art
artist statement (2009.02)
“For years, I have been making works as a fusion of the digital and the organic. I create works from fragments of my life – video snapshots and field recordings – with the help of new technologies like physical computing, computer processing and custom-made programs. For me, having grown up in the city, artificial environments are the new ecology. They are as familiar as trees or volcanoes or mountains or sunlight. I am as used to the hum of refrigerators and air conditioners as I am to cicadas and bird songs.
My activities are based on the theme of soundscape, signal scape and mediascape, and “ambient information” is one of the most important concepts for me. From music performance in a traditional stage setting to new media installations, I try to create an immersive environment in my works. I try to create ambience like sunlight or a sea breeze. I try to add openness in my works, and I believe that my work is completed when the work is put in an everyday situation and starts to breathe with the other inhabitants there. ”
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She did the audio/visual performance in Mutek Festival (Canada), dB Festival (Seattle), Corcoran Gallery (Washington D.C.), Seattle Asian Museum (Seattle), UCLA Hammer Museum (LA), Fiske Planetarium (Colorado), OFFF Festival (Lisbon), Niu Gallery (Barcelona), C.B.K. Art Center (Netherlands), m12 (Berlin), Monkey Town (NYC), Salon Des Amateurs (Dusseldorf, Germany) and etw (Kyoto, Japan). Her video works are showed in Border Line Festival (Bei-jing), CI Festival (Luxembourg), City Sonics Festival (Belgium) and online projects.
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P A S T .IN PROGRESS |
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 Bubble Girls(2008) SAWAKO and the BUBBLE GIRLS in Warm Up @ P.S.1 / MOMA. dreamy miracle bubble show in the saturday afternoon. |
 虹 蚊 (2008) Sawako’s first solo exhibit at AD&A Gallery, Osaka Japan. Environmental sound + visual + light installation. |
 Summer Tour(2007-8) Field recording and remix project. All tracks are released under Creative Commons. more info and download |
 2.4GHz Scape(2006) 2.4GHz spectrum (used for WiFi, microwave ovens, bluetooth, cordless game controllers etc) ambient installation, composition and performance. more info |
 crystal radio (2007-) The sound art works and composition using a handmade crystal radio (a stone as a radio without batteries to receive radio signals) and stones. more info |
 flirting(2007-) the series of improvisational sketches based on the color data of Helen Frankenthaler’s “flirt” and her other works. DVD |
 My Space Sound(2007) The online popup book. The old fairy tale about the village called mySpace in the web 2.0 era. enter the world |
 floating(2006) floating between dream and null. ephemeral live locus painting on the screens. the catalog will be published by LMAK, the gallery in Chelsea and WIlliamsburg. YouTube | more info |
 time line draw(2006) openGL motion drawing. YouTube | more info |
 news show(2000) Art space Dot, Aichi Japan. 6 hours performance with audiences. I made the section where the audiences freely (physically) customize vinyl. Then, I mix and process the sound from turn tables. |
 Jittering Conney Island (2005) Jitter improvisation. processed winter conney island. my first Jitter work. Blip.tv | SSQ#06 |
 ITP works(2004-6) processing sketches, physical computing and fragments of ideas. more info |