LATENT BODY & UME

Daito Manabe — "LATENT BODY"

Many attempts have been made to convert dance into a video, or generate a video using the information taken from dance, utilizing various methods. Starting with mathematics, architecture, and engineering in the early days, machine learning and AI have been actively used to transform and generate choreography these days.

Recently, a new method of video generation called Diffusion Model has emerged and is updating the way of converting dance motion and movement into video.

This work explores the possibilities of new video expression by converting body data into a video by integrating the latest algorithms and other techniques such as fluid simulation, image analysis, and artificial simulation.

Maywa Denki — "UME＋"

UME：Unaccompanied、Music、Entertainment
Maywa Denki's UME Course is a live performance by Maywa Denki using minimal equipment and staging. The regular Maywa Denki stage is called the MATSU Course and is a lively stage with many performers including the president, executives, and workers, as well as a variety of electric instruments but in this performance challenge the traditional form, the president sometimes alone and sometimes accompanied by other workers, to perform with a limited number of electric instruments.

The UME BOX used in this performance is the boxes that can be carried by one person, compactly containing newly developed electric instruments and robots. It is functionally housed inside the boxes just like the makunouchi boxed lunches of Japanese culture.

The UME course is an extreme stage for Maywa Denki and their machines, and the performance will make audience understand the spirit of the man-machine that Maywa Denki is aiming for.