“This is Arashi” The Live Stream on New Year’s Eve 2020/21
As this show was completely for live stream camera, we were able to explore themes and spaces that would normally not be possible in a traditional live touring show environment.
// 2020
// Live Stream Show
// Japan
“This is Arashi” The Live Stream on New Year’s Eve 2020/21. Seen by millions of fans across the world. The stage architecture was created in collaboration with Arashi. STUFISH worked with the team in Japan to develop this multileveled illuminated digital landscape that spanned the whole 130m length of the Tokyo Dome.
At the heart of the design is The Solar Farm. A large mirror ball that descended and split apart to reveal the band inside as the start of the show. Positioned in the centre of the stadium, it was an array of 72 radial LED screens on kinetic arms that display the live feed of fans faces. In the centre was the video column that the mirror ball moves along.
In the background is The Mothership. A multi-layered stage with large video screens to anchor the performance. The centre portal reveals another world set into the seating of the stadium. The show is filmed in both directions from the main stage and backstage to create different spaces and backgrounds both physical and with additional augmented reality layers.
The Waterfall is a digital landscape. A cluster of led panels, spaced out from each other, and positioned at different heights, mimic a pixelated deconstructed digital wall.
Next, the AR universe is an LED floor and wall that forms a fully immersive digital environment to create an augmented reality which combine real footage and visual effects.
Finally, the Lightroom. In contrast to the AR universe, The Lightroom is a mirrored room with lights incorporated in the walls and ceiling which create an infinity space of practical visual effects as opposed to digital.
// Five Unique Acts
// Multiple LED surfaces
// Redesigned to fit ‘Lockdown’ regulations
This elaborate show was designed from lock down in London and built in Japan in a very short amount of time. Thank you to Arashi, their management, all the fabricators and technical production teams for making this design come to life in such a spectacular way.
Stage Management No’z Local Stage Production SHIMIZU OCTO Lighting Tokyo Butai Showmei PA Tokyo Sanko Automation/Mechanics TELMIC Corp. Illumination Wonder Light Laser RANDOM Special Effects eclipseFX Video Effects Office Y’z Power MITSUHO ELECTRIC Co., Ltd. Fre Flow Sony Music Solutions, Inc. Tour&Production Management LIGHTNING JAPAN Co., Ltd.
