Japanese digital artist and director Daito Manabe’s latest collaboration with UK electro-master Squarepusher uses AI to modify ads, pedestrians, and architecture in footage of Tokyo’s Shibuya ward to create a glitchy, hallucinogenic near future.

Manabe is one of the directors and founders of Rhizomatiks, a collective of artists, programmers, and DJs who have collaborated with a variety of Japanese and international artists and brands including Björk, Nosaj Thing, and Apple.

“Terminal Slam” is included on the new Squarepusher album “Be Up A Hello”.
 

Director, glitch Effects and Interaction Designer：Daito Manabe (Rhizomatiks)
Film and Editing director：Kenichiro Shimizu (PELE)
Machine Learning Engineer：Yuta Asai (Rhizomatiks)
Video Export Tool Developer：2bit
Effects Artist：Aya Takamatsu (Rhizomatiks)
Ad Graphic Designer：Kaori Fujii (Rhizomatiks)
CG Director：Junichi Ebe
Effects Supervisors：Kenta Katsuno (+Ring), Takeshi Ozaki (+Ring）
Effects Artists：Mikita Arai, Masaki Takahashi
Digital Artists：Yuki Hirakawa (+Ring）+Yu Onishi (+Ring）+Kenta Hasegawa (+Ring）+Ayaka Yamaguchi (+Ring）+Takeya Kamimura (+Ring）+Ryuichi Ono
CG Producer：Toshihiko Sakata (+Ring）
VFX Airtist：Yoshinobu Okino (Nomad）
Colorlist：Felipe Szulc (Nomad）
Cinematographer：Kazuki Takano (TRIVAL）
Cinematographer / Operator：Takuya Higa (Cyanworksandfilms）
MIDI Data designer：Kyoko Koyama
Film Producer：Chikako Nagai (PELE)
Producer：Takao Inoue (Rhizomatiks)

Cast：SARA (ELEVENPLAY)