Ryoko Akama (19 August 1976), known in the past under the name of Ryo Co. and Ryoko Kuwajima [1], is a Japanese sound artist/composer/performer, who approaches quiet temporal/spatial experiences that magnify silence, time and space. [2]
Biography
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]Ryoko grew up in Sendai, north-east of Honshu. [3] Between 1995 and 2004, she lived and worked in Europe graduating as Sound Engineering college there. Intrigued by sounds, she worked as a sound engineer at Mark Angelo recording studio for 2 years. This allowed her to have access to all the electronic devices and equipments that lead to start of her creating dance music. [4]
She returned home to Japan in 2005, taking up an apprenticeship with Nagauta (traditional Japanese music for Kabuki, Geisha). [5]
In 2015, she received PhD on composition supervised by Prof. Monty Adkins at Huddersfield University [6] where she was active as a part of Edges Ensemble lead by Prof. Philip Thomas.
Currently lives in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
Composition
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]Her works employ small and fragile objects such as paper balloons and glass bottles, creating tiny occurrences that embody 'almost nothing' aesthetics [7]. She also composes text scores and performs a diversity of alternative scores in collaboration with international artists including Eliane Radigue, Tony Conrad, David Toop, Cristian Alvear and Taku Sugimoto.
Her works and projects have been funded by Arts Council England, Japan Society, Daiwa-Anglo Foundation, University of Huddersfield, Kirklees Council, Pro Helvetia and more. She is also active as a curator, runs melange edition label and co-edits reductive journal/mumei publishing. [8]
Ryoko's composition retains an analogue coyness where art and technology intersect: "I've stopped enjoying technology, but I really like old and vintage products aesthetically. When I work with old objects, there are things that can be done with them and I really enjoy the idea of that." [9]
Publications
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]- 2017 Interview with Taku Sugimoto, Sound American Issue 15, USA [10]
- 2017 Wire Magazine, The Inner Sleeve, UK [11]
- 2017 21 commentaries on pages and places, glissando #29, Poland [12]
- 2016 Remote Possibilities, Full of Noises, UK
- 2016 Perspective (1), Interview by Jenna Gottscholk, Sound Expanse, USA [13]
- 2015 SIFR, Suppendaneum, Canada [14]
- 2014 Koso koso, Bore Publishing, UK [15]
Education
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]- 1995-1996 At the University of Bangor Wales, ELCOS, Distinction on English Foundation and A-level in history and literature
- 1996-1997 University of East London, Completed one year toward Bachelor in Media Studies
- 1997-1998 Sound Audio Engineering College of London, Diploma on audio Engineering
- 2000-2002 Bharatiya Lidya Bhavan College, Sitar
- 2015 University of Huddersfield, PhD on Music Composition
Main Prize/Award
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]- 2015 Arts Council England, International Development Fund, UK
- 2012 Daiwa-Anglo Scholarship, UK
- 2005 Husho no Himei, New Art Competition of Miyagi Prize, Media Theque, Japan
Exhibitions
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]- 2018 Ploughs and harrows, Konfrontation Festival, Nickelsdorf
- 2018 Listening with the city, Darmstadt
- 2018 14 cuttings, FON festival, UK [16]
- 2018 A sound poem, University of Huddersfield, UK
- 2018 Odds and ends, Bunkier Sztuki Gallery, Poland
- 2018 Loiner or, the industrial museum of Leeds, UK [17]
- 2017 Failed experiments, with Anne-F Jacques, Algomech Festival, UK [18]
- 2017 AIR Exhibition, The Lawrence Batley Theatre, UK
- 2017 Object Migration series, Poland
- 2017 Composition of Happiness, UK [19]
- 2016 Playing the rural landscape, Portugal [20]
- 2015 1→5, Cultural Nights, Uppsala Museum, Uppsala, Sweden
- 2014 Ajar, Either Ear, Cafe OTO, UK [21]
- 2013 Radiat, Water Sound Installation, UK
- 2013 Music On Long Thin Wire (Alvin Lucier), Standing Waves/FON Festival, UK Pheno_Psyco_Mime, Solo Exhibition, Gift_Lab, Japan
- 2012 I Close My Eyes, Group Exhibition, Chifuriguri, Japan
- 2011 Fold From 0, Installation, Lantern House, UK
- 2005 Husho no Himei, Miyagi Art Competition, Media Theque, Japan
- 2003 Mutual fields, Group Exhibition, Galerie 5020, Austria
- 2003 Nam 10*700mb, Kunstpavillon, Austria
Discography
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]- 2018 Dear Martin, very imprint, UK [22]
- 2018 Dark Heart, anothertimbre, UK [23]
- 2017 Ockeghem octet (anothertimbre), UK [24]
- 2017 Places and pages (anothertimbre), UK [25]
- 2017 Kids on a sandbox (Motor Image Recordings), USA
- 2017 INSCRIPTIONS (Suppendaneum), USA [26]
- 2017 2 compositions (Meena), Japan [27]
- 2016 Mada (CADUC), Canada [28]
- 2016 Acceptance (Suppendaneum), Chicago [29]
- 2016 Hako to oto (Crustacès Tapes), Montreal [30]
- 2015 «Sifr» (Suppendaneum), Chicago
- 2015 Hermit (CADUC), Canada [31]
- 2015 Same_place (notice recordings), Canada [32]
- 2014 Quatre pièces pour guitare et ondes sinusoïdales (rhizome.s), France [33]
- 2014 Next to nothing (another timbre), UK [34]
- 2014 Espèces d'espaces (Suppendaneum), Chicago
- 2014 Code of silence(melange edition), UK [35]
- 2012 Presque rien (rhizome-s), France [36]
- 2012 Virtuoso listening, appearance on Eliane Radigue DVD, France [37]
- 2011 Nutopia (reductive music), Spain [38]
- 2005 Before the libretto (quecksilber), Germany [39]
- 2004 Kise-tsu (melange), UK [40]
- 2004 Intangible spirits CD (cofidisk), France
- 2003 Journey avec oxymoron san (melange), UK
- 2003 The American Band Friendly Fire album (Taliban Records), Austria [41]
- 2003 Team doyobi remix EP (Skam), UK [42]
- 2003 MMMZZZ _ sound poetry (Ooze Bap), Spain
- 2002 Love EP (melange), UK [43]
- 2002 Cover mounted compilation. (rojo magagine), Spain
- 2002 This is my world (irritant) ,UK
- 2002 9th Barcelona International Festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Arts 2002 sonar festival compilation (Sonar), Spain
- 2002 Pulgar magazine editorial compilation, Venezuera
- 2002 Female species vol.2 (lawandauder) , UK
- 2002 Lo-fi graduation - uchikomi sakusen 1- album (melange), UK [44]
- 2002 Wrong festival compilation, Spain
- 2002 Hanabi (Third Ear), Japan
- 2002 Trance classixx volume 4 (Melange), as Rolex 2$, UK
- 2002 Solicitor EP (Melange), as K&P, UK
- 2001 Subculture sound system darkness + light (Electron Soul), as Tenka, UK
- 2001 Noodles discotheque vol 1 (noodles), UK
- 2001 Noodles discotheque vol 4 (noodles), UK
- 2001 Birth ep (melange), UK
- 2000 Electric chicken vol 1 (worm interface), UK
External links
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]- www.ryokoakama.com
- www.melangeeditionc.com
- www.mumeipublishing.com
- www.amespace.uk
References
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]- ^ (EN) April 2016 – Stephen Chase, music, etc., su stephenchase.wordpress.com. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ (EN) What Are They Doing? Gerard Lebik and Ryoko Akama, su TPAM2019. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ (EN) Neil Mudd, ART | Ryoko Akama: "I've stopped enjoying technology..." |, su theculturevulture.co.uk, 30 marzo 2018. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ Happy Chicken, by Ryo Co/Ryoko Akama, su Law & Auder. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ Happy Chicken, by Ryo Co/Ryoko Akama, su Law & Auder. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ eprints.hud.ac.uk, http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/26619/1/RyokoAkama_FINALSEP2015.pdf. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ (EN) ame present : Takamitsu Ohta (JP), Anne-F Jacques (Canada) and Ryoko Akama (JP) // 1.11.18 19:00 // The Magic City, Todmorden - ame, su amespace.uk. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ Squidco: Akama, Ryoko / Bruno Duplant / Dominic Lash: Next To Nothing, su www.squidco.com. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ (EN) Neil Mudd, ART | Ryoko Akama: "I've stopped enjoying technology..." |, su theculturevulture.co.uk, 30 marzo 2018. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ (EN) Interview with Ryoko Akama, su Sonic Field, 9 gennaio 2017. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ (EN) Noel Meek,Daisy Hyde,Oli Warwick,Julian Cowley,Tristan Bath,Wendy Scott,Emily Bick,Marc Masters,Russ Slater,Tim Rutherford-Johnson, The Wire 403, su The Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Music. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ Ryoko Akama - places and pages (Another Timbre, 2017) ****, su The Free Jazz Collective. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ (EN) jennie, Perspectives (1): Ryoko Akama, su sound expanse, 22 gennaio 2017. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ Suppedaneum, su www.suppedaneum.com. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ (EN) (no title), su borepublishing.com. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ (EN) Full of Noises 2018 – 17-19/078/18 | full of noises, su fonfestival.org. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ Pavilion — Exhibition - Ryoko Akama: loiner or, 9 February - 1 April 2018, su www.pavilion.org.uk. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ AlgoMech Festival - Failed Experiments, su algomech.com. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ (EN) Composition of Happiness: HCMF Associate Event, su The Media Centre. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ (EN) luiscosta, Playing the Rural Landscape: Sound art residency, su binauralmedia.org. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ (EN) Compost and Height, Either Ear #1: Ryoko Akama and Sarah Hughes, su Compost and Height, 12 ottobre 2014. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ dear martin, by Ryoko Akama, su verz. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ (EN) Lance Austin OLSEN | “Dark Heart”, su METAMKINE. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ Antoine Beuger - Ockeghem Octets, su Discogs. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ (EN) simon reynell, Ryoko Akama - places and pages, su www.anothertimbre.com. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ Suppedaneum, su www.suppedaneum.com. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ Ryoko Akama / Ko Ishikawa / Bruno Duplant - 2 Compositions, su www.ftarri.com. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ Taku Sugimoto - Ryoko Akama, Cristián Alvear Montecino, Cyril Bondi, D'incise - Mada, su Discogs. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ (EN) Ryoko Akama - Acceptance, su Discogs. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ hako to oto, by Ryoko Akama, su crustacés tapes. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ Ryoko Akama - Cristián Alvear Montecino - Hermit, su Discogs. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ Ryoko Akama, su Discogs. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ quatre pièces pour guitare & ondes sinusoïdales, by cristian alvear montecino, su rhizome.s. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ (EN) Ryoko Akama | Bruno Duplant | Dominic Lash - Next To Nothing, su Discogs. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ (EN) Ryoko Akama - Code Of Silence, su Discogs. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ Ryoko Akama / Ko Ishikawa / Bruno Duplant - 2 Compositions, su www.ftarri.com. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ (EN) Eliane Radigue - L'Écoute Virtuose / Virtuoso Listening, su Discogs. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ Nutopia by Ryoko Akama. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ THE LAPPETITES : Before the Libretto - CD - QUECKSILBER - Forced Exposure, su www.forcedexposure.com. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ Hidetoshi Yamada Website Ver 2.0 - Projects / Kisetsu 2004, su www.hidetoshiyamada.com. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ (EN) Bidner / Martinek - Friendly Fire, su Discogs. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ Team Doyobi - Push Chairs For Grown Ups (Remixes), su Discogs. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ Love EP by Ryoko Akama. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.
- ^ Lo-fi Graduation: Uchikomi Sakusen 1 by Ryoko Akama. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2019.