Floating point: Tokyo time-lapse by Samuel Cockedey
Shinkansen ver.2 (by daihei shibata)
When you first begin watching From Shinosaka to Tokyo, the high-velocity footage appears to be a science fiction world, something like a video game. But slowly you’ll recognize a physical landscape hovering around the edges, some structures, and eventually human faces. What you are watching is the scenery from Shinosaka to Tokyo by Daihei Shibata taken with his Olympus EP-1, edited beautifully with a mirror effect. The music playing is “So High” by VanShe.
ALGORITHMIC DESIGN / INDUCTION DESIGN. idabashi subway station, Japan. Makoto Sei Watanabe Architects
Hayaku: A Time Lapse Journey Through Japan (by Brad Kremer)
This is an extraordinary time lapse video of Japan. It captures two contradictory elements and holds them in perfect balance. The two elements are movement and stillness, and we experience both at the same time, as if they are overlapping. I also love the track by Royksopp that Kremer chose for his work. The music steadily builds to a satisfying crescendo just as the images we’re witnessing are building up to a satisfying whole. Brad Kremer is a film-maker from Tahoe City, California. He is well-known for his snowboard videos and Burton is one of his clients. “Hayaku” means “hurry up.”