Stillness

Under the theme of Zen, this artwork represents a part of the philosophy of Zen with three-dimensional data created with photogrammetry technology composed of the most minimalistic landscape of “dots” and the soundscape of “undulations,” with the cooperation of Toryo Ito, vice priest of Ryosokuin, Kennin-ji Tacchu temple, Kyoto.
The generated image reflecting the environmental information of the exhibition space creates “interaction between the environment and the image,” just like the trees and leaves swinging in the silence in the garden of a Zen temple.
Also, the soundscape that composes the space constructs a situation which makes the audience realize the presence of “a new sound and a subtle sound” heard from gaps and layers of each sound, by positioning waves in different frequency on each side and focusing on undulations generated from the difference in pitch and the elements of harmonics.
Through the philosophy of Zen and something visible and audible only in silence, it digitally expresses a part of immersive experience of one’s inner world.

Credit
Concept / Technical Direction: Shuhei Matsuyama
Point Cloud System Design:Takamitsu Masumi
Sound Design: Intercity-Express (Tetsuji Ohno)
Photogrammetry Shooting: Naoya Takebe
Photogrammetry Engineering: Katsuya Sakuma

Exhibition
Japan Media Arts Distributed Museum ETERNAL (2020)

Cooperation
Agency for Cultural Affairs
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