PROJECTS

Our Muse

Sound Installation in an Anechoic Chamber with Mirror

In the production of “Otocyon megalotis,” which is based on the sounds that were field recorded at his hometown Kyotango located in the northern Kyoto prefecture, evala artificially created the echo and reflection of the space where the sound was recorded. And he composed music by adding movement of sound that involves acoustic changes. 4 pieces were created for the anechoic room in ICC from 2013 to 2014. SUZUKI Akio, a global sound artist deeply related to Kyotango, participated in 2 of the 4 pieces. evala constructed a virtual sound space by recording and composing SUZUKI’s performance of his self-made sound apparatus (glass harmonica and Kugiuchi).

“Our Muse” is a work created anew for the anechoic room in ICC when he participated in the “Open Space 2017: Re-envisioning the Future” exhibition held in 2017. Based on the sounds that were field recorded at an utaki (a sacred spot) in Okinawa’s Taketomi Island, which is an extraordinary space with unique reverberation, he has built a high-dimensional sound experience that feels as if time and space are transforming.

Concept, direction, music, and all sound production: evala

evalaは《大きな耳をもったキツネ》において,故郷である京都府北部の京丹後でのフィールド・レコーディング音源をもとに,録音された場所の空間の残響と反射を擬似的に作り出し,音響的変化を伴う音の運動を加えて作曲しています.ICCの無響室のために,2013年から14年にかけて4曲が制作されました.4曲のうち2曲では,京丹後と縁の深い世界的なサウンド・アーティストである鈴木昭男が参加し,鈴木による自作音具(グラス・ハーモニカ,クギウチ)の演奏をevalaが録音/作曲し,仮想の音響空間を創出しています.

《Our Muse》は,2017年に開催された「オープン・スペース 2017 未来の再創造」展参加にあたり,あらためてICCの無響室のために制作された作品です.沖縄・竹富島の御嶽(うたき)という特殊な反響をもった非日常空間で収録したフィールド・レコーディング音源をもとに,まるで時空が変容するような高次元的音体験を構築しています.

コンセプト,ディレクション,音楽,音響:evala