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Friday, February 09, 2024
Tokyo government to host 'world's largest' projection mapping display
The Japan Times: The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will begin nightly projection mapping displays, which it says will be the world's largest, from late February on one of the two towers that host its headquarters, it said recently.
2 comments:
Karter LaBarre
said...
Okay this is insane! That is a huge building with huge projections that actually look really good!I'm actually astonished by the ability of these designers to create this shape around this building and do projections that are actually really good. I'm curious as to how much money all of the equipment rigging and everything like that cost. also I never fully thought that cities could attempt world records. Alsoever created the Guinness World Book of Records is genuinely so crazy. how did they get that to hang on? like who thought oh yes let me make the world do all these crazy random competitions and then give them little certificates for it, also how much money do they have? I swear they have so many different Guinness Worlds record officials, like what are they doing? Also I wonder how you can make new records and if you get anything other than a piece of paper for it.
To me this project seems less impressive/interesting than the article makes it out to be. Plenty of buildings have been toppling one another for decades trying to make the largest digital display and this is just another one for the books. It makes me think of the MSG Sphere in Las Vegas which is a gigantic spherical concert venue whose exterior is just a screen. What seemed cool in concept images like the Tokyo Government Tower facades, what it became was just a light pollution nuisance that just displayed advertisements all the time. The screen in Tokyo, whether what is displayed is directly an ad or political enough, will have a political influence on the people who see it. The screen will reflect what the government’s agenda wants you to think, whether that’s artwork with persuasive undertones towards certain political topics, or just flat out advertisements sponsored by the government.
2 comments:
Okay this is insane! That is a huge building with huge projections that actually look really good!I'm actually astonished by the ability of these designers to create this shape around this building and do projections that are actually really good. I'm curious as to how much money all of the equipment rigging and everything like that cost. also I never fully thought that cities could attempt world records. Alsoever created the Guinness World Book of Records is genuinely so crazy. how did they get that to hang on? like who thought oh yes let me make the world do all these crazy random competitions and then give them little certificates for it, also how much money do they have? I swear they have so many different Guinness Worlds record officials, like what are they doing? Also I wonder how you can make new records and if you get anything other than a piece of paper for it.
To me this project seems less impressive/interesting than the article makes it out to be. Plenty of buildings have been toppling one another for decades trying to make the largest digital display and this is just another one for the books. It makes me think of the MSG Sphere in Las Vegas which is a gigantic spherical concert venue whose exterior is just a screen. What seemed cool in concept images like the Tokyo Government Tower facades, what it became was just a light pollution nuisance that just displayed advertisements all the time. The screen in Tokyo, whether what is displayed is directly an ad or political enough, will have a political influence on the people who see it. The screen will reflect what the government’s agenda wants you to think, whether that’s artwork with persuasive undertones towards certain political topics, or just flat out advertisements sponsored by the government.
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