Actress Nao Matsushita attended the "Rêve des Lumières (Dreams of Light) Media Preview" held at TOKYO DREAM PARK (Koto Ward, Tokyo) on June 11th. She got a sneak peek at the facility ahead of its grand opening on June 12th and spoke about its appeal.
"Rêve des Lumières (Dreams of Light)" is an immersive digital art facility that expresses authentic art through the latest digital technology that fuses light and sound, based on the concept of "awakening with a shower of art." It will be the 10th facility in the world of the "Lumière" series, which includes "ATELIER DES LUMIERES," a hugely popular studio in France, and will be making its debut in Japan.
Matsushita, who had the opportunity to experience the facility ahead of time, commented, "The space was even larger than I had imagined, and it felt like I had stepped into the painting. I'm sure this is the perspective Van Gogh wanted to use when he painted this picture. It was different from a museum in that I could see it with the same feelings, so I was completely engrossed in it."
"Things that you see on a flat surface start moving and are projected onto the floor, so it's exciting just to watch, and I was deeply moved," she said, her eyes sparkling. "In museums, you can get close to the artwork, but it's difficult to get the feeling that you've stepped into the painting. But here, I think the best thing about it is that you can easily step into the space as if you were living in that era," she added.
Matsushita will appear as a detective in the TV Asahi drama series "The Great Chase: Metropolitan Police Department SSBC Violent Crimes Unit Season 2" (Wednesdays at 9 PM), which starts in July. She said that she is currently filming, and smiled, saying, "I'm only in the interrogation room or at crime scenes every day, so coming to a place like this was really refreshing and it looked radiant." She added, "I'm looking forward to chasing criminals again starting tomorrow. It was a nice break. I'll tell everyone on set about it."
