“RYUICHI was always looking for different ways of understanding music,” explains Todd Eckert, director of Kagami, an ambitious ‘mixed reality’ collaboration with the late, great Ryuichi Sakamoto. “It’s not about technology, even though that’s fundamental to what we’re doing. The whole point of this is the ongoing connection between an artist and their audience.”
Due to premiere in June at the promises a new kind of concert experience. Audience members will view the virtual Sakamoto performing on piano via optically treated glasses, each song in surround sound and accompanied by its own set of visuals. The footage of Sakamoto, who developed the idea over four years with Eckert’s Tin Drum company, was captured by 48 different cameras, allowing people to wander around the stage and watch from different perspectives.
