For the launch of Tokyo Dream Park, the latest major entertainment complex in Tokyo, Culture Spaces invited us to re-imagine classic paintings to take the audience on a serene journey: from day to dusk, in an infinite mirrored room. Crafting a three minute looping experience we created bespoke animations and sensitive extensions to these classic artworks to bring them to life in new ways to create a calm and meditative space.

We began with initial experimentations and studies through custom AI workflows to drive the motion in each painting to maintain the structure of the brushstrokes while adding dynamic movements across the canvas that felt natural to each setting. Using AI allowed us to quickly experiment and lock in the approach and look with the client.

Our first task was to take each of the three classics from Vallaton, Van Gogh and Monet and widen each of them to fit the design of the room and to be able to mirror and loop infinitely without repetition. Playing close attention to not disrupt the overall feeling of each painting, we adjusted the horizon line to be consistent with each other to allow a more seamless experience and through a combination of AI and custom manual brushwork were able to more faithfully extend each artwork while retaining each’s distinctive styles. Breaking each artwork into layers, we then brought each artwork to life with custom animations with AI to give the effect of the painting continuing indefinitely.

We partnered with our long time audio partners, Echoic, to create a soothing soundscape. Slow, steady nature sounds that loop seamlessly alongside the visuals so that the viewer is never disturbed during their time within the room, able to stay and relax as long as they would like. Transporting viewers to an oasis of calm.