OMOTE / Real-Time Face Tracking & Projection Mapping | 2 min | Japan | 2014

SYNOPSIS
Project ‘OMOTE’ is a collaboration between Japanese media artist Nobumichi Asai, makeup artist Hiroto Kwahara and French digital image engineer Paul Lacroix.[Omote] is a Japanese word for face, or a mask.

Face is considered a mirror that reflects the human soul, a separation between Omote (exterior) and Ura  (interior), and in Nogaku, Japan’s classical musical plays, performers use Omtoe masks to express a multitude of dramatic emotions.

https://vimeo.com/101225231?from=outro-local

As we spent more time on the project, we became more aware of its similarities with Nogaku’s Omote masks, and explored further possibilities through Integration of latest technology and classical Japanese art.

SCREENING SCHEDULE
We Already Live in the Future, 7th Annual Imagine Science Film Festival
7:30pm | Thursday, October 23, 2014
Pioneer Works (Red Hook, Brooklyn)

PRODUCTION CREDITS
PRODUCER / DIRECTOR / TECHNICAL PRODUCER- Nobumichi Asai
ART DIRECTOR & MAKEUP- HIROTO KUWAHARA
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR / PROGRAMMER – TRANSIT DIGITAL WORKS- PAUL LACROIX
(CG DESIGNER – SPADE) – JIN HASEGAWA
(CG DESIGNER – SPADE)- TAKASHI ISHIBASHI