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KO-TONE
Straight Line

filmed
“Xylophone in the forest” - NTT docomo

The Straight line version of the KO-TONE.
The ball falls by gravity and plays music on the xylophone, which is tuned according to the slopes of forests and hills.
By following the ball and listening to the sound, we are walking on the earth and we are  fully feeling the harmony with nature. This is the simplest form of the KO-TONE series.

自然のエネルギーで演奏される音楽自動演奏装置KO-TONEのStrainght Lineタイプ。
森や丘などの傾斜に合わせて設置された木琴の上を、重力で落ちる球が音楽を奏でます。
大地を踏みしめながら転がした玉を追い、音に耳をすませることで、自然との調和を存分に感じられます。
KO-TONEシリーズの中でも、最もシンプルな形です。

“Xylophone in the forest” – NTT docomo
“森の木琴” – NTT docomo

KO-TONE
5-Spiral Xylophone

Private collection
in Mexico, 2022
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Echo Stratum

– Echoes of accumulated memories –
– 堆積する記憶の残響 –

exhibited
“ Paris Design Week 2023 ” - Archives nationales, Paris, France, 2023
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TURNTABLE-RHYTHM

exhibited
“ Play ! Digital Art Exhibition × The Creators ” - Fukuoka City Science Museum, Fukuoka, Japan, 2022
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Streamphone

– dye river – / – 染物ノ川 –

exhibited
“Life in art exhibition” - MUJ IGINZA, Tokyo, Japan, 2021
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Water Wheel Monochord

filmed
“ Galaxy’s Nature-Inspired ‘Over the Horizon 2020’ ” - SAMSUNG
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The Castle of Erato

exhibited
“The Castle of Symphony” - The TASAKI Ginza Flagship Store, Tokyo, Japan, 2019
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KO-TONE
Ivy Xylophone

Permanent installation
@The Wood Craft Center of Tsubetsu town, Hokkaido, Japan
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KO-TONE
Spiral Xylophone

exhibited
“HERMES SECRET PARTY” in COPENHAGEN, 2017
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Do you feel “THE RED” just like “THE RED” I feel? 3 sound system and improvisation

created by dir_ in Japan 2016
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TIMECODE

created by dir_, Yamamoto Works Ltd., anno lab, and MontBlanc Pictures Co.,Ltd. in Japan 2015
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