An 8 part visual album directed by Jazmin Calcarami, as part of the multi-platform work TIMEBEING created by UJI.
Three characters, bound together across time, unlock their common fate through the technology of ritual. The story, a time-shifting tapestry of 3 interlinking narratives, serves as a companion to the 8 tracks that comprise TIMEBEING, Uji’s new conceptual album. We start with a young man undergoing a self-inflicted rite of passage, continuing with a woman’s journey into her own reflected reality, to a futuristic alchemical celebration that breaks Uji’s perception of reality. As the parallel stories unfold, the veil lifts between their interwoven fate, revealing their connection and ultimately allowing them to evolve, merge and illuminate.
The film stars Kanako Hongo as Asuka, Gerardo Melo as Gen, Mariela Puyol as Niax, and Uji as himself.