───About “NCP”
“New Cinema Parallel” (hereafter “NCP”) is a movie practice started by the movie director HOMURA Yoshikazu in 2016. YO-HO, MA10DAYS (Naohiro Yoshida), SUGAMO (Keisuke Sugano) will go out to the city in Tokyo, shoot and cut up. While making contact with and thinking about people and the cityscape, they simultaneously make films. It is a practice that allows you to concentrate on the movie and fulfill yourself, regardless of whether you are inside or outside, like the philosophy of thinking and discussion. (※”New Cinema Parallel” practice guidelines article : URL)

───Exhibition
The exhibition “New Cinema Parallel -A Piece of HOMURA Yoshikazu” was held at Gallery FLESH in Jingumae, Tokyo from 11.30 – 12.23, 2018. In this exhibition, in addition to the installation work by video work and photographic work which is the result of the practice of “New Cinema Parallel”, the interactive work “NCP720” was announced as a new work. (Bijutsutecho: https://bijutsutecho.com/exhibitions/3047)

───NCP720 (2018 / Running Time: ∞ / Interactive Art Film)
What you need to do “NCP” is a city and a camera. And the most important thing is “(warm) contact”. “NCP720” projects the movie acts and movie-conscious haze that occur in “NCP”.
　　　Regardless of the size of the screen such as the screen of the movie theater or the smartphone, in the movie viewing mode as of 2018, the “contact” between the creator and the viewer and between the viewers is thin. In addition, even filmmakers are not actively making proposals or speculation on such “contactless” viewing modes. In particular, commercial movies have a viewing and sales format that focuses on “income”, and they have no choice but to play a part in a one-way consumer society of supply and demand.
　　　On the other hand, in the online space, the visual concept of “(web) video”, in which the web and the visual expression are close to each other, has gained the spirit of words. CEO of YouTube, a video platform, says, “400 minutes will be uploaded per minute” (* 1). The actual state of the online space, which can be called a black hole in the video, is also considered to function as a self-pleasing playground by the user, such as “release / release” instead of “contact”. There is still a relationship between contributors and viewers between the source and the consumer, similar to the “income” relationship in commercial movies. Instead of money, there is only self-pleasure pleasure floating in the air.
　　　The projection of “NCP” cannot be achieved with the “non-contact” audiovisual experience brought about by the commercial movie “Entertainment” and the online space “release / release”. Also, a movie without voice advocating “(warm) contact” will disappear in the not-so-distant future. “NCP720” presents the optimal space for the viewing style of such “movies that require contact” as a work.
　　　For all bad boys seeking stimulation. Cold night breeze and warm canned coffee. At that time, you too will be a (Endless) cinema.