Written & Produced by Hiroaki Oba & Alex Kassian.
A big shout out to KHU crew who meticulously produced the piece KA/SO.
YouTube link to the video:
youtu.be/3J4-LSYSzoA
Credits:
Director: Ryoji Yamada (KHU)
Art Director: Megumi Naito (KHU)
Director of Photography: Riu Nakamura (ONPHA)
Director of Lightining: Hitoshi Sato
Music: Opal Sunn
KASO is a short film which combined this concept and derivative form of the bizarre expression of Jakuchu Ito’s “Kaso Nehan-zu (Scene of Buddha's Nirvana by Vegetables)”. As the ordinary, plain vegetables move repetitively in an inorganic manner, they hedge from existing labels and perceptions as “vegetables” – meanwhile, new perceptions emerge from the play. The looping sounds propel the situation and invite us to the nirvanic liberation. Unseen horizon arises beyond exaltation.
KA/SOは伊藤若冲による「果蔬涅槃図」の奇想的表現から着想を得て制作された。素朴な野菜が無機質な反復運動を演じるさまは、野菜を野菜として認識すること、ひいては自分を自分として認識することから逃れるが、一方で新たな認識もまた浮かび上がっていく。ループ構造のサウンドはその状態を推し進め、涅槃的解放感に誘う。その高揚感の先には、新たな地平が立ち上がる。
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released September 15, 2023