數位薩滿計劃
Digital Shaman Project
Digital Shaman Project
Etsuko Ichihara / 市原悦子
日本媒體藝術家、想像創造者市原悅子出生於1988年。市原悅子畢業於日本早稻田大學,創作多以獨特觀點詮釋日本文化、風俗和信仰,並提出創新、以科技為本的路徑,她的作品帶有強烈衝擊感,採用多種媒體創作,主要作品有《性騷擾界面》(Sekuhara Interface)、《妄想替代現實系統》(SRxSI System)、 《數位薩滿計劃》(Digital Shaman Project)。市原悅子曾於2017 年獲得第二十屆日本新媒體動漫藝術節電子娛樂優等獎,近期亦曾在日本互動藝術中心的【數位薩滿主義:日本葬禮及慶典】(Digital Shamanism: Japanese Funeral and Festivity)及日本新媒體動漫藝術節展出。
Etsuko Ichihara (JP), born in 1988, is a media artist / fantasy inventor. She graduated from Waseda University. Etsuko has been creating artworks that interpret Japanese culture, customs, and beliefs from a unique point of view, and present new, technology-based approaches. Thanks to their strong impact, these works have been introduced across a wide range of media. Main works include Sekuhara Interface, the SRxSI system, and the Digital Shaman Project. Ichihara’s works were included in the Excellence Award at the 20th Japan Media Arts Festival, Entertainment Division in 2017. She has recently presented her works in exhibitions such as ‘Digital Shamanism: Japanese Funeral and Festivity’ at NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC], Japan Media Arts Festival. |
《數位薩滿計劃》提出符合現今科技發展情境下的哀悼新模式,3D列印的亡者面具置放於家用機器人的臉上,機器人透過動作程式能模擬亡者的生理特徵,如:個性、說話及動作等,彷彿亡者靈魂附身於機器人身上。這個程式在亡者過世後會運作四十九天 − 根據佛教信仰,往生之人需要四十九天才會進入下一世 − 在這段時間中,家屬能透過機器人體驗擬真對話,猶如亡者仍在,而在第四十九天,機器人便會與家屬道別,自動關閉程式。程式的設計讓失去親人的體驗者與彷彿被亡者附身、靈媒一般的機器人相處四十九天,靈感源自於藝術家過世的祖母,對她來說,當時的喪禮提供了亡者家屬哀悼所需的儀式。
The Digital Shaman Project proposes a new mode of mourning in keeping with the technical advances of today. A 3D-printed mask of the deceased’s face is placed on a domestic robot installed with a motion program that mimics the physical characteristics personality, speech, gestures of that individual as if possessed by their spirit. The program functions for 49 days after the person’s death—according to Buddhist belief, it takes 49 days for a deceased person to enter the next life— during which time family members can experience simulated conversation with the deceased as if he or she were still alive. On the 49th day, the robot bids farewell to the bereaved and the program shuts down. The program is thus designed to allow the bereaved to spend 49 days with a robot seemingly possessed, like a medium, by the deceased. The creator says that she developed the concept after her grandmother’s death, when she personally experienced the function that a funeral serves as a mourning ritual for those left behind.
The Digital Shaman Project proposes a new mode of mourning in keeping with the technical advances of today. A 3D-printed mask of the deceased’s face is placed on a domestic robot installed with a motion program that mimics the physical characteristics personality, speech, gestures of that individual as if possessed by their spirit. The program functions for 49 days after the person’s death—according to Buddhist belief, it takes 49 days for a deceased person to enter the next life— during which time family members can experience simulated conversation with the deceased as if he or she were still alive. On the 49th day, the robot bids farewell to the bereaved and the program shuts down. The program is thus designed to allow the bereaved to spend 49 days with a robot seemingly possessed, like a medium, by the deceased. The creator says that she developed the concept after her grandmother’s death, when she personally experienced the function that a funeral serves as a mourning ritual for those left behind.