
VOCALOID IDOL HATSUNE MIKU STARS IN EPIC DIGITAL DEATH OPERA “The END” WEARING LOUIS VUITTON IN 2D STYLE
デジタルだって「死」はあるの?ヴォカロイドのアイドル、初音ミクが主演するデジタルオペラ「The END」を見に行ってきた感想と衣装を手がけたLOUIS VUITTONのレセプションをレポート!
Monks famously asked philosophical questions about trees in an empty forest and one hand clapping. How about this: can a person die if they never existed *as we do*? It was the question of the day at the opera for “The END”.
When Louis Vuitton announced that they were lending designs for idol Miku Hatsune, it drew incredible attention from the industry. That’s because Miku is a so-called “vocaloid”, a computer-generated character and voice that sings and talks but doesn’t actually exist in tangible form. She has tons (TONS) of fans for sure, and even fills the Tokyo Dome when she has concerts (as a hologram, of course) but what was getting cooked up between her and LV to warrant such a collabo? The occasion was actually for this high-tech visual opera called “The END” that is starring Miku, so she needed some especially cool duds for it and LV was happy to oblige. In fact, they didn’t just “lend” the character clothes , Louis Vuitton designer Marc Jacobs and his design team made her special items based on the checkerboard Damier prints that starred in the SS 2013 collection. The graphical cubes and stripes lent VERY well to the 3D character and her world.
あのルイヴィトンがデザインをデジタルアイドルの初音ミクに提供
(c)Louis Vuitton (c)Crypton Future Media Inc.
Vogue.com
So that was that, and I REALLY wanted to see the opera. So I was ecstatic when LV said they were having a press preview and reception celebrating the Tokyo showing of the opera and they invited me to see it. WHAT would an opera with Miku Hatsune be about? Well, with a title like “The END”, it didn’t come as a surprise that the premise was about death. In it, Miku contemplates death, what it is, what it means to be dead, and whether it was OK.
It. Was. Hard. CORE.
As an art piece, it was utterly fascinating with jaw-dropping visuals, techno sounds and next-level sensory jams. As a story-driven narrative though, don’t expect a Disney happy ending. Let’s just say I will never trust another bunny robot I come across.
So after the opera we all shuffled upstairs and enjoyed a great reception MCed by artist Sputniko! and we nibbled on food that us question our existence. Louis Vuitton has always been into boundary-pushing art (ie Takashi Murakami, Richard Prince) and this is no different. It reminded me of their Espace gallery above the Omotesando store and makes me want to go visit there again to see what other modern art they are pushing to the forefront.
オペラが終わったあと私達はそれぞれに階段を駆け上がると…
ANREALAGE SS 2013 laser cut dress from my closet♥
アンリアレイジ春夏2013年のレーザーカットのドレスは私物だよ〜
(Retoy’s)
Sputniko | スプツニ子 (Retoy’s)
Rila Fukushima (Retoy’s see more celeb pics here |セレブの写真はこちら)
Momoko Ogihara
Mika Ninagawa
Trailer:
The END will also be shown in Paris on November 13th & 15th , so if you can’t make it to this showing and are into art that messes with the neurosis, you will want to try that showing too.
「The END」は11月13と15日にパリでも公演が予定されてるけど、
See all info here: http://theend-official.com/
Assistant editor Yosuke Hokita
You may also like
1 comment
Archives
- September 2018
- March 2018
- September 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- May 2012
- September 2011
Calendar
S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ||||||
2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
Categories
- 2.5-dimension fashion | 2.5次元ライフ
- Art | アート
- Autumn Winter 2015-16
- AW 2014-15
- Bangkok Fashion Week | バンコックコレクション
- Best Japanese Brands 2016 | 最強日本ブランド 2016年保存版
- Best Tokyo Shopping | 東京の買物
- calendar/events
- Chinese Fashion | 中国スタイル
- Fashion News | 最新情報
- Favorites | お気に入り
- Features | フィーチャー
- Girls in Black are Colorful
- Inspirations | インスピレーションの源
- International brands | 海外ファッション
- Japanese Brands AW 2017 | 東京コレクション秋冬2017
- Japanese Brands SS 2016春夏の東京コレクション
- Japanese Fashion culture | 日本のファッション文化
- kids fashion | キッズ服
- Magazines |ファッション誌
- Mens Fashion | メンズウェア
- Milan
- New York City | ニューヨーク
- Outfits | コーディネート
- Paris Fashion Week | パリコレクション
- Parties | パーティーレポ
- Personal
- Photoshoots | フォトシューティング
- popular
- Press | メディア
- Social Networking | SNS系
- Style Book | スタイルブック
- Swarovski
- Tokyo Brands AW 2015秋冬の東京ブランド
- Tokyo Brands SS 2017 | 2017春夏の東京ブランド
- Tokyo Brands | 東京ファッション
- Tokyo East-West Life |日本⇆海外ライフ
- Tokyo Fashion Week SS 2015
- Tokyo Fashion Week | 東京コレクション
- Tokyo Mode Diaries | 東京モードダイアリー
- Tokyo Photographers
- Travel | トラベル
- unCOOL JAPAN
Leave a Reply