Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani








CURRENT PRODUCTIONS


Performances



> TIME (2021)
TIME © Sanne Peper		A new theatrical performance with sounds, movements and visual arts, with Min Tanaka (dancer) and Mayumi Miyata / Remi Miura (shô player). The creative idea is based on mixing performance and installation using expansive visions, expressions and senses through audio and visuals. It will be a reflection of the early half of the 21st century, and to envision the latter. Premiere: 18 June 2021, Holland Festival, Gashouder, Amsterdam (NL).



> dis.play (2018)
dis.play © Da Ping Luo, courtesy of Park Avenue Armory. Photomontage by Shiro Takatani		Ryuichi Sakamoto presents a production combining sound installation and musical performance with a visual creation by Shiro Takatani. The music is from Sakamoto's new album async (2017) together with new material. A co-production Centre Pompidou-Metz, Le Lieu Unique, Nantes and the Japan Cultural Institute in Paris (MCJP). Premiere: 03 March 2018, Centre Pompidou-Metz (FR).



Installations



> PLANKTON - A Drifting World at the Origin of Life (2016) Christian Sardet (images) I Shiro Takatani (installation) I Ryuichi Sakamoto (sound)
		PLANKTON is a collaboration work with Christian Sardet, Research Director at the Observatoire Océanologique of Villefranche-sur-Mer. The biologist's new images of planktons in Shimoda, Japan are shown in Shiro Takatani's video installation with original sound by Ryuichi Sakamoto. Opening: 23 April 2016, KYOTOGRAPHIE-Festival international de la photographie, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art (JP).



> LIFE - fluid, invisible, inaudible... (2007-2013)
LIFE-fluid, invisible, inaudible... © Ryuichi Maruo		The installation LIFE - fluid, invisible, inaudible … was commissioned by the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media (YCAM). Their attempt at a new experimental installation space in combination with sound and image has reached fruition as a collaborative piece of artwork. Opening: 10 March 2007, Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM], Yamaguchi (JP) Opening new version: 01 November 2013, Art - Environment - Life, Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM], Yamaguchi (JP)



> water state 1 (2013)
		Commissioned by the YCAM, water state 1 is inspired by the theme of the 10th Anniversary Program "Art / Environment / Life", focusing on water (droplets) as a familiar element in our daily living environment, and a substance that covers most of the earth's surface. Opening: 01 November 2013, Art - Environment - Life, YCAM - Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media (JP).



> silence spins (2012)
		*silence spins* is a collaboration work involving composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, the internationally acclaimed sound designer, Seigen Ono, and the artistic director of Dumb Type, Shiro Takatani. This installation was inspired by the traditional Japanese tea-ceremony room in which one is able to hear the infinite universe. Opening: 27 October 2012, Art & Music - Search for New Synesthesis, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (JP).



> Collapsed (2012)
		*Collapsed* is an installation with two pianos and laser projection. Opening: 27 October 2012, Art & Music - Search for New Synesthesis, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (JP).