Award-winning WorksFestival Platform Award
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Chigiru
Video work
AKIYAMA Tomoya［Japan］
A stop-motion animation using chigiri-e (art made of pieces of hand-torn paper). The Japanese term chigiru has two contradictory meanings of “cutting into pieces” and “making a promise.” The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has caused greater distances between people, and issues such as racism and sexism have been highlighted. Such circumstances can be stated as chigiru (cut into pieces) and are represented by the spherical world map being cut into pieces. However, the torn pieces then form motifs and develop. The pieces turn into people holding hands around the earth, then fall apart, but eventually transform into the earth being regenerated. The process of making the chigiri-e, in which shapes are made by attaching torn paper pieces together, is elevated to the message in this work. It demonstrates two different chigiru through analog methods of chigiri-e and stop motion animation.
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Chigiru
Video work
AKIYAMA Tomoya［Japan］
A stop-motion animation using chigiri-e (art made of pieces of hand-torn paper). The Japanese term chigiru has two contradictory meanings of “cutting into pieces” and “making a promise.” The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has caused greater distances between people, and issues such as racism and sexism have been highlighted. Such circumstances can be stated as chigiru (cut into pieces) and are represented by the spherical world map being cut into pieces. However, the torn pieces then form motifs and develop. The pieces turn into people holding hands around the earth, then fall apart, but eventually transform into the earth being regenerated. The process of making the chigiri-e, in which shapes are made by attaching torn paper pieces together, is elevated to the message in this work. It demonstrates two different chigiru through analog methods of chigiri-e and stop motion animation.
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L’alter-Monde
Audiovisual work
Sandrine DEUMIER / Myriam BLEAU［France / Canada］
An immersive audiovisual project for full-dome format with a theme on a potential symbiosis between the human being and a state of rediscovered nature. Through ecosophy and inter-species mutualism, it explores how we humans could resonate with a mutant nature, a plant-becoming environment, or non-human lives. The visualization designed in multiple scenes evokes a cybernetic garden that combines mechanical and biological beings. In there, humans are huddled around each other floating in a sea of wires that can be seen either as electronic parts, plants, animals, or insects. The work, in search of a non-human and hyper-natural bio sensitivity, addresses the critical issues of climate change and extinction of species while offering the viewers an immersive and potentially world view changing experience.
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L’alter-Monde
Audiovisual work
Sandrine DEUMIER / Myriam BLEAU［France / Canada］
An immersive audiovisual project for full-dome format with a theme on a potential symbiosis between the human being and a state of rediscovered nature. Through ecosophy and inter-species mutualism, it explores how we humans could resonate with a mutant nature, a plant-becoming environment, or non-human lives. The visualization designed in multiple scenes evokes a cybernetic garden that combines mechanical and biological beings. In there, humans are huddled around each other floating in a sea of wires that can be seen either as electronic parts, plants, animals, or insects. The work, in search of a non-human and hyper-natural bio sensitivity, addresses the critical issues of climate change and extinction of species while offering the viewers an immersive and potentially world view changing experience.
審査講評
- MIZUGUCHI TetsuyaFounder and CEO, Enhance / Director, Synesthesia Lab / Project Professor, Keio University Graduate SchoolIn Search of an Unprecedented Experience as If the World Is Falling from the SkyIn the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, a record-high 114 entries from 34 countries around the world were submitted in 2020, making the judging process very heated. More specifically, there were 41 entries in the Geo-Cosmos Category (22 in the previous year) and 73 in the Dome Theater Category (24 in the previous year), doubling or tripling from the previous year. It gave me the impression that expressions in formats such as fulldome images have surely become more popularized lately than in the past. I also found signs this year that many creators worldwide are seeking new ways of expression in such formats. In the Geo-Cosmos Category, many digitalized expressions had been seen in the past, but this year, there were many works integrating an analog feel, or a human touch. The award-winning work in this category, Chigiru is no exception. Collages consisting of various colored and textured torn paper form an animation on the spherical surface, and many jury members were moved by this work. After being required to be contactless and maintain social distance this year, many people may empathize, be healed, and moved by the work encompassing the warmth and interaction of humans. The Dome Theater Category received many entries that explored diverse expressions using a variety of ideas and technologies. Many challenging and creative expressions were seen, including a fusion of music and video, storytelling, and live performances. In addition, there were many submissions from areas that had fewer entries previously, such as the Middle East, South America, Eastern Europe, and Africa. Just as seen in this year's prize-winning work, L'alter-Monde, the true charm of this category is a unique experience, in which a detailed, elaborate, high-resolution world fills the entire dome with a wide field of view, as if it is falling from the sky with music.