TUNE. FUJI|||||||||||TA. Künstler*innengespräch

In the organizer's words:

Just as Liliane Lijn makes the invisible visible in her artistic work, TUNE in the second half of 2024 is all about making the invisible audible. In September, FUJI||||||||||TA will come to Haus der Kunst to present sounds that listeners have never heard before. On two evenings, he will give concerts in the auditorium and take part in an artist talk.

FUJI||||||||||TA is a Japanese sound artist and composer who creates unique sound art based on natural phenomena. He is interested in exploring previously unheard sounds and noises. He builds his own instruments to make these audible. In 2009, he constructed an organ with eleven pipes and an air pump called "fuigo", inspired by a traditional forge pump, using his own imagination and without any prior specialist knowledge. The organ has no keyboard. The instrument is designed to create a soundscape and is inspired by Japanese "gagaku" music, which was historically used for imperial ceremonies and dances.

FUJI||||||||||TA experiments with the timbre - the unique quality and character of a sound - of different materials. He uses his voice as well as amplified sounds of water. For example, he developed a series of water tanks that became instruments with pumps and amplifiers. In 2020, he recorded for the Boomkat "Documenting Sounds" series in a cave at the foot of Mt. Fuji, where he combined his organ with the sounds of a bat colony. His minimalist and meditative album "iki", released in 2020, brought him international recognition.

As part of TUNE, FUJI||||||||||TA will perform various works on two evenings and hold an artist talk with curator Sarah Miles. Participation in the artist talk is free of charge, no registration required.