LATENT

Reality Is the Anomaly

Geppaku Lui is a subject afflicted with “Lost Children,” a condition that renders her perceptible only through digital devices. During a monitored singing session at the Hakoniwa research facility, multiple staff members report an anomaly: they claim to have seen her directly, without any device.

In response, the institution reconstructs her performance and the Hakoniwa environment within VR, distributing it as recorded data for observational analysis. Viewers who access the archive are implicitly incorporated into the experiment, their perception treated as part of the data set.

Project [ latent ] // archive_ presents this reconstructed record as a supplementary log for post-event analysis. Positioned as observers, the audience engages in an act of witnessing that probes the boundary between mediated and unmediated existence, where perception itself becomes both subject and instrument of investigation.

HOW TO JOIN THE LIVE EVENT IN VRCHAT

Join us for the live event including a Q&A with the artist, Geppaku Lui.

  • Asia: Saturday, 13th June at 8 PM CST / 9 PM JST / 9 PM KST

  • Australia: Saturday, 13th June at 10 PM AEST

  • Europe: Saturday, 13th June at 1 PM BST / 2 PM CEST / 3 PM EET

Please ensure you request to join the Raindance Immersive VRChat Group at least 48 hours before the event begins if you wish to join the main instance with the artist. It will open exactly at the event's start time. If you can’t get into the main instance, you will be able to open your own instance to experience the show.

Catch the replay of the show:

  • Asia: Sunday, 14th at 11 AM CST / 12 PM JST / 12 PM KST

  • Australia: Sunday, 14th at 1 PM AEST

  • North America: Saturday, June 13th at 11 PM EDT / 10 PM CDT / 9 PM MDT / 8 PM PDT

For the replay, simply open your own instance once the scheduled replay time begins.

CREDITS

Artist: Geppaku Lui (VEE)
Director: Takaomi (MIGIRI Inc.)
VFX Artist: Lia
Technical Artist: Ayano, rakurai
3D Designer: tech.
VR Sound Engineer: Yuki Hata
Production Manager: aiue_aoi_ (MIGIRI Inc.)
Producer: Q-taro (MIGIRI Inc.)
Executive Producer: Task Watanabe, Sony Music Entertainment
English Translation and Live Japanese-English Interpretation: ✿potato✿

Music Experience for up to 50 players | Show Runtime: 30 mins | Platform: VRChat (PCVR)