PRISM – Macao Light Festival 2019

05.02.20

Client / Experiment / Projection Mapping / Projects

PRISM

Role
Music,Concept,Art direction,design and animation

Credits
Music : Makoto Shozu
LED programming : Toshiki Yoshiike(mplusplus)
Lazer programming : Ryo Chigira(SIGNIF)
LED equipment assembly support : Nana Fumiki(mplusplus),Hinano Hasegawa(mplusplus)
LED equipment support : mplusplus Co., Ltd.
Laser equipment support : SOLU MEDIAGE inc.
Event producer : Macao Government Tourism Office

Client
Macao Government Tourism Office

Macao Light Festival 2019

Not so many countries have so dramatic a history as Macao has had. Though tossed about in churns of historical currents of interventions from other countries, the people have waded through the currents with their flexibility and steeled conviction.  This conviction materialized, in December in 2019, in the form of her celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Macao Special Administrative Region.

To show our respect for the turning point of the 20th celebration, we created a projection mapping artwork to project to her landmark building, The St. Joseph’s Seminary and Church.  This seminary was established by the Jesuits and became the hub of their mission activities in Asia.  Its baroque architecture is adorned with the complex structure generating its beauty and diversity, which can tell us in turn a lot about the winding road of her history and culture.  In this artwork, we used 20 LED poles and laser beams.  Seeing the strength of the harmony emanating from the seemingly chaotic structure of the building, we introduced some uncontrolled random insertions into our artwork on purpose so that these unpredictable insertions will give rise to the chaotic periods of her history and then again be harmonized in due time, and lastly be solidified as one in the picture of the present day of Macao.  Our hope and endeavor in this tiny challenge of our artwork may give a little help that Macao will grow in strength and prosperity from now on as well

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マカオほどドラマティックな歴史を持つ国は世界にもそう多くないだろう。
他国からの介入や時代の流れに翻弄されながらも、この国の人々はしなやかな生き方と強い信念で逆境に立ち向かってきた。2019年12月に、その信念は特別行政区20周年という形で結実を迎えた。20周年という節目にあたり、我々はマカオのランドマークとしても名高い、聖ヨセフ修道院に投影する一つの作品を制作した。イエズス会によって建設され、アジアでの宣教活動の拠点となったこのバロック建築は、複雑で美しい構造と多様性を特徴とする。そしてそれはまた、マカオの辿ってきた歴史や文化にも通ずるところがあるのではないだろうか。

今回、この作品には20本のLEDポールとレーザーを使用し、また混沌とした中にも調和が生まれているこの美しい聖堂の建築様式に倣って、一部にはあえて予測不能な実験的シーンを取り入れている。そこに生まれる混乱と調和は、今日に至るマカオの姿を彷彿とさせ、ひとつのまとまりとなった今日のマカオの像を描き出す。この国がこれからも未来に向かって発展し続けていくことを、我々のささやかな挑戦を捧げて願う次第である。