Exclusive: Louis Vuitton hops to Tokyo for new V collection

Louis Vuitton is packing its bags and going places for its new V Line leather goods collection – Tokyo, to get specific about it. In the first film for its Movers campaign, the French fashion house has enlisted one of Japan's most dazzlingly multi-talented artists, Ryoichi Kurokawa.

The Osaka-born artist combines a razor-sharp interest in digital technology with audiovisual know-how to produce live performances that resemble the spikily sinister nightmares that HAL 9000 or its artifical intelligence brethren would wake up screaming from. The film follows Kurokawa as he drifts through a twilight-lit Tokyo, intercut with strobing shots of the artist as he plays to an appreciative audience.

"Louis Vuitton’s ‘Movers’ indicate a series of talented individuals, ahead of their time and inspiring communities," a statement from the brand reads. "These creative and artists explore the realm of different fields, moving lifestyle & art, always on the edge and respected among their peers."

"In this digital series of portraits Ryoichi Kurokawa, creates spectacular protean worlds that combine both the visual and the sonic. Multi-screen installations, immersive holographic works... his projects transcend boundaries and express absolute freedom of movement, from one field to the other."