Festivals honor deities and ancestors, symbolizing Japanese culture. This work reinterprets Japan's three major festivals—Kyoto's Gion, Osaka's Tenjin, and Tokyo's Kanda—using modern technology.
Childhood festival memories—lanterns, dances, music, stalls, shrines, and yukata-clad people—are vivid and foundational to this work.
Today's festivals focus more on atmosphere and excitement than their original meanings. Traditions evolve, and festival memories vary.
Using Stable Diffusion (AI) and TouchDesigner (visual coding software), this work depicts the changing forms of tradition and culture. Distorted effects and AI-generated imagery reconstruct festivals' evolution and charm.
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