border 2021

MIKIKO, ELEVENPLAY,Daito Manabe, Motoi Ishibashi, Rhizomatiks, Takayuki Fujimoto, evala
February 14, 2021
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tech_XR

ELEVENPLAY × Rhizomatiks

“border 2021” was a dance performance conducted by Rhizomatiks Research in collaboration with ELEVENPLAY, a dance company led by director-choreographer MIKIKO. 
This uniquely immersive performance was experienced by audience members who donned VR headsets and were ferried amidst the dancers in personal mobility vehicles whose movements were fully pre-programmed. 
“border 2021” was an extensive reworking of an earlier performance that was originally held in 2015. When “border” first debuted, we had to create all devices in-house, as there were no products or services available on the marketplace up to the task. However, recent advances in VR allowed us to significantly update the quality of the performance with high-resolution sound and audio, enabling the addition of many new elements to the performance.
In response to COVID-19, we made the work available online to complement the offline viewing experience, constructing a new model for expression compatible with both the real and virtual worlds.
The online viewing environment provided multiple viewpoints of the venue, allowing the viewer to freely select his or her own perspective. 
In this way, “border 2021” experimentally blurred the boundaries between the fictional VR/AR and online worlds, grounded in the “reality” of the physical dancers.

Photo by hiroko hirota

Date:2021/02/13-14
Venue:Spiral Hall

Award:
STARTS PRIZE 2021, Honorary Mention
「ELEVENPLAY × Rhizomatiks “border 2021”」
MIKIKO (JP), ELEVENPLAY (JP), Daito Manabe (JP), Motoi Ishibashi (JP), Rhizomatiks (JP), Takayuki Fujimoto (JP), evala (JP)
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Organizers : Agency for Cultural Affairs Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO), Rhizomatiks
Planning and Operation : Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO), Rhizomatiks

Stage Direction, Choreography : MIKIKO(ELEVENPLAY)
Performers(team A) : SAYA,MARU,NANAKO,YU,MAI (ELEVENPLAY)
Performers(team B) : KAORI,emmy,TOMO,MIKU,MAYU (ELEVENPLAY)

Technical Development, Visual Production : Rhizomatiks
Creative Direction, Technical Direction, Software Engineering : Daito Manabe (Rhizomatiks)
Technical Direction, Hardware Engineering : Motoi Ishibashi (Rhizomatiks)
Music : evala
Lighting Design : Takayuki Fujimoto (Kinsei R&D)
Stage Manager : So Ozaki, Kazuya Kushimoto
Stage Manager Assistant : Ikumi Ijiri
MR System Engineering : Yuya Hanai (Rhizomatiks)
Visual Programming : Satoshi Horii (Rhizomatiks), Futa Kera (Rhizomatiks)
Hardware Engineering : Katsuhiko Harada (Rhizomatiks), Hideaki Tai (Rhizomatiks)
Fabrication : Toshitaka Mochizuki (Rhizomatiks), Kyohei Mouri (Rhizomatiks), Saki Ishikawa (Rhizomatiks)
Motion Capture System : Momoko Nishimoto (Rhizomatiks)
HP Binaural Processing : Jiro Kubo (ACOUSTIC FIELD)
Sound Technical Support : Kinya Takayanagi, 2bit, Kosaku Namikawa
Operation Support : Naoki Ishizuka (Rhizomatiks)
Technical Support : Muryo Homma (Rhizomatiks), Shintaro Kamijo (Rhizomatiks), Shino Higuchi
CG Production : Akira Iio (1 inc), Kazuki Kuroiwa (1 inc)
4D Views & Motion Capture Recording (Pre-Recorded) : Crescent
Stylist : Yae-pon
Multi-Angle Streaming System : Gnzo
On-Site Production : Hiroki Takeshita (TOW), Hiroshi Sanpei (TOW)
On-Site Operation : ELEVENPLAY

PR Design : Hiroyasu Kimura (Rhizomatiks),Kaori Fuji (Rhizomatiks), Miku Maruno (Rhizomatiks)
Photo : Hiroko Hirota
Web Front-End Development : Hirofumi Tsukamoto (Rhizomatiks), Kentaro Mito (armsnox)
Web Back-End Development : Tatsuya Takemasa (Rhizomatiks), Hajime Sasaki (mountposition), Shunsuke Shiino (mountposition)
entrance design : Takahito Hosono (Rhizomatiks)

PR : Momoko Aoyagi (Rhizomatiks)
Project Management : Kahori Takemura (Rhizomatiks),Yoko Shiraiwa (ELEVENPLAY)
Producer : Takao Inoue (Rhizomatiks)
Venue Support : Wacoal Art Center
Equipment Support : Color Kinetics Japan, ELSA Japan Inc, Nishikawa Communications Co. Ltd., ASK Corporation, ACOUSTIC FIELD INC.
Archive Video Director / Cameraman : YOSHINOBU HONDA (VISUAL SIGNS)
Archive Video Cameraman : TORU AKIYAMA (VISUAL SIGNS)
Archive Video Assistant Director : YUNA FUCHIDA (VISUAL SIGNS)
Archive Video Producer : HIROTAKA NANJO (VISUAL SIGNS)
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