ohrenhoch presents
on Sunday 14 and 21 August 2011,
2 pm - 9 pm
at ohrenhoch and on Livestream ohrenhoch.tv
Sound Cape
Sound Installation (2011, Premiere)
by Kyoka and Akitoshi Honda
Kyoka and Akitoshi Honda on 'Sound cape':
Sound cape I is a dress made from a square of fabric without any cutting and sewing. Each point that shows the human body to be more beautiful is well calculated. Moreover it surprisingly leaves symmetrical creases on its material. Therefore each dress can exhibit the unique units of printing and fabrics.
Sound cape II is a small model of sound cape I, which is focused on the instructions for sound cape I. The user will hear different sound components when he makes a sound cape from the square cloth by following the instructions.
Kyoka works as a musician/composer in Berlin and Tokyo.
She is known for her chaotic, direct approach and heavy-rough sound resulting in a broken pop-beat with experimental yet danceable rhythms.
Kyoka grew up in Japan, having piano, flute and shamisen lessons during her childhood. While listening and recording radio shows to tape she became attracted by the possibilities of scratching tapes back and forth and soon she begun to use the tape recorder as her toy, cutting and editing and producing first rough sounds.
In 1999 she started to explore the potential of synthesizers/computers and during her stay in Los Angeles from 2004 to 2008 she enjoyed some first success when her songs charted at local radiostations.
In 2008 her first mini-album “ufunfunfufu” was released on Berlin based onpa))))) label and the song “ybeybe” was included on the “achtung music! new berlin talent” compilation by Berlin Music Commission. In 2009 “ufunfunfufu” reached the Top 10 of the electronic music album charts by Music Magazine, Japan.
Her second CD “2ufunfunfufu” released in 2009 was one of the top sellers among the “imported album” section at Tower Records, Tokyo. A third album, “3ufunfunfufu”, was only digital released in 2010 and for 2011 a 12_EP on prestigious german label raster-noton is expected soon.
ufunfunfufu.com
Akitoshi Honda was born 1977 in Okayama, Japan. He studied Interaction Design and Computer Generated Images by Prof. Tomohiro Ohira at Musashino Art University in Tokyo. 2007-2010 he studied “Experimentelle Mediengestaltung” at UdK Berlin. Since 2010 he is doing Meisterschueler by Prof. Joachim Sauter at “Kunst und Medien” at Udk Berlin. He is interested in the relations between human perception and media in the realm of art, design and science. Akitoshi worked with physical computing and programming for several of his projects. He has had exhibitions in Tokyo, Berlin, Utrecht and Karlsruhe. He lives in Berlin since 2007.
Akitoshi Honda