SHIBAYAMA
WORKS
Alchemia Tapestry
The works introduced here make you feel like you're back with ancient art on a time machine. It was originally displayed as a tapestry in the Basilica of Beauvais in northern France from the 15th to the 18th centuries. The tapestry was donated to the cathedral by Bishop Guillaume de Eland around 1460, but it has dissipated or disappeared over time and it is not clear whether it still exists. However, it seems that a part of it still remained in the 19th century, and a collection of works by copying was published in France as a line drawing of etching like a manga.
According to the commentary attached to the book, Guillaume de Eland considered the 1443 truce between France and Britain as a blessing to his inauguration as a bishop, and came up with the idea of making a memorial to be donated to the cathedral. There is a treaty. The monument is the source of these tapesleys, which are studded with the words he wanted for the truce, "Paix," and his coat of arms. The theme is the life of St. Paul, one of the 12 apostles of Christ, and the above-mentioned collection of works copied the remaining six points at that time.
I tried to bring it back to the present age while incorporating the current essence and scenery with CG. If you look closely, you can see a computer and a car, and the chef's dishes that look delicious are also presented. Also, for most of the faces of people, I tried to make my own face with a technique called morphing. So the King, the servants, and St. Paul are just like me. I also tried such a play. The faces of Chef Hidaka and Girolamo of Acqua Pazza also appear in friendship.
Produced in 1998
Produced in 1998
Produced in 1998
The teaching of Christ says, "Love your neighbor." Now, I think this concept of neighbor has a very important problem. What kind of person you are to the neighbor with the same physical function who is closest to you other than yourself, whether you really coexist with the neighbor, all the neighbors to the neighbor are clear I think it has the same meaning as a chain of thoughts. The story (tapestry of words) written by Paul continues the chain. I think it will probably continue to live even if humanity comes to live in space. I think Paul was the first person to grasp the concept of digital as a religious person.
I think Nobuhiro Shibayama is also a writer who has the digital meaning of consent as a weapon. That is why the world (digital tapestry) created by Nobuhiro Shibayama is clear and full of charm. Yukimasa Okumura
Produced in 1998
The tapestry is a woven fabric, which looks like a large carpet, as shown in the photo above.
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"ALCHIMIA" means alchemy. Medieval people tried to make gold from substances other than gold according to various prescriptions. In the same way, Mr. Shibayama has continued to have the intention to create an unrealizable space by combining multiple software. Here, the lighting function in the 3D application is used extensively, the angle is adjusted, and the model taken in the actual photo studio is matched with the virtual space for rendering. Later, on Photoshop, the color of iron rust was drawn on the base like a tempera picture. Click here for works using this painting.
Produced in 1998
Produced in 1998
Produced in 1998
A long time ago, when I visited Paris to attend a CG conference. While it was raining, I passed in front of a second-hand bookstore and went inside, thinking that it was a good place to take shelter from the rain. Perhaps he didn't understand French, or maybe I seemed to be free, the shopkeeper didn't seem to care about me picking up a secondhand book and looking at it. When I reached out to the top of the bookshelf, I found a large book with a musty smell. If you turn over a few pages, it is a collection of etching works that makes you think that it was produced in a busy time with only outlines and no shadows. The book was pretty damaged, the paper was oxidized and full of stains. I returned the book to its original place and the old man in the store glanced through my glasses, but left the store without greeting.
After about three intersections in Paris, I took the subway and tried to return to Republica Square, but I got off the subway on the way and turned back on the original road. I went back to a second-hand bookstore to buy that book.
For the next seven years, this book slept quietly at me. As if waiting for the recoverable technology to mature.
This time, I'm using a large plotter to revive this tapestry. Then, on the plotter, the method that Giotto would have done once, that is, melting the rabbit glue, and using Bologna plaster to make a special canvas. I changed the prescription little by little, made many kinds, and repeated tests. Because of this era, I wanted to pay attention to the way old things should be. In other words, it is warm and new. As a result, modern and classic began to merge endlessly. This is very interesting. There were some problems with computer production, and sometimes the work was delayed, but Japanese fashion brand JUN's 4Dbox Tex 1 and 2 solved them, Photoshop and other software versions. Started to work well for this painting. Interesting software began to be made in Japan after the dawn of computers in 1998. It was more than 20 years ago. I want you to become more and more "Do your best Japan" from now on.
Produced in 1998
