An event in which Picasso's masterpiece "Guernica", a representative work of the 20th century, was shot in ultra-high definition using NHK's 8K technology and screened in almost full size from the 16th began in Tokyo, and a powerful image was released. it was done.
"Guernica" is a work that painter Pablo Picasso painted in 1937, knowing the devastation of Guernica, a town that was bombed indiscriminately by the Luftwaffe during the Spanish Civil War.
An event to shoot the real thing of this "Guernica" in Spain with an ultra-high-definition camera using NHK's 8K technology and screen it on a 325-inch large monitor in almost full size began on the 16th in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo.
In the projected image of "Guernica", you can clearly see Picasso's brush strokes, such as people and horses running away, and a woman holding a baby and looking up at the sky, and you can experience the power of life-size.
Yasujiro Otaka, an art historian and professor emeritus at Waseda University who cooperated in the shooting, said, "By viewing the images in high definition and in actual size, you can notice traces of redrawing that cannot be seen in encyclopedias. How to feel sad or scary. Each person is different, so I want you to face the picture first."
The screening of this "Guernica" will be held until the 28th of this month at the "ICC = NTT InterCommunication Center" on the 4th floor of Tokyo Opera City Tower in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo.