A programme from the Tokyo Festival 2020 called “The Dark Master VR” written and directed by TANINO Kuro provided a new theatre experience using virtual reality (VR) to break down the barrier that separates the performers and the audience. This story originally from a manga comic book involves a main character who dines at a Western-style restaurant and finds the owner of the restaurant coming and pushing an earpiece into his ear, after which the main character starts following the directions given by the owner as heard through the earpiece. The theatre performance was an experimental programme where the audience is given an earpiece, from which they can hear the same restaurant owner’s voice as the main character on stage, thus giving the audience a pseudo-realistic feeling as if they were having the same experience as the main character. This experimental programme had to evolve further, as the theatre was figuring out how to play under the COVID-19 circumstance. The format was changed to have the visitor wear a VR headset and enter a single-person booth, which enabled the visitor to see the theatre from the perspective of the main character, hear the voices, and experience the illusion of becoming synchronised with the characters on stage.This was the birth of an innovative work that breaks down the preconceived notion of theatres. While exhibitions, performances, and events are being cancelled or suspended, the city of Tokyo hosted the “Support Program for Arts and Culture” to keep the cultural flame alive. A special website was developed that provides free video streaming of works and performances by artists and creators. This project not only gave support to the artists for their activities, but also led to providing a great many people with the opportunity to come in touch with art. Among the different programmes at the Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL that was impacted by the spread of COVID-19, many were forced to significantly change the format of their programme.Even so, the creativity exhibited and the efforts made by the artists and staff helped pave a way for new possibilities.The festival brought out scientific approaches, the spirit of devotion to art, the curiosity of children, the bridging of both psychological and physical distance by forging online connections, and creativity… The trajectory that paved the way for a new path was able to surmount the difficulties that emerged against society, and is now bequeathed to the next generation as an invaluable legacy that could lead the way toward the future of art and culture for Tokyo.VR theatre experience in a special boothEach person would go into a separate booth affixed with a mirror and put on a VR headset. The atmosphere in the booth was designed to take the audience into a world of virtual reality. © MAEDA Keizo バーチャルリアリティ(VR）の技術を駆使して、演者と観客の垣根を取り払う新しい観劇体験を提供したのは、「東京芸術祭2020」の演目のひとつ、タニノクロウ脚色・演出「ダークマスターVR」。漫画が原作のこの作品は、ある洋食屋を訪れた主人公が食事をしていると、店のマスターが耳にイヤフォンを押し込み、イヤフォンから聞こえてくるマスターの指令で主人公が行動するというストーリー。舞台版は観客がイヤフォンを渡され、主人公と同様にマスターの声を聞き、擬似的に主人公と同じ体験ができるという実験的作品でした。 今回、新型コロナの影響で上演形式を検討するなかで実験はさらに進化。観客はVRゴーグルを着用して一人ひとりブースに入り、舞台の上の主人公の視点でものを見て、声を聞き、登場人物にシンクロしたような錯覚を体験しました。 演じる者、鑑賞する者という、演劇の既成概念を打ち砕く、未来の演劇を予感させる、画期的な作品が誕生しました。 東京都は、展覧会、公演、イベントなどが中止・延期となるなか、文化の灯を絶やさないために「アートにエールを！東京プロジェクト」を実施。アーティスト、クリエイターの作品や公演などの動画を無料配信する専用サイトを用意し、アーティスト等の活動を支援するとともに、多くの方にアートに触れられる機会を提供することにもつながりました。特設ブースでVR観劇体験ひとり１室、鏡が貼られたブースに入り、VRゴーグルを装着。仮想現実空間に誘う演出が施されました。©MAEDA Keizo文化の灯を絶やさない「アートにエールを！東京プロジェクト」“Support Program for Arts and Culture”新型コロナウイルス感染症の影響を受けたTokyo Tokyo FESTIVALの各プログラムの中には、開催の形を大きく変えざるを得ないものも多くありました。それでも、プログラムの成功を目指した関係者たちの創意と工夫により、新たな可能性を切り拓くことができました。科学的なアプローチや、アートへの情熱、子供たちの好奇心、オンラインでつながる心と縮まる距離、そして創造力…。新たな道を切り拓いたその軌跡は、社会に立ち塞がる困難を超え、未来の東京の芸術文化につながる貴重なレガシーとして、次代に引き継いでいきます。134
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