Viewing Information

Date
July 5 (FRI) ~ July 14 (SUN)

Venue
Bucheon Art Bunker B39
1F AIR EMISSION CONTROL

Sen

ITOH Keisuke|Japan|2023|15min |6DoF |G |Silent

Viewing Information

Date
July 5 (FRI) ~ July 14 (SUN)

Venue
Bucheon Art Bunker B39
1F AIR EMISSION CONTROL

Synopsis

The user encounters Sen, the soul of tea born from the teacup named Tai-an, a national treasure of Japan. Sen is fearful of learning about the world but, through interactions with similar entities, begins to feel the joy of existence and contemplate relationships with oneself and other beings. One day, the world is engulfed in a great fire, and Sen returns to being a particle floating in space within the teacup, while the audience also returns to Tai-an.

Director

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ITOH Keisuke

Born in 1986, in Yokohama, ITOH Keisuke graduated from the Department of Graphic Design at Tama Art University. After working as a graphic designer for a manufacturer, he now works as an XR artist. His works have been shown at the Venice International Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, and SIGGRAPH, the world's largest CG festival. In 2019, Feather (2019) premiered at the Venice International Film Festival 2019 as the first Japanese VR film in the Biennale College Selection. In 2020, Beat (2020) was nominated for the Venice International Film Festival 2020 VR section and Cannes XR VeeR Future Award 2021. In 2021, Clap (2021) was nominated for the Venice International Film Festival 2021 VR section and Cannes XR VeeR Future Award 2022. In 2022,Typeman (2022) was nominated for the Venice International Film Festival 2022 XR section.In 2023, Sen(2023) was nominated for the Venice International Film Festival 2023 XR section.

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Producer
MACHIBA Katsutoshi
Screenwriter
SUZUKI Yosuke, ITOH Keisuke, NAKASHIMA Raita
Technical Director
Hashimoto, YUTAKA Hal, ANDO Hideyuki, WATANABE Kayo
Sound Designer
Lactoice
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Encountering the Virtual and the Real:

A Beginner's Guide to XR

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Unlike simply watching a screen, XR allows you to step into the story space through VR devices. You may become the protagonist, listen to the protagonist's story as if a friend is narrating, or use controllers to move and guide the story yourself. This freedom to explore and experience the story space is what sets it apart. Discover the new face of cinema, where rapidly advancing technology and art meet and transform.

XR stands for eXtended Reality, encompassing Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR). VR involves wearing a Head Mounted Display (HMD) device to immerse yourself in a completely new 3D digital space. AR overlays digital content onto the real world, easily accessible through smartphones. MR combines VR and AR, recognizing real-world objects and creating a 3D virtual space around them. XR integrates all these technologies, offering increasingly realistic virtual worlds.

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