Norifumi Kudeken
── In the distant past, in an ecosystem far, far away...
At some point, humankind began to create things, use language, and develop spiritual culture.
As communities and social structures deepened, symbols emerged—faith, signs, ornamentation, and rituals.
People painted pictures, invented writing, and created myths—such as the creation of heaven and earth and ancestor worship—to give meaning to the order of nature, society, and humanity.
Eventually, nation-states and religion became closely intertwined, giving rise to civilization. From that point on, the world could no longer be called "far, far away".
As printing technology advanced, newspapers appeared, followed by photography, telegram, telephone, movies, radio, television, computers, and the internet—leading to the complex information society we live in today.
Having spent years in video production, I've come to realize the limitations of capturing a subject through lenses and sensors—always confined within the limits of a display, even holograms are restricted within their own frames. It made me wonder: in an era where reality and virtuality are sometimes indistinguishable, could it be possible to create something entirely new from scratch?
This personal website marks my first step.
I plan to remain at the crossroads between the tangible and the virtual, but before becoming preoccupied with methods of expression, what matters most is grasping the world in its entirety—without prejudice or preconception, with the broadest possible view. That’s why I keep updating this site, regardless of theme or whether something is public or private.
The old adage "Garbage in, garbage out" —meaning if you input junk, you get junk—still holds true today, especially with modern generative AI like Perplexity, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot. Even these systems, when asked, will tell you as such.
It’s clear we’ve entered an era where the quality of your input directly shapes the resulting output—and as the pilot, the onus is on us to stay conscious of what we feed into the machine, and to keep getting better at it.
Articles
Originally Written in Japanese—Selected, Revised, and Translated into English by Me
Work
Old Portfolio, now. Some of my production footage: All Directed, Shot, and Edited by Me.
indieVISUAL
Preparing for visual content creation.
24 Weeks to 24 Months Until Re-launch.
