Takashi's seasons

Takashi's Seasons is a sequential live shadow puppet/video performance in which a number of interpretations of the four seasons are performed by an artist. Controlled with fishing line and wooden dowels, the puppets cast shadows on the screen. At the same time, the puppeteer controls the content being projected, and triggers sound effects using a custom input device. Working in precarious unison, the shadows of the puppets are synchronized with the animation, creating a unique live action performance. Animation and sound are composited with shadows in real time; rather than relying on a series of pre-rendered animation sequences, the artist produces "motion pictures" via a combination of seasonal sounds, live shadow puppet manipulation, and the projection of shadow-like animation sequences.