Rhizomatiks Research collaborated with NY based artist Marco Tempest to film a 24-drone performance piece. Marco is well-known for his innovative performances that blur the line between technology and magic. Marco travelled to Japan, where he worked in close collaboration with his prior contacts Motoi Ishibashi, Daito Manabe, and their team to create a performance film with elegant and safe drone flight on a scale more ambitious than anything previously seen on a global level. Under the command of a cutting-edge proprietary indoor localization and control system, the drones swarmed around the performer as if they were a flock of well-trained birds.
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Drone Magic with Rhizomatiks Research
https://www.magiclab.nyc/research/drone_magic/
Credits
Rhizomatiks Research
Technical Direction + Art Direction + Software Development: Daito Manabe
Technical Direction + Drone Development: Motoi Ishibashi
Drone Development: Momoko Nishimoto, Katsuhiko Harada, Tomoaki Yanagisawa, Youichi Sakamoto
3D Edit: Tatsuya Ishii
Technical Support: Shintaro Kamijyo, Muryo Homma, Hideaki Tai
Media
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WORLD:
WIRED UK
Watch 24 drones fly using magicLab’s gesture control
Mashable
Watch this magician effortlessly control 24 drones, indoors
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JAPAN:
GQ JAPAN
稀代のイリュージョニストが描く、ドローンと共存する未来
CBCNET
ドローンを使ったパフォーマンスの未来は? Marco TempestとRhizomatiks Researchによるビデオ “24 Drone Flight”