Birds of a Scape
toidcoder
Scenic Hacker ｜Japan
OTHER PERSPECTIVE
DETAILS OF THE WORK
AWARDS 2020 GOLD
“Let’s fly out with a phoenix to the night sky.
Let’s gather lights and sounds with fellow birds. “
In the VR space, I aimed at creating a work which allows us to advance the story by performing interactive music and creating sceneries.
For example, You can use the controller to call others and make a starry sky.
Please see, listen and feel the breathtaking sceneries which are colored by music being made and changed by players.
This time, I used Generative Art many times to create sceneries in this work. I used birds, cityscape and the starry sky with multiple programming languages.
The breathtaking sceneries and music which are enjoyed in VR can be brought into the real world. This time, I also made "Birds of a Scape AR" which is an AR work.
VR HMD is required for the ultra experience of the work. Learn how to experience it here.
CREATOR PROFILE
toidcoder
Scenic Hacker ｜Japan
It is a creator group which consists of Masashi Yoshikawa (@jokermarshi), Shun Katakami (@motitgome) and Yuki Yoshida (@yos1up). Started by hitting it off in the laboratory of the graduate school. Seeking new experiences with a fusion of entertainment and information technology and have carried out a wide range of activities such as the following. This is their first XR work.
・toid: The project that enables the performance where entertainment is created by using the program, with co-starring, so called “Live Coding,” remotely.
・mimicopus: The web service where playing by ear can be practiced. There are functions such as posting problems, automatic scoring, rating systems, etc., over 100 problems were posted.
・mimicopynet: The project which develops a machine learning algorithm that automatically performs playing by ear using deep learning.
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Many Japanese may automatically think of Osamu Tezuka's "Firebird" when they hear the word "phoenix. The Firebird, his life's work, can be regarded as a classic of XR, depicting the essence of life and eternal life beyond time and space. But what about this "Birds of a Scape"? Does the setting of a phoenix that has never been of use to others, but only lives, mean that it can be an idol in both the future and the past? No, it is not. This generative world of sound and light creates a "bird of light" that is as innocent as the "firebird" in its unpredictable circular motion. Birds of a Scape, which repeats infinitely in a circular motion, also functions as AR, purifying the physical space. You can feel the pulse of young talent in this work!!!!
Jury President
Naohiro Ukawa
Contemporary artist (DOMMUNE)
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I selected this work with the expectation that it will evolve through the creation of further mechanisms and output without destroying the worldview and experience of the work.
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Daito Manabe
Artist・Interaction Designer・Programmer・DJ
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Riding on the back of a phoenix, you fly through the air. The presence of the experiencer is essential for calling fellow birds and collecting lights and sounds. Each time you call your friends with the controller, the sky you are flying in becomes your scenery, and each time you operate the controller, you will hear various sounds. The poetic view of the world, where scenery is created only when you participate in the story of birds, light, and sound, warmed my heart.
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Ayaka Wada
Idol
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A peaceful flight through the sky as a bird with interactive music. An uplifting experience, this is something everyone needs.
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David OReilly
multidisciplinary artist
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The overall framework design of this work, combining music and landscape experience, is very high quality, and I felt that further refinement of the visuals over time would make it an even more interesting and perfected VR game. We selected it for GOLD in the sense that we would like to see more effort put into upgrading it in the future.
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Lu Yang
Artist
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Birds of a Scape is an experience with heart and a unique language of interaction, inviting body movement and co-creation. It embraced VR's unique capability to activate the user's body in virtual space, and it did so in an evocative, artistic way. Because the narrative of Birds of a Scape is informed by each user's motion, every person leaves behind their own synesthetic signature. The inclusion of generative elements added an extra degree of surprise and richness.
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Jesse Damiani
Writer, producer, curator
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In terms of this work, in particular, I hope there will be further innovation, breakthrough, and application. In terms of visuals the experience is very interesting.
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Keng-Ming Liu
Bito Founder・Creative Director
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