
Nov 28th
Hfour designed an environmental media installation for a Dom Perignon Rosé themed lounge event at the Peninsula Hotel in Tokyo, November 21st 2008.
60s Themed Video Installation
Nov 28th
Hfour planned and produced a 60s themed video installation at a private event north of Tokyo. Using content from era-defining movies on four televisions and using oil projections to cover the walls, an ‘end of the sixties’ theme was created for a social space at the event. It has been postulated that the peak of the hopes and aspirations for the American Dream happened some time in the late sixties. The world is now in a period of dark times and the hopes of peace, love and freedom from the sixties are a vague memory of a party after last call. At the private event, for one evening, in one space, the hopes of a generation could be viewed with remorse or with a faint feeling of hope for the future.
Volvo
Aug 22nd
Hfour collaborated with FlyFlyFly to project on a car for a Volvo sponsored event organized by Chikyuya.