Video // as·phyx·i·a by Maria Takeuchi

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In as·phyx·i·a, a new collaborative effort and experimental film by Maria Takeuchi with Frederico Phillips, dancer Shiho Tanaka transforms into an evolving, pulsating cloud of 3D data. The project is an effort to explore new ways to use and combine technologies and different fields in an experiment without many of the common commercial limitations. “The performance is centred in an eloquent choreography that stresses the desire to be expressive without bounds,” its creators explain.

Motion data was captured using inexpensive sensors and that data paved the way through an extensive number of steps. An environment was also built to integrate the character and allow for a more visually photo-real representation of the scenes.

Maria Takeuchi was responsible for co-directing the project and created an original sound track which guided the narrative. Frederico Phillips created the visuals, from pre-visualisation to final rendering. Samuel Blalark assisted the project in several areas with key feedback and on location support such as filming for behind the scenes.

[Music & direction by Maria Takeuchi. Visuals & direction by Frederico Phillips.]