Akio Suzuki and Aki Onda give a workshop on site-specific sound workshop using the bunker behind Cafe OTO. This will be followed by a discussion in the cafe.
Places are limited and advance booking is recommended.
"In the last decade, I crossed paths with Akio Suzuki many times during my own travels around Europe and Japan. I have visited him at his place in Tango, Kyoto to see his famous masterpiece, Space in the Sun. In Osaka, we performed together for five hard, straight hours. Off stage, he is a warm and gentle man but once on stage, I saw him become an animal. He blew me away with the way he communicated with all things in nature as if he were a powerful shaman. It seemed to me that it was not Akio that created sound, but rather that Sound descended upon him, using him as a catalyst. We use Akio Suzuki as our filter, and when we do so, we begin to listen to the sounds in our environment and imagine sounds that are not present; we begin to seek and find sounds that we do not ordinarily hear." – Aki Onda
Akio Suzuki / Aki Onda interview (Issue Project Room)
AKIO SUZUKI
A legendary Japanese sound artist Akio Suzuki has been performing,
building instruments, and presenting sound installations for nearly 40
years. His music is simple and pure, exploring how natural atmospheres
and sounds can be harnessed and then set free. To experience his art
is to lose oneself in the sound that surrounds us. Akio performs on a
range of unique self-made instruments including Analapos – an
instrument he invented in the 1970s that creates echoes through the
acoustic transmissions of a spiral cord stretched between two metal
cylinders, De Koolmees - consisting of hollow glass tubes suspended
over a frame, and an ancient stone flute (Iwabue) passed down through
his family for many generations. Akio has collaborated with artists
such as Toru Takemitsu, Takehisa Kosugi, Derek Bailey, Peter Brötzmann,
Steve Lacy and John Butcher.
www.akiosuzuki.com
Akio Suzuki 2 from Made-Up Language on Vimeo.
AKI ONDA
Aki Onda is an electronic musician, composer, and visual artist. Aki
was born in Japan and currently resides in New York. He is
particularly known for his Cassette Memories project – works compiled
from a “sound diary” of field-recordings collected by himself over a
span of two decades. Aki’s musical instrument of choice is the
cassette Walkman. Not only does he capture field recordings with the
Walkman, he also physically manipulates multiple Walkmans with
electronics in his performances. In recent years, Aki often works in
interdisciplinary fields and collaborates with filmmakers,
choreographers and visual artists. He has collaborated with artists
such as Michael Snow, Ken Jacobs, Paul Clipson, Alan Licht, Loren
Connors, Oren Ambarchi, Noël Akchoté, Jean-François Pauvros, Jac
Berrocal, Lionel Marchetti, Linda Sharrock, and Blixa Bargeld.
www.akionda.net
Cassette Memories soundwalk from Aki Onda on Vimeo.
Supported by the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation.
