【Prometheus Bound】
In Greek Mythology, Prometheus stole fire (technology) from Zeus and gave it to humans, and for this, he got crucified on a mountaintop, and had to endure the eternal pain as a punishment. Since the beginning of our civilization, technology has been the source of prosperity and development. But also it has been the cause of great tragedies such as war sand nuclear accidents.

Setting the Aeschylus Greek tragedy “Prometheus Bound” as a starting point, Koizumi created VR (Virtual Reality) theater which deals with this age-old tension between humanity and technology, through collaboration with a person who is desperately longing for the technological advancement - a person who is suffering from ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis- the deadly neurological disease that make a person paralyzed). Through the dialogues with the man about his personal life and his visions of the future, they created a sci-fi vision in which past and future, self and others, humans and machines are all merged into one sequence of abstract VR theatrical experience.


【Prometheus Unbound】
The dreams of young Vietnamese people living in Japan as laborers during the pandemic are superimposed on a vision of the future in which humanity is freed from physical suffering. The anxiety of the young people who have nowhere to go is sublimated into the anxiety of the avatars, who are trapped between existence and non-existence, and eventually unfolds as a collective nightmare in the VR space.


【Prometheus the Fire-Bringer】
This is a outdoor VR installation and the final chapter of Merio Koizumi’s “Prometheus Trilogy”. The story, which is told in a poetic tone, is a mythical story of humans to become entirely different beings through a small bio-technological operation. To tell this mythical story in the an effective way, Koizumi uses VR technology, which allows to blur the outlines of the body, and tricks the brain into feeling that one is living among a collective body consisting of many other bodies.

6 audiences can experience the work at the same time. Each audience with Head Mount Display experiences VR individually, either in indoor tents or at outside park in a semi-public space.