Event details:
The projection can be seen each night on the façade of the Richmond Town Hall. Music will accompany the work. The work is 5 minutes 45 seconds long and will play every 10 minutes.
Official Launch: 6.00pm Friday 15 July
Friday & Saturdays:
6.00pm – 10.00pm
Sundays to Thursday:
6.00pm – 8.00pm
Richmond Town Hall will host a dynamic projection and sound work centred on renowned Hungarian composer Franz Liszt’s music, which is full of experimental spirit and improvisation.
Rhythm and Line has been re-adapted exclusively for Richmond Town Hall by Tokyo based artist duo FLIGHTGRAF.
Over 10 nights the projections will herald the On The Position of the Artists program of music events staged across Yarra.
“When you face Liszt’s music, you will be repeatedly surprised at the experimental spirit to be free from the forbearing frameworks or tonal tendencies, and to touch the delicate feelings his magical fingers owned up to, narrating the episodic “Piano Magician.” Among others being an expert on improvisation, he added ad-lib turns here and there to his composition, enjoying the tonal experiment”.
“We made attention to the aspect of improvised “invisible sound” and to create the artwork into which random digits were introduced. The random algorithm ferments the world of unpredictable sound and pictures, which will trigger tensional imbalance in you. This could be similar to attending Liszt’s concert full of unpredictable discord in which he broke the piano or swooned. Just like a fresh breeze blown into the music world by Liszt, we would also like to pick up the breeze and let the audience experience the beauty of the unexpected”
- FLIGHTGRAF
FLIGHTGRAF is an Audio-Visual Unit based in Tokyo.
Since 2013 it has been creating installation artworks by making full use of pictures, sound and light, and its purpose is to let the audience experience a highly vicarious world of installation.
It won the grand prize in 1minute Projection Mapping in 2013, and after that, received numerous awards in international competitions such as Cercle of Light in Russia, Genius Loci Weimar in Germany, and iMAPP in Rumania.
Not only in the field of projection mapping but also in the world of CM, MV, stage and music concert on the global stage has it been rolling out its activity.
Our team consists of two members:
Kento Tomiyoshi, who is the director and design-visual artist, and Makoto Shozu, who is the sound designer.
Achievements
2021, awarded the Grand Prize in Genius Loci Weimar 2021.
2019, created Projection Mapping for Macao light festival in Macau.
2019, created Installation art for SHISEIDO GLOBAL INNOVATION CENTER in S/PARK.
2019, created Projection Mapping for Pokemon company in Yokohama.
2019, took part in Installation art for Melco Resorts & Entertainment in Tokyo office.
2018, created Projection Mapping for BOREALIS a festival of light in Seattle.
2017, created Projection Mapping for iMapp Bucharest in Romania.
2017, awarded the Grand Prize in Genius Loci Weimar 2017.
2016, got the 3rd prize in Moscow International festival Circle of Light
2016 “Art Vision Modern”.
2015, got the 2nd prize in Moscow International festival Circle of Light
2015 “Art Vision Mode
Rhythm and Line by FLIGHTGRAF is part of On the Road Again, a Victorian Government initiative to bring live music back across the state.
