It is said that on some nights through a storefront window on the corner of Grand St. and Lafayette, you could see a figure dancing in front of what seems like an endless stream of sushi...What could have him so excited? Maybe you should come in and find out!
A contribution to Steven Shikhel's CHAUHAUS pop-up at SUSHIDELIC in April 2025 that inspired the restaurant's TOKIODELIC rebrand, and part of a collection of works intersecting food, tech, and art curated by myself, Riho Hagi, Angie Kim, and Julia Xu.
Any time I see a large screen, I want to know how I can take it over. Fortunately, I had Steven's blessing in using the restaurant's two displays for the popup, and it was an excellent opportunity to show off NPC Mashi's new outfit, redesigned in Blockbench (and based on my more recent wardrobe).
I built and choreographed a scene in Unity, using the lovely pixel art of sushi that Jane Liu made for her, Shimeng Zhou, and Parth Pawar's arcade game Omakase, which was also featured at the pop up! I recorded two loopable versions of the scene for each display's aspect ratio and had them loop throughout the week of the pop-up.