From YouTube to the art galleries of New York
Daito Manabe came up with the "face visualizer" idea in his Tokyo kitchen. Webcam on, he wired his face up to a series of electrodes, put on some music, and let his facial muscles move to the rhythm. He then posted the face dance on YouTube. A few months and over a million hits later, and Daito is an international star. Read more and see the video...
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Daito Manabe came up with the "face visualizer" idea in his Tokyo kitchen. Webcam on, he wired his face up to a series of electrodes, put on some music, and let his facial muscles move to the rhythm. He then posted the face dance on YouTube. A few months and over a million hits later, and Daito is an international star.
Seen over a million times on YouTube.
Parody
Daito become so big that web users have even posted parodies of his work.
Posté sur YouTube par Woodygrue.
Social face dancing
Programmer and musician Daito Manabe is the man behind the face. His site.
It's one of my friends who assembled the device. It works by sending music samples, which I compose myself on my computer, through electrodes which are attached to my face. I used the system for the first time in October. I posted the recording of my experience on YouTube to show it to my friends. I never imagined it would create such a buzz. Since then, I've been invited to do it live at a Tokyo festival, it's been shown at an exhibition in New York, and blogs all over the world have talked about it. I'm not looking to make any money from the project. I earn a living from programming and composing music for theatrical performances."