by Ralph Ammer, Joachim Sauter and Tobias Schmidt, Art+Com (Germany, 2000)
Kidai Shoran means literally “Excellent View of Our Prosperous Age”. Over a length of 12m, the hand scroll depicts the then most important shopping street of Edo, modern-day Tokyo, around the year 1805. More than 1000 people and animals as well as nearly 110 restaurants and shops illustrate everyday and social life. An artist unknown created this all-encompassing panorama of Japanese society during the Edo period. An interactive CD-ROM offers new approaches to experiencing the narrative hand scroll.
Five “guided tours”, each with its very own perspective, introduce the user to the hustle and bustle on the street, which its about 700m in length and flanked by two bridges.
customer: Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preußischer Kulturbesitz
concept and design: Ralph Ammer, Joachim Sauter, Tobias Schmidt
programming: Ralph Ammer, Stephan Huber, Tobias Schmidt