Where We Sing Along
Performance and sound installation, Collaboration with Nanami Saito and Yoshiya Yoshimitsu, 2023
Sound and Direction: Keisuke Tsuchiya
Sculpture: Nanami Saito
Performance: Yoshiya Yoshimitsu
Performed at Kuma experiment Final, organised by Kuma Foundation, Spiral Hall, Minami Aoyama
Material: Clay, Tree Branch, Pebble, Smart Phone, Bluetooth Speaker and Microphone
"Where We Sing Along" is a sound sculpture installation and improvisational performance piece that explores the interests of Post Anthropocene and More-than-human. Through the combination of sound art, sculpture, and object theater, it depicts the alternative activities of humans and imaginary plants called "sonic botany," contemplating the new role of humans in shaping the future of the natural world within ecosystems.
Sound and Direction: Keisuke Tsuchiya
Sculpture: Nanami Saito
Performance: Yoshiya Yoshimitsu
Performed at Kuma experiment Final, organised by Kuma Foundation, Spiral Hall, Minami Aoyama
Material: Clay, Tree Branch, Pebble, Smart Phone, Bluetooth Speaker and Microphone
"Where We Sing Along" is a sound sculpture installation and improvisational performance piece that explores the interests of Post Anthropocene and More-than-human. Through the combination of sound art, sculpture, and object theater, it depicts the alternative activities of humans and imaginary plants called "sonic botany," contemplating the new role of humans in shaping the future of the natural world within ecosystems.
Building upon the elements and sound systems of the previous work, "Give It A Breath," this project has evolved through a collaboration between sculptor Nanami Saito and performer Yoshiya Yoshimitsu. In the performance, it envisions a world where bees, as mediators for plants, have gone extinct, and humans have taken on a new role as "Sonic Pollinators" in the natural realm. The Selected humans, as new mediators, interact with sonic botanies using sound instead of pollen, expressing their flourishing through improvisational performances.
Each of Nanami Saito's sound sculptures has its unique form, incorporating and emitting surrounding sounds. The different shapes of these sculptures produce various resonances. Inside each sculpture, a smartphone, an external microphone connected to it, and Bluetooth speakers are embedded. By integrating sound programs using Pure Data into each smartphone, the voices and sounds produced by Yoshiya Yoshimitsu and the Singing Ring played by Keisuke Tsuchiya are accumulated in real-time. Through this program, the captured sounds are played back, allowing the sound sculptures to interact, listen, and engage in conversation with each other. As a result, unexpected sonic spaces emerge. The performers play a role in facilitating the interaction of sounds between the sonic botanies by emitting sounds. The sculptures also capture and transform the subtle sounds of the surrounding viewers, incorporating them as part of the artwork.
Each of Nanami Saito's sound sculptures has its unique form, incorporating and emitting surrounding sounds. The different shapes of these sculptures produce various resonances. Inside each sculpture, a smartphone, an external microphone connected to it, and Bluetooth speakers are embedded. By integrating sound programs using Pure Data into each smartphone, the voices and sounds produced by Yoshiya Yoshimitsu and the Singing Ring played by Keisuke Tsuchiya are accumulated in real-time. Through this program, the captured sounds are played back, allowing the sound sculptures to interact, listen, and engage in conversation with each other. As a result, unexpected sonic spaces emerge. The performers play a role in facilitating the interaction of sounds between the sonic botanies by emitting sounds. The sculptures also capture and transform the subtle sounds of the surrounding viewers, incorporating them as part of the artwork.
