Minimus 3D Arkestra is a collaboration between 3D filmmaker Ikuo Nakamura and Hayes Greenfield’s live surround music played in quad.
Presented live at the 13th Street Repertory Theater in 2015, it may be the first and only series of performances that have ever fused live 3D film editing with live looping electro-acoustic music in quad surround sound.
Together Hayes and Ikuo composed and created 8 formal pieces, each with a beginning, middle, and end that like jazz can be spontaneously altered in real time performance. Unlike traditional live music performance that accompanies silent films that are static in length, with the advent of technology, Minimus 3D Arkestra transcends any previous cinematic limitations to include, explore and expand the possibilities between the image and music, and music and the image through real-time collaboration.
Because 3D representation is not yet available online, what follows are 5 films in 2D - Continuum, Paradox, and Pendulum recorded live at the 13th St. Repertory Theater; and Anitya and Gentle Storm where Ikuo edited his film to Haye’s music.
Recorded Live in Performance, July 2015
Pendulum
Paradox
Continuum
Films Ikuo edited to Haye’s music
Anitya
Aurora Borealis
13th Street Repertory Theater Performance Reviews from 2015
STAGE BUDDY
"What Ikuo Nakamura (film) and Hayes Greenfield (sax/voice/effects rig) accomplish is not merely a conceptual innovation, but something more transcendent…Nakamura and Greenfield achieve what most artists strive for: to be original and innovative without sacrificing beauty." Efren L. Cruzada
THEATER PIZZAZZ
"Minimus 3D Arkestra brings the brilliance of two computer artists to the screen...Greenfield and Nakamura provide less of a mystery with Minimus 3D Arkestra, and more an honest showing of what you can do with ingenuity, time, and a great appreciation of aesthetics." Marcina Zaccaria
PUNDICITY INFORMED OPINION & REVIEW
"All this, from the out-of-the-box silent 3D filmmaker Ikuo Nakamura, fused with mellow sounds of live alto sax, kalimba, and vocals by Hayes Greenfield. The doors of perception are open! Very haunting, very cool, and as yet undiscovered by major media. " Matthew Gurewitsch
WALL STREET JOURNAL - SPEAKEASY
"Comes as close to the visceral experience as cinema can get...Hollywood special effects wizards would be hard pressed to invent a visual as eye-popping as the Aurora Borealis...Interactive 3D performance with surround sound... What we have here-you can call it 3D jazz." Steven Dougherty