Chanoyu is a japanese word for the tea ceremony. If we translate it literally it means 'hot water for tea'. But the practice involves more than the name implies.
Created by Sen No Rikkyu by the 16th century, he incorporated the concept of 'Ichigo Ichie', a philosophy that every ceremony is a precious meeting, one moment that will be never reproduce.
He spread this thinking to all levels of society in Japan, and drinking tea became a spiritual experience that embodies harmony, consciousness, contemplation, ephemerality.
Chanoyu 2.0 is a digital tea ceremony instruction. It delivers the main aspects of the japanese tea ceremony through concrete interactive scenes. An online tutorial is available on Youtube. You will be able to experience the Chanoyu 2.0 with the tea cermony kit. This set is composed with different elements that will show specific ideas of the traditional japanese tea ritual. Divided in chapters, the user is following each step of the ceremony.
The project explores the value of technology.
How do we use our technological devices nowadays, what is its value? Technology could be more that a world of data. Nowadays, the new generation are more confortable with technology than traditional value. Chanoyu 2.0 is an attempt to establish an accessible dialogue between tradition and digital.
Using digital tools ( 3d printing, thermochromic ink, animation, electronics ) to tell traditional, abstract values, is for me a way to communicate the concept in a more contemporary way. It is also a way to show and to confront the traditional japanese culture with its innovative, futuristic identity.
Animation (AE,C4D) . digital kakemono (japanese hanging scrolls)