Next, Junichi Okuyama, who presented an answer with idea of genius to what experimental films were, hot up the end of Tokyo’s summer, which was a bit cold, without doubt. His performance with microphone, from which I couldn’t help feeling his love with films, was almost equal to Antonio Inoki in full power. He high-handedly ended “Human Flicker. Eiga Tanjyo” for the last time, saying “I’m poorly today, so go to next”.

However, whether the piece’s coming into existence or not, we in mysterious ways understood what he wanted to tell, which was proof that he had seriously faced films from the 60’s. His final piece was “Filmusica”. For the piece, 1.he answered to pure question what the sound of old films with no sound was like, 2.he performed experiment of new kind of movie by the ear, 3.he did live performance, which was like Jimi Hendrix at Monterey Pop Festival, with sparkling equipment of film as strings and projector as instrument. Films, art, electricity and music, he expresses them in a cross-sectoral manner with great passion, which was really cool.

Moreover, as time for everyone, various interesting pieces with electricity appeared at “public offering presentation/live for 5min”. Shigeyuki Hirai made a persuasive presentation about an interactive piece of humor that functioned in a bathroom, though he had 5minutes.

I’ve heard that this dorkbot is an event and project, which proceeds not only in Tokyo but also all over the world at the same time. Electricity, it is so fascinating and dangerous an existence, and those who are attracted. We should pay attention to how the network like this develops along the way.

dorkbot Tokyo
Date: September 16th, 2006
Place: The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation
Address: 2-3-6 Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo
Tel: +81 (0)3 3570 9151
https://dorkbot.org/dorkbottokyo/