dir_

Streamphone

– dye river – / – 染物ノ川 –

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

Originally, humans enriched their daily lives by incorporating nature.
We have coexisted with nature by skillfully incorporating natural energy as great power and volume that we cannot create on our own, as well as the shape and environment of the land such as slopes and depressions.
This work was imagined from the flow of river currents and the *Yuzen-Nagashi.
It is a sound installation of a Kinetic artwork that integrates the tightly intertwined clear flows and the elegance of the Yuzen-nagashi movements.

This work uses several performance devices that physically play sounds by moving fabric and creating rich tones through unique movements and combinations.
In our modern society, the destruction of nature and urbanization causes many problems and so, this work tries to express the way humans coexist with nature and the grace that comes from it.

* It is an old method known in Japan of washing the glue in a river after dyeing.

 

元来、人々は自然を取り入れることで、日々の生活を豊かにしてきました。人々には作り出せない、大きな力や量といった自然エネルギー、傾斜面や窪地など土地の形状や環境を上手く取り入れることで、自然と共存してきました。本作は、その1つとして川の流れに着目し、そこで営まれてきた友禅流しから発想を得ています。複雑に絡み合う清流、友禅流しの所作、その優美さを作品に落し込んだ、サウンドインスタレーション・キネティックアート作品です。

本作は、布が動く事で物理的に音を奏でる複数の同じ演奏装置を用い、個々の動き、組み合わせにより、豊かな音色を生み出します。自然破壊などの環境問題、一方では都市部集中リスクが問題になる現代社会において、人と自然との共存のあり方、そこから生まれる優美さの表現に挑戦した作品です。

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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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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Straight Line

filmed
“Xylophone in the forest” - NTT docomo
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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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