Syn : Unfolded Horizon of Bodily Senses by Rhizomatiks × ELEVENPLAY

Rhizomatiks

Creative collective.
Rhizomatiks explores new possibilities for technology and artistic expression, focusing on research-oriented experimental projects as well as R&D projects and creations that examine the relationship between humans and technologies. The team, which consists of artists, designers and engineers, handles all processes involved in each project, from hardware and software development to operations. The collective also collaborates with other artists, researchers and scientists in pursuit of cutting-edge expressive works and research.
https://rhizomatiks.com
ELEVENPLAY

Dance company.
ELEVENPLAY was founded in 2009 by MIKIKO to grow dancers who possess highly artistic sensibility and creativity as well as exquisite technique, body and spirit.
Consisting of female dancers from various genres, ELEVENPLAY’s diverse artistic expressions extend from the stage to video works and still photos.
ELEVENPLAY has collaborated with Rhizomatiks on many projects and has been invited to "Sónar Festival," "GrayArea Festival," and "MUTEK," expanding its fields worldwide and presenting their performance in over 30 cities around the world.
https://elevenplay.net
MIKIKO

Stage director and choreographer.
MIKIKO, as the leader of the dance company “ELEVENPLAY,” has cultivated an environment of exceptional talent, carving out a unique creative sphere. Her work directing and choreographing music videos, commercials, and stage performances for renowned Japanese artists such as Perfume, BABYMETAL, and Ringo Shiina has enhanced her reputation in the media art scenes both in Japan and internationally. Furthermore, MIKIKO collaborates with creators across various genres, applying cutting-edge technologies to craft engaging choreographies that blend the real and virtual worlds.
https://www.mikiko0811.net/
Daito Manabe

Artist, programmer and DJ
Rhizomatiks co-founder (2006) and a specially appointed professor at Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus, Manabe strives to reinterpret and combine phenomena and materials from diverse perspectives. However, rather than pursue expressiveness solely through high resolution and high realism, his works focus on intrinsic interests that he discovers through careful observation of the human body, data, programming, computers and other phenomena, as well as the interrelationships and boundaries of analog/digital and real/virtual.
https://www.daito.ws/
Motoi Ishibashi

Engineer and artist
Rhizomatiks co-director Ishibashi graduated from the Department of Systems and Control Engineering at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and the International Academy of Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS). He is involved in a diverse range of projects, including art performances, music videos, and installations centered on the development of devices and other hardware. His works have received many awards, including from Prix Ars Electronica, Cannes Lions, and the Japan Media Arts Festival.
Shuji Mito

Video art designer, production designer.
Born in 1980. Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Intermedia Art, Faculty of Fine Arts. He works on spatial design centering on visual arts such as advertisements, movies and music videos.
His recent works include Gen Hoshino’s MV "Cube", Bialystocks MV "Upon You", ZOZONEXT Concept movie, Secom x Apple watch commercial, and the movie "Kaguya-sama ga Kesshirasai ~Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunou-sen~".
Makoto Ueda

Born in 1979 in Kyoto Prefecture. He is the European planning representative and is in charge of writing and directing all the main performances. In 2017, he won the 61st Kunio Kishida Drama Award for the stage play "Kiteketsurube Shinsekai".
Major works in recent years:
(Movies) "Doroste’s End Bokura" (original draft / script) "Maeda Construction Fantasy Sales Department" (script) (Animated movies) "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" (Japanese dubbed version) Screenplay) "Yojohan Time Machine Blues" (Original Draft / Screenplay) (Television) "Magic Renovation" (Screenplay / KTV)
(Stage) "Maybe this Galaxy Railroad Night" (Screenplay / Director / Composition).
Takayuki Fujimoto/Kinsei R&D

Involved in stage productions as a member of the Japanese art collective Dumb Type, established Kinsei R&D in 2014 for his own activities.
Since 2003, in parallel with his Dumb Type activities, he has been presenting stage works and creating art works under his own name, mainly using LED lighting and lighting control using digital technology.
One of his representative stage works is "true", which he himself was in charge of directing and lighting and created with nine Japanese artists.
In parallel with his own productions, he is also actively collaborating with domestic and international stage actors.
YOSHIROTTEN

An artist who travels between multiple realms, including fine art and commercial art, the digital and the physical, urban youth culture and the natural world.
He is also an art director and graphic designer with a wide range of clients from European, American luxury brands, musicians and underground clubs to contemporary art fairs.
At YAR, the creative studio he heads, he handles a vast amount of work in almost all areas of visual arts in commerce, including advertising, logotypes, interior/exterior design and video.
https://yoshirotten.com

Credit

Organized : Mori Building Company, Limited

Artistic Direction : MIKIKO(ELEVENPLAY), Daito Manabe
Technical Direction,Hardware Engineering : Motoi Ishibashi(Rhizomatiks)
Choreography : MIKIKO(ELEVENPLAY)

Cast : ELEVENPLAY
AKARI, AYUMI., decomayu, HIKARU, KAi MiWA, KAORI, KOHMEN, MAI KUREMOTO, MARU, MIKU, Minori Manabe, MIRI, Miu, NAGISA, NANAKO, OMIKI, SARA, SAYA, SHOKO, TOMO, YU, Abe Maria, ai, ASUKA Yazawa, HARUKA TANADA, mai, MIKI FURUSAWA, Odaka Fumi, Ranma Yu, RISA, Sakurako Horikoshi, SHIon

Producer, Project Management : Takao Inoue(Rhizomatiks)
Project Management : Saki Ishikawa(Rhizomatiks),Yoko Shiraiwa, NON(ELEVENPLAY)
Assitant Choreographer : NON, KAZUNE(ELEVENPLAY)

Interaction Design,Technical Direction,Visual Design : Rhizomatiks
Music : Daito Manabe
Visual Artist : Satoshi Horii, Futa Kera(Rhizomatiks)
Software Engineering : Yuya Hanai,Yuta Asai（Rhizomatiks), 2bit, Ayumu Nagamatsu, Yuta Okuyama
Creative Hardware Engineering : Youichi Sakamoto, Tatsuya Takemori(Rhizomatiks)
Craft : Toshitaka Mochizuki, Kyohei Mouri, Tomoaki Yanagisawa (Rhizomatiks)
Moving Track Motion Edit : Tatsuya Ishii(Rhizomatiks)
Video Engineering, Technical Support : Muryo Homma(Rhizomatiks)
Technical Support : Shintaro Kamijo, Noriko Ishizuka, Tatsuya Motoki, Katsuhiko Harada (Rhizomatiks)
Vicon Tracking : Momoko Nishimoto(Rhizomatiks)
CG Direction : Tetsuka Niiyama (U Ltd.), Junichi Ebe
CG Design : Shingo Horiuchi(Awaya LLC)
CG Producer : Toshihiko Sakata (animation cafe)
MIDI Programming : Kyoko Koyama
Production Support : Keke, Rina Watanabe

Set Design : Shuji Mito
Story : Makoto Ueda, Mitsuharu Sako(Europe Kikaku)
Lighting Design : Takayuki Fujimoto(Kinsei R&D)
Lighting Design Assistant : Kunio Tamada, Wataru Kato(Tama Tech Lab.), Momoko Nishimoto(Rhizomatiks), Minoru Kawazu (TELMIC)
Lighting Setup : Noburo Ito(Komaden)
Costume Design : Yaepon

Mreal Coordination : Junya Muraki, Hiroyuki Kakuta, Momo Nakashima, Kazuo Ogata(Canon Inc.), Tetsuya Takenaka(Canon IT Solutions Inc.)
LED VISION Coordination : Shota Masuyama, Saya Akamatsu, Noa Saito, Yuta Kinoshita(LED TOKYO Co.,Ltd)
Projector Coordination(gallery B) : Yasutaka Orita ,Ryutaro Takasugi ,Yukihiro Akiba(GRID inc.)
Projector Coordination(gallery A, corridor btw A&B) : Haruyuki Moroishi, Masasuke Hayakawa, Shota Otsuka, Yousuke Suzuki, Haruhisa Shinzaki, Kaori Ikegami(imagicaEEX)
Sound System Coordination : EASTERN SOUND FACTORY Co.,Ltd., XEBEX

4D views :
Volumetrics Studio Supervisor : Hajime Kotani(Crescent Inc.)
Volumetrics Studio Manager : Tadayuki Suzuki(Crescent Inc.)
Volumetrics Studio Engineer : Ren Sakamoto , Yuuichi Ikeda , Shunsuke Ohara(Crescent Inc.)
Motion Capture Manager : Yoshitaka Homma(Crescent Inc.)
Motion Capture Engineer : Kei Minoura , Yutaro Ushio(Crescent Inc.)

MotionCapture Pianist : Tatsuki Hayashi
Pianist Manager : Gen Terai (KAJIMOTO)

Archival Videography, Editing, and Photography : Muryo Homma(Rhizomatiks)

Construction Management : Keiko Uchiyama, Kenichiro Wada(TOW)
On Site Production Management : Hiroshi Sanpei(T2Creative)
Stage Manegement : Daisuke Kondo, Mayumi Kawase(T2Creative)
Construction : TOW ／ Branco Inc.
Stage Object Fabrication : NAKATEN Co.,Ltd.

Logo Design : YOSHIROTTEN
Publicity Material Design : Junpei Inoue(YAR)
Key Visual Graphic : Satoshi Horii(Rhizomatiks)
Web Design : Hiroyasu Kimura(Rhizomatiks)
Web Programming : Kentaro Mito(armsnox)
Web Produce : Takuma Shukuin(Rhizomatiks)
Teaser Concept Movie : Muryo Homma, Satoshi Horii(Rhizomatiks)
PR Movie : Satoshi Takahashi, Masanao Takeuchi(NION)
PR : Tomoko Yotsumoto(Rhizomatiks), Saaya Inoue, Yui Ohta(Mori Building Company, Limited)
Translation Support : Naoki Ishiduka(Rhizomatiks), Daniel Gonzalez

Equipment Cooperation :
Canon Inc. & Canon IT Solutions Inc.
LED TOKYO Co.,Ltd
EASTERN SOUND FACTORY Co.,Ltd.
XEBEX
GRID inc.
Panasonic Corporation
Cooperation : Crescent,inc.

Executive Producer : Ou Sugiyama(Mori Building Company, Limited)
Assistant Producer : Kazuna Takahashi(Mori Building Company, Limited)

ArtistCredit

Rhizomatiks

ELEVENPLAY

MIKIKO

Daito Manabe

Motoi Ishibashi

Shuji Mito

Makoto Ueda

Takayuki Fujimoto/Kinsei R&D

YOSHIROTTEN

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