MSCTY: Weaving the Nihonbashi Area with Sound
Area
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Nihonbashi・Yaesu・Kyobashi・Ginza
Various locations in Nihonbashi
Outline
MSCTY (Nick Luscombe + James Greer), who have been following sound around the world and uniquely fuse music, sound art and architecture, will embed time-themed works in the Nihonbashi area into the city.
SOUND MAP, a time capsule to pass on the base culture to future generations
Seven sound artists, curated by MSCTY, will create soundscape artworks based on their interviews with long-established, shops scattered around the Nihonbashi area. MSCTY Studio will also produce 3 tracks enabling 10 locations to be set up as soundscape walking routes.. Both the Tokyo Biennale 2023 and MSCTY websites will have functions to access the locations, allowing visitors to walk around the Nihonbashi area while enjoying soundscapes of the underlying culture of Nihonbashi.
June–July | Survey and interviews of local long-established shops |
July–August | Production of soundscape works |
September–November | Fall Period: Exhibition of works |
Artists・Members
MSCTY (Nick Luscombe + James Greer)
News
2023.10.6
MSCTY: Weaving the Nihonbashi Area with Sound
Weaving the Nihonbashi Area with Sound|MSCTY Centre Closure on 10.6 (sound experience available)
2023.9.20
MSCTY: Weaving the Nihonbashi Area with Sound
Weaving the Nihonbashi Area with Sound | Behind the Scene: Visiting "Sounds" of Long-established Business