MixCode - Very Very Kung Fu - Robotics&Animation

【非常武學 VERY VERY KUNG FU 】

非常武學展集合了50位以上來自各領域的專家，呈現結合藝術、科學、科技的台灣原創展覽，正陸續往海外巡迴展出中。這個作品為展覽的開場，以機械手臂、動畫、音樂共演，帶著神秘感開啟觀眾期待，並傳遞東方武術較為內涵的氛圍。

Gathering 50 experts from various fields, Very Very KUNG FU combines arts, science, and technology to create an original exhibition based in Taiwan, and is now continually traveling overseas for the exhibition. This project is the opening artwork of the exhibition. With robotic arms, animation, music together, and a mysterious atmosphere, it shows the sense of Eastern culture and leads the audience to the world of Kungfu.

// EXHIBITON // VERY! VERY? KUNG FU / 非常武學世界巡迴展

// ORGANIZER // JADES INTEGRATE. / 傑迪斯行銷

// VISUAL COORDINATOR // 27Design / 二棲設計

// PRODUCTION HOUSE // MixCode Studio / 混合編碼工作室

// DIRECTOR // Chiunyi Ko / 柯鈞譯，TuBo Lee / 李孟栩
// PROJECT MANAGER // Mibo Lin / 林芷君

// SCRIPT // Mibo Lin / 林芷君，Shing Yuan Huang/ 黃省元

// STORYBOARD / MOTIONBOARD // TuBo Lee / 李孟栩

// TECHNICAL TESTING // Shing Yuan Huang/ 黃省元
// 3D ART // Chiunyi Ko / 柯鈞譯
// 3D ANIMATION // Chiunyi Ko / 柯鈞譯，Yi Sheng Jian / 簡一盛
// 3D HAND RIGGING // Yoyo Chang / 張師堯

// 3D HAND ANIMATION // Yi Sheng Jian / 簡一盛，Selina Tung / 童筱絜

// COMPOSITING/ EDITING // Chiunyi Ko / 柯鈞譯
// MUSIC//SOUND DESIGN // HyperLung / 海波浪音樂

// KUKA ROBOTICS ENERNEER // Used Robot Co. / 優速德機械手臂林應文馮耀樟

// SPECIAL THANKS // Jet Chou / 周杰璁 (當若科技藝術)，I-Ting Lee / 李宜庭

【作品概念】CONCEPT

東方武學觀天地萬物，融可觀的［仿生」與玄妙的「道」於推撥氣韻之中，不求形似，但求傳神。我們的視覺設計以此為本，將形而上的武學之美轉化為音樂、影像、空間的三方共舞，不細數招式和典故，邀請觀者感受箇中玄妙。

The concept of Eastern martial arts comes from the observation of everything in the world. It contains an observable "bionics" and mysterious "Tao", and the value of it is not on realism but vividness. Based on this, our visual design transforms the metaphysical beauty of martial arts into a dance of music, animation, and space. Not dismantling the martial history or the moves, we invite you to feel the art with heart.

【故事說明】STORY

整支作品既是演繹一套拳法，也是武者見自己，見天地，見眾生的成長過程。

首先醞釀與準備。畫面始於虛幻的煙，漫薰成代表東方精神的圓。此時冉冉釀成的氣並生「剛」與「柔」，兩股相生相對之力時而較勁時而融合。習武之人學著與兩者共處，超越感官，超越時間，終能駕馭並轉化為能量過招。

武者之悟旨在昇華，往非常武學之道徜徉而去，最後以拱手姿勢作為拳法與作品的結尾，也迎接整場展覽的開始。

The entire work is not only a deduction of martial art, but also the growing process of martial artists, how they gain the aspects of themselves, and how they see the world.

This show begins with a smoke, diffused into a “circle” representing the spirit of the East, and then separated into "softness and hardness", originated from Classical Chinese philosophy "yin and yang", are opposite and complementary. The relative two strengths are competitive occasionally but they also blend together sometimes as well.The martial artists keep the balance between them, learning how to live beyond the senses, beyond time, and finally managed to merge into energy.

People who practice martial art’s aim is to sublimate to the wonder way of “Very very Kung fu”.The film ended with folded hands gesture presented by the robotics. It symbolizes the end of the work, also a greeting of the beginning of the exhibition.

【配樂概念】Music

做為作品的靈魂，這次的音樂不走純粹傳統的東方風格，而是採用互相對立的元素（陰、陽、剛、柔、東方、西方）在拉扯與碰撞後回歸平衡，契合此展「非．常武學」的命題。以此故事為主軸，我們將東方傳統樂器、電子合成器與數位聲音設計結合，在承繼文化底蘊下創造新時代的武學精神。

As the soul of the work, this music does not follow the purely traditional oriental style. Instead, it adopts the opposite elements (yin and yang, hardness and softness, eastern and western) to come to a equilibrium after pulling and colliding, which keeps the point to the exhibition of "Very very Kung fu". Taking this story as the main axis, we combine the traditional oriental musical instruments, synthesizers, and digital sound design to create a new era of martial arts spirit under the inheritance of cultural connotation.

【幕後製作 MAKING OF】

由於作品希望呈現的氛圍較為抽象, 我們讓音樂首先誕生, 奠定整體調性，再配合電腦模擬構思手臂走位和影像畫面，最後到實機上去設定走位和調整細節。音樂、影像、手臂的配合相當複雜，例如機械手臂讓螢幕有各種旋轉，影像必須與其配合才能讓觀者看到正確視角的畫面。

這兩台五米高的機械手臂是整場表演的重點，既讓螢幕裡的影像打破平面，擁有立體視角和驚奇的分合旋轉組成方式，兩隻手臂也代表雙手在打拳，最後一幕拱手的Ending pose可以非常明顯的看到這個設定。

Dealing with the abstract content, we firstly composed the music and established the overall tonality. Along with the computer simulation of robotic arms moving, we create the animation film. Finally, we went to the real machine to set the position and adjust the details. The cooperation of music, video, and robotic arms moving is quite complicated. For example, the robotic arms make the screen rotate in a variety of ways. The monitors on them must be matched with it so that the audience can see the correct view.

The two five-meter-high robotic arms are the focus of the show. Instead of playing a film on the screen only, they provide a 3D perspective with a surprising rotation and moving design, sometimes merge into one big screen, sometimes separate into two. Furthermore, the two robotic arms represent the two human hands. The ending pose (folded hands gesture) is the most obvious part to find this.