Red Eyes is a series of pop-up outdoor projection mapping that came out of the many months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the course of several year Motomichi chose a town or a specific area and made outdoor projections at night by using a mobile projector and a battery. The projection provides a refreshing view of ordinary scenes or objects that we are very much used to seeing or taking for granted. As the red eyes are projected onto them they come alive as mischievous monsters as if they have always been there but no one had noticed until then. Motomichi has done the series in the suburbs of NY, NYC and Utrecht/Amsterdam.

Examples of the work can be found here: https://vimeo.com/524377305

About the artist: Motomichi Nakamura, Japanese born and graduate from Parsons School of Design in New York, is an award-winning Projection Artist and Animator based in Brooklyn, NY. 

 His work is known for the use of black, white, and red and he creates monsters with minimalistic graphic elements inspired by Cryptozoology. He has exhibited globally in numerous museums and galleries including the New Museum in New York, Moscow Contemporary Art Center Winzavod, MARCO in Monterrey Mexico, Olympia Park Munich, Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris, La Gaîté Lyrique among others. His animated films have been screened at Sundance Film Festival, Onedotzero Festival, and Edinburgh International Film Festival and his recent film “Okami” won in The Leeds International Film Festival.

 Commercially he has worked on projects for clients such as EA, MTV, USA Networks, and Sony and produced music videos for artists including Nicola Cruz and the Swedish band The Knife which earned him international recognition.