During the six months of Tsukuba
Expo '85, The Health and Sports pavilion recorded the highest
attendance of any pavilion, welcoming about 8.09 million visitors.
Inside, visitors found an exhibit called the "Cell Universe,"
composed of a mockup of the Earth floating in space, superimposed
with images of a nucleus suspended in a cell and an embryo enclosed
in a womb. The stage was surrounded by main images of twenty-nine
multi-video monitors and an array of nine mandala medical images,
which moved in sync with an audio track. The installation raises
the question of how kind science has been to the natural environment.
At the same time, it points optimistically to the prospect that
our ability to learn about living systems enables us to wake
from a nightmare of ignorance and fear and pursue a true and
noble course in science, technology and medicine.
Cine-Science(ICAM) vividly portrayed this message in the Cell
Universe. The Cell Universe was an experiment in which the "pavilion
movie," a presentation hitherto only exhibited as an event at
world expos, became one with the exhibition space. This approach
enabled ICAM to tell a story in a setting that vividly underscored
its theme.
Planning
Suzuken Co.,Ltd.
Suzuken Memorial Foundation
※The name of a planning company is that at the time of completion.
Staff
Director : J.TAKEDA
Screenplay : J.TAKEDA・T.KAWAMURA
Cinematographer : W.KATOH・Cinematographers of Cine-Science
Experiments : Research Laboratory of Cine-Science
Music : S.IKENO・K.SATOH・K.UEHARA
Production Manager : Y.TODOROKI
Producer : R.GUNJI
