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  {
    "id": "project-1",
    "title": "Cognition Space Recognition — Reflektor",
    "image": "/img/reflektor.jpg",
    "description": "Video Mapping Installation",
    "tags": "#Projection #AudioVisual #Installation",
    "url": "https://reflektor.fi/en/artwork/cognition-space-recognition-taito-otani-jp-2/"
  },
  {
    "id": "project-2",
    "title": "A Whales Earth Catalog",
    "image": "/img/Img_whales.png",
    "description": "A Whales Earth Catalog - Designing of Algorithmic Noise Pattern.",
    "tags": "#ProjectionMapping #AudioVisual #Installation",
    "url": "https://youtu.be/Mt6Ca_CFcsM?si=pDgLJbyhonzxq9o_"
  },
  {
    "id": "project-3",
    "title": "Warp Circles - Installation Art",
    "image": "/img/Uenokoen.jpg",
    "description": "An Installation Art \"Warp Circles\".",
    "tags": "#VisualDesign #Installation",
    "url": "https://ueno.or.jp/peaceoflight/"
  },
  {
    "id": "project-4",
    "title": "Coming and Going Shadows - Installation Art",
    "image": "/img/ueno150_1.png",
    "description": "An Installation Art \"Coming and Going Shadows\".",
    "tags": "#Interactive #VisualDesign #Installation",
    "url": "https://ueno.or.jp/peaceoflight/"
  },
  {
    "id": "project-5",
    "title": "Burning Japan 2023 - Installation Art",
    "image": "/img/daichinotourch.JPG",
    "description": "An Installation Art \"Daichi no Torch\".",
    "tags": "#Interactive #VisualDesign #Installation",
    "url": null
  },
  {
    "id": "project-6",
    "title": "OTO WO OMOSHIROGARU YORU2023 - Music Fes",
    "image": "/img/otowoomoshirogaruyoru.png",
    "description": "OTO WO OMOSHIROGARU YORU2023",
    "tags": "#Event #Organize #Performance",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLlGh8_lBDY"
  },
  {
    "id": "project-7",
    "title": "BunmeiKaika an Installation @yohas2024",
    "image": "/img/yohas24.gif",
    "description": "BunmeiKaika an Installation @yohas2024",
    "tags": "#Event #Organize #Performance",
    "url": null
  },
  {
    "id": "project-8",
    "title": "YohaS2022 - Interactive Art",
    "image": "/img/yohas.jpg",
    "description": "Interactive Art Installation",
    "tags": "#audioVisuals #VisualDesign #CreativeCoding",
    "url": "https://yohas.fun/"
  },
  {
    "id": "project-9",
    "title": "Parco Happy Holidays",
    "image": "/img/parco_happyholidays_2023.jpg",
    "description": "Parco Happy Holidays",
    "tags": "#SoundDesign #GenerativeAI #CreativeCoding",
    "url": "https://youtu.be/a6pBBlTYwHk?si=M_8Ql_850pTe7arn"
  },
  {
    "id": "project-10",
    "title": "HyperGeek #08 Audio Visual Performance",
    "image": "/img/SDIM1366.jpg",
    "description": "Audio Visual Performance",
    "tags": "#Performance #AudioVisual #Event",
    "url": "https://derivative.ca/event/hyper-geek-8/68521"
  },
  {
    "id": "project-11",
    "title": "FujiRock Festival2023-ProjectionMapping",
    "image": "/img/fuji.jpg",
    "description": "FujiRock Festival2023 - projection mapping",
    "tags": "#audiovisual #projectionmapping",
    "url": "https://www.fujirockfestival.com/"
  },
  {
    "id": "project-12",
    "title": "Sound Sun",
    "image": "/img/soundsun.png",
    "description": "Audio Visual Sketch",
    "tags": "#audioVisuals #VisualDesign #CreativeCoding",
    "url": "https://openprocessing.org/sketch/1287471"
  },
  {
    "id": "project-13",
    "title": "Audio visual Sketches",
    "image": "/img/yenyasu.png",
    "description": "Audio Visual Sketch",
    "tags": "#audioVisuals #VisualDesign #CreativeCoding",
    "url": "https://openprocessing.org/sketch/1686425"
  },
  {
    "id": "project-14",
    "title": "DayBreak — Commercial Sound Design",
    "image": "/img/daybreak.png",
    "description": "Music production and sound design for the DayBreak signage commercial.",
    "tags": "#sounddesign",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7iawv7uWPM"
  },
  {
    "id": "project-15",
    "title": "ARS ELECTRONICA - Exhibition",
    "image": "/img/alelectronica2023.jpg",
    "description": "ARS ELECTRONICA - Exhibition",
    "tags": "#SoundDesign #M4LDevelop #CreativeCoding",
    "url": "https://ars.electronica.art/who-owns-the-truth/en/"
  },
  {
    "id": "project-16",
    "title": "Redevelopment of Bonfire — Burning Japan 2022 Installation Art",
    "image": "https://img.youtube.com/vi/h0eIOQ-kF-8/maxresdefault.jpg",
    "description": "Installation Art at Burning Japan",
    "tags": "#audioVisuals #installation #smokeart",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0eIOQ-kF-8&t=2s"
  },
  {
    "id": "project-17",
    "title": "Sounding Building",
    "image": "/img/sb_keyImage.jpg",
    "description": "Nishi-Shinjuku 5G Sounding City project. Audiovisual design and creative coding.",
    "tags": "#audioVisuals #VisualDesign #CreativeCoding",
    "url": "https://sounding.city/"
  },
  {
    "id": "project-18",
    "title": "NFT art collaboration with Kumaleon by Okazz.",
    "image": "/img/kumaleon.png",
    "description": "Audio Visual NFT art collaboration",
    "tags": "#audioVisuals #creativecoding",
    "url": "https://kumaleon.com/"
  },
  {
    "id": "project-19",
    "title": "Audio visual Sketches",
    "image": "/img/bloomingbanana.png",
    "description": "Audio Visual Sketch",
    "tags": "#audioVisuals #VisualDesign #CreativeCoding",
    "url": "https://openprocessing.org/sketch/1676828"
  },
  {
    "id": "project-20",
    "title": "Clock Web App",
    "image": "/img/clock.png",
    "description": "Audio Visual Web Pages",
    "tags": "#audiovisual #creativecoding",
    "url": "https://openprocessing.org/sketch/1855682"
  },
  {
    "id": "project-21",
    "title": "Superhero Senki — Film",
    "image": "/img/sentai.jpg",
    "description": "Compositing system development using Unity for the feature film Superhero Senki.",
    "tags": "#Unity",
    "url": "https://www.toei-video.co.jp/special/superhero-senki/"
  },
  {
    "id": "project-22",
    "title": "Stay home via Computer",
    "image": "https://img.youtube.com/vi/WKYK0cU-cw8/sddefault.jpg",
    "description": "Stay home via Computer Live at Virtual Audio Visual stage.",
    "tags": "#audiovisual #performance #interactive",
    "url": "https://youtu.be/WKYK0cU-cw8"
  },
  {
    "id": "project-23",
    "title": "Ambient Sax 360 Experiential Videos",
    "image": "https://img.youtube.com/vi/EYTaDPhBZ6o/sddefault.jpg",
    "description": "Ambient Sax - Taito Otani on YouTube",
    "tags": "#audiovisual #movie #vr",
    "url": "https://youtu.be/EYTaDPhBZ6o"
  },
  {
    "id": "project-24",
    "title": "Digital Kalimba Demo",
    "image": "https://img.youtube.com/vi/v9fc6MS7ZBk/sddefault.jpg",
    "description": "A digital instrument and synthesizer prototype for iOS.",
    "tags": "#ios #digitalinstrument #synth",
    "url": "https://youtu.be/v9fc6MS7ZBk"
  },
  {
    "id": "project-25",
    "title": "JackTop Guitar",
    "image": "/img/jacktopguitar.jpg",
    "description": "Audio visual on YouTube",
    "tags": "#audiovisual #live #chi",
    "url": "https://youtu.be/tzfmqwVndMA"
  },
  {
    "id": "project-26",
    "title": "Taki Synth",
    "image": "https://img.youtube.com/vi/vLIS8WrOq4E/sddefault.jpg",
    "description": "Taki Synth is a synthesizer for iOS. The synth can make a drone sound like a waterfall. It can be controlled using rock objects. on YouTube",
    "tags": "#simulation #ios #synth",
    "url": "https://youtu.be/vLIS8WrOq4E"
  },
  {
    "id": "project-27",
    "title": "Light orchestra",
    "image": "https://img.youtube.com/vi/L4i2VmDknGk/maxresdefault.jpg",
    "description": "Light Orchestra is an audio visual concert with Tokyo University of the Arts. We created visual expression systems.",
    "tags": "#projectionmapping #visual #installation",
    "url": "https://youtu.be/L4i2VmDknGk"
  },
  {
    "id": "project-28",
    "title": "ICONS - @Shibuya",
    "image": "/img/shibuya-icons.jpg",
    "description": "Shibuya, July 8–12, 2019. An interactive artwork exploring unconscious preferences and bias. Visitors use their smartphones to generate graphics and compare arrangements of squares. Four graphics were selected from 3,000 algorithmically generated compositions.",
    "tags": "",
    "url": "/works/icons/icons.html"
  },
  {
    "id": "project-29",
    "title": "UP ON THE GREEN HILL — MASADO and MIWASCO Version",
    "image": "/img/projects/sonic-mv.jpg",
    "description": "A DREAMS COME TRUE music video made in collaboration with Sonic the Hedgehog. CG production participation in a Toei Zukun Laboratory production.",
    "tags": "#MusicVideo #CG #Production",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKZxDOlu0P4",
    "period": "2022",
    "role": "CG production",
    "credit": "DREAMS COME TRUE / Toei Zukun Laboratory",
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "Production / Toei Zukun Laboratory",
        "url": "https://zukun-lab.com/en/news/dreamscometruesonic_2022/"
      },
      {
        "label": "Role / Portfolio, pp. 3–4",
        "url": "https://www.taito-otani.com/portfolio/PORTFOLIO2026_1.pdf#page=3"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "project-30",
    "title": "The Manda Pit VR",
    "image": "/img/projects/manda-pit-vr.jpg",
    "description": "A permanent VR exhibition at Manda Pit Station, recreating an underground coal mine that visitors can no longer enter. Produced by Toei Zukun Laboratory using digital human, motion capture and real-time CG technologies.",
    "tags": "#VR #Exhibition #Direction",
    "url": "https://zukun-lab.com/en/news/mandakouvr2022jp/",
    "period": "2022",
    "role": "General direction, staging, CG & development",
    "credit": "Manda Pit Station / Toei Zukun Laboratory",
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "Exhibition / Toei Zukun Laboratory",
        "url": "https://zukun-lab.com/en/news/mandakouvr2022jp/"
      },
      {
        "label": "Role / Portfolio, pp. 17–18",
        "url": "https://www.taito-otani.com/portfolio/PORTFOLIO2026_1.pdf#page=17"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "project-31",
    "title": "Sanrio Characters Virtual Boat Ride",
    "image": "/img/projects/sanrio-boat-ride.jpg",
    "description": "A VRChat attraction released for Sanrio Virtual Festival 2025. Visitors travel with Cinnamoroll on a space boat, delivering party invitations to Sanrio characters. A collaborative production.",
    "tags": "#VRChat #Attraction #Direction",
    "url": "https://v-puroland.sanrio.co.jp/contents/boatride",
    "period": "2025",
    "role": "General direction, staging, CG & development",
    "credit": "Sanrio Characters Virtual Boat Ride / Sanrio Virtual Festival 2025",
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "Attraction / Official page",
        "url": "https://v-puroland.sanrio.co.jp/contents/boatride"
      },
      {
        "label": "Role / Portfolio, pp. 15–16",
        "url": "https://www.taito-otani.com/portfolio/PORTFOLIO2026_1.pdf#page=15"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "project-32",
    "title": "Mochipori to Asobo Wall",
    "image": "/img/projects/mochipori-wall.jpg",
    "description": "An interactive monitor wall created for a limited-time corner at Sanrio Puroland. Visitors play with the display through direct interaction.",
    "tags": "#Interactive #Installation #Development",
    "url": "https://www.taito-otani.com/portfolio/PORTFOLIO2026_1.pdf#page=10",
    "role": "Planning, production & development",
    "credit": "Sanrio Puroland",
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "Project & role / Published portfolio, p. 10",
        "url": "https://www.taito-otani.com/portfolio/PORTFOLIO2026_1.pdf#page=10"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "project-33",
    "title": "An Instruments",
    "image": "/img/projects/an-instruments.jpg",
    "description": "A projection-mapping and sound work created for a Christmas market at The Records in Chiba.",
    "tags": "#ProjectionMapping #Sound #Installation",
    "url": "https://www.taito-otani.com/portfolio/PORTFOLIO2026_1.pdf#page=11",
    "role": "Projection & sound",
    "credit": "The Records, Chiba",
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "Project / Published portfolio, pp. 11–12",
        "url": "https://www.taito-otani.com/portfolio/PORTFOLIO2026_1.pdf#page=11"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "project-34",
    "title": "Everytime Everywhere Noise",
    "image": "/img/projects/noise-generator.png",
    "description": "A browser-based sound experiment. Explore noise and oscillator modes through a minimal interactive interface.",
    "tags": "#Web #Sound #Interactive",
    "url": "/NoiseGenerator/",
    "role": "Web sound experiment",
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "Open the browser artwork",
        "url": "/NoiseGenerator/"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "project-35",
    "title": "InfrontofDesk",
    "image": "/img/projects/infrontdesk.jpg",
    "description": "An audiovisual work pairing crack-beat rhythms with imagery exploring the universe and peace. A soundtrack-only version is also published on Audius.",
    "tags": "#AudioVisual #Film #Sound",
    "url": "https://youtu.be/LXkCWdmpPxo",
    "role": "Audiovisual work",
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "Soundtrack & film link / Audius",
        "url": "https://audius.co/taito_otani/infrontdesk-sound-track-only-version-"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "project-36",
    "title": "Space (Fulcrum Remix)",
    "image": "/img/projects/space-remix.jpg",
    "description": "A Fulcrum remix of the Magic Wands track Space. Released on July 1, 2020; remix participation is also recorded in Taito Otani’s activity history.",
    "tags": "#Remix #Collaboration #Music",
    "url": "https://music.apple.com/us/album/space-fulcrum-remix-single/1519469213",
    "period": "2020-07-01",
    "role": "Remix / Fulcrum",
    "credit": "Magic Wands / Fulcrum",
    "category": "collaboration",
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "Release / Apple Music",
        "url": "https://music.apple.com/us/album/space-fulcrum-remix-single/1519469213"
      },
      {
        "label": "Participation / Activity history",
        "url": "/about.html"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "project-37",
    "title": "Digital Block / Intention",
    "image": "/img/projects/digital-block.jpg",
    "description": "A two-track Fulcrum release: Digital Block and Intention. Digital Block credits composition to Taito Ohtani; Intention credits composition to Keiichi Hirokawa.",
    "tags": "#Fulcrum #Collaboration #Electronic",
    "url": "https://fulcrum.bandcamp.com/album/digital-block-intention",
    "period": "2020-09-01",
    "role": "Composition / Digital Block",
    "credit": "Fulcrum — Taito Ohtani & Keiichi Hirokawa",
    "category": "collaboration",
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "Release & credits / Bandcamp",
        "url": "https://fulcrum.bandcamp.com/album/digital-block-intention"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "project-38",
    "title": "Wave Biz — Long Version",
    "image": "/img/projects/un-sui.jpg",
    "description": "A contribution to the Signal compose compilation Un-sui. Wave Biz - Long Version appears as track 2 on the 12-track album, with a duration of 2:53.",
    "tags": "#Compilation #Electronic #Music",
    "url": "https://signalcomposemusic.bandcamp.com/album/un-sui",
    "period": "2024-04-27",
    "role": "Contributing artist / Wave Biz - Long Version",
    "credit": "Taito Otani / Various Artists — Signal compose",
    "category": "collaboration",
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "Compilation & tracklist / Bandcamp",
        "url": "https://signalcomposemusic.bandcamp.com/album/un-sui"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "project-39",
    "title": "Burning Japan 2026 — Whales Camp Installation",
    "description": "An audiovisual installation presented at Whales Camp, Burning Japan 2026.",
    "tags": "#AudioVisual #Installation #BurningJapan",
    "period": "2026",
    "credit": "Whales Camp / Burning Japan 2026",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU4wrq5HgUA",
    "image": "/img/projects/hU4wrq5HgUA.jpg",
    "video_id": "hU4wrq5HgUA",
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "Video / Taito Otani TV",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU4wrq5HgUA"
      }
    ],
    "video_published": "2026-10-22T12:59:32-07:00"
  },
  {
    "id": "project-40",
    "title": "OTClockSeqPTN — Processing 25th Anniversary Version",
    "description": "A generative audiovisual sequencer made for Processing’s 25th anniversary. Three independent oscillators are played by a sequencer that moves geometric forms using Lissajous algorithms. This 2026 version updates TOKEI_SYNTH, originally posted to OpenProcessing in March 2023.",
    "tags": "#Generative #CreativeCoding #AudioVisual",
    "period": "2026",
    "credit": "Processing 25th anniversary / PCD 2026",
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "Video / Taito Otani TV",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n11T5_kWaw"
      },
      {
        "label": "Explore the sketch / NEORT",
        "url": "https://neort.io/ja/art/dat9jjbvcnepu4ambma0"
      }
    ],
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n11T5_kWaw",
    "image": "/img/projects/2n11T5_kWaw.jpg",
    "video_id": "2n11T5_kWaw",
    "video_published": "2026-09-29T09:29:36-07:00"
  },
  {
    "id": "project-41",
    "title": "The Endless Bodies",
    "description": "An audiovisual installation presented at YohaS 2026.",
    "tags": "#AudioVisual #Installation #YohaS",
    "period": "2026",
    "credit": "YohaS 2026",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0k9NegqGHw",
    "image": "/img/projects/B0k9NegqGHw.jpg",
    "video_id": "B0k9NegqGHw",
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "Video / Taito Otani TV",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0k9NegqGHw"
      }
    ],
    "video_published": "2026-06-08T23:00:32-07:00"
  },
  {
    "id": "project-42",
    "title": "Dadancho and Time Travel — Immersive Comedy",
    "description": "An immersive comedy staged at YohaS 2025 in Chiba Park. Actors perform in coordination with projection-mapped imagery. Taito Otani is credited with concept, direction, visuals and music.",
    "tags": "#Immersive #Theatre #ProjectionMapping",
    "period": "2025",
    "role": "Concept, direction, visuals & music",
    "credit": "YohaS 2025 / Chiba Park",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAhNgXsbUmY",
    "image": "/img/projects/sAhNgXsbUmY.jpg",
    "video_id": "sAhNgXsbUmY",
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "Video / Taito Otani TV",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAhNgXsbUmY"
      }
    ],
    "video_published": "2025-06-12T23:23:57-07:00"
  },
  {
    "id": "project-43",
    "title": "Flashing Itokawa Image Data",
    "description": "An audiovisual work combining music made in Ableton Live with images of Itokawa dust particles from JAXA’s digital library. The images are upscaled with AI and tiled in TouchDesigner, while Max for Live waveform analysis synchronizes image changes with the music.",
    "tags": "#AudioVisual #TouchDesigner #SoundDesign",
    "credit": "Source imagery / JAXA digital library",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DarOTskLU90",
    "image": "/img/projects/DarOTskLU90.jpg",
    "video_id": "DarOTskLU90",
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "Video / Taito Otani TV",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DarOTskLU90"
      }
    ],
    "video_published": "2024-04-10T23:09:17-07:00"
  }
]