RYOICHI KUROKAWA
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Biography
Japanese audiovisual artist. His works take
on multiple forms such as screening works, recordings, installation and
live performance. Kurokawa composes time based sculpture with digital
generated materials and field recorded sources, and the minimal and the
complexities coexist there. Kurokawa accepts sound and imagery as a unit
not as separately, and constructs very exquisite and precise computer
based works with the audiovisual language. That shortens mutual distance,
the reciprocity and the synchronization of sound and visual composition.
He also performed live-visual for musicians such as HUMAN AUDIO SPONGE(ex.YMO:
Sketch Show + Ryuichi
Sakamoto). In recent years, Kurokawa is invited to numerous noted international
festivals and museums in Europe, US and Asia including TATE MODERN[UK],
ARS ELECTRONICA[AT],
transmediale[DE], Shanghai eARTS[CN], MUTEK[CA], TodaysArt[NL] and SONAR[ES] for concert and exhibition, and he continues to be an active presence
on
the
international
stage.
Selected Exhibitions / Screenings
- "Territorios Sevilla",
Andalusian Center of Contemporary Art,
Sevilla,
2009
- "ColorField Variations", Hammer Museum, Los Angels, 2008
- "Crosswire", Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst, Amsterdam, 2008
- "Eye of the City", Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taipei, 2008
- "otoimatge", UPD, Valencia, 2008
- "ELEKTRA", USINE C, Montreal, 2008
- "NEMO", Le CUBE, Paris, 2008
- "CIMATICS 07", Beursschouwburg, Brussels, 2007
- "Laptopia #4 Festival", Levontin, Tel Aviv, 2007
- "Decibel Festival", Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, 2007
- "Repeat Please: VJ Culture", UTOPIA 07,Teatro Comico
Principal, Cordoba, 2007
- "ColorField Variations", Issue Project Room, New
York, 2007
- "5 DAYS OFF", Melkweg, Amsterdam, 2007
- "SONAR 2007", Sonar 5.1, MACBA/CosmoCaixa, Barcelona,
2007
- "OVERTURE", Southbank Center, London, 2007
- "Festival Pocket Films", Pompidou Center, Paris,
2007
- "ColorFidedRemix",
Corcoran Gallery of Art & G
Fine Art, Washington
D.C. / Ellipse Art Center, Arlington,
2007
- "Dissonanze", Palazzo dei Congressi, Rome, 2006
- "Festival Paysages Electroniques", L'Aeronef, Lille,
2006
- "sonarsound buenos aires", Costa Salguero, Buenos
Aires, 2006
- "audiovisual crossmedia event | RYOICHI KUROKAWA", 11, Amsterdam,
2006
- "RYOICHI KUROKAWA time sculpture", Chapelle de Boondael,
Brussels, 2006
- "RYOICHI KUROKAWA time sculpture", Kunstraum Walcheturm,
Zurich, 2006
- "Weather in My Brain Sound-Visual Art Festival", Eastile
Gallery, Taipei / National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, 2006
- "IMPAKT Festival", Filmtheatre 't Hoogt, Utrecht, 2005
- "VAIA 2005 - The 7th backup_festival. new media in film",
Centre Cultural d'Alcoi, Alcoi, 2005
- "CIMATICS 05", Cinema Nova, Brussels, 2005
- "backup 2005 - The 7th backup_festival. new media in film",
E-Werk Weimar, Weimar, 2005
- "videomedeja The 9th International Video Festival", The Museum
of Voivodina, Novi Sad, 2005
- "B!AS 2 - Sound Art Exhibition", Taipei Fine Arts Museum,
Taipei, 2005
- "Optronica", National Film Theatre, London, 2005
- "SONAR 2005", Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona,
2005
- "International Videofestival Bochum", Ruhr-University Bochum,
Bochum, 2005
- "VIDEOX 2005", Filmpodium im Schiffbau, Zurich, 2005
- "WRO 05 11th International Media Art Biennale", Wroclaw,
2005
- "CAHLET.05"-clubtransmediale.05 Partner Event-, aroma, Berlin,
2005
- "IMPAKT Festival", Filmtheatre 't Hoogt, Utrecht, 2004
- "CIMATIC Festival Edition 2004", Beursschouwburg, Brussels,
2004
- "SonarSound Tokyo", Yebisu The Garden Cinema, Tokyo, 2004
- "SOUND X VISION", graf, Osaka / SMT, Sendai / YCAM, Yamaguchi
/ Raforet Museum Harajuku,Tokyo, 2004
- "AUSTIN MUSEUM OF DIGITAL ART Digital Showcase 27", Elysium,
Austin, 2004
- "TokyoZone", Bibliotheque National de France, Paris, 2003
- "kill your timid notion", Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee,
2003
- "VIDEOX 2003", Filmpodium im Schiffbau, Zurich, 2003
- "LOVEBYTES International Festival of Digital Art 2003", Showroom
Cinema, Sheffield, 2003
Selected Concerts / Live Performances
- "National Theater Concert Hall", Audiovisual theatre " celeritas ", National Theater Concert Hall, Taipei, 2009
- "5 DAYS OFF", Audiovisual concert " Rheo ", Melkweg, Amsterdam, 2009
- "Moscow International Film Festival | Media Forum", Audiovisual concert " Rheo ",
________Cinema Centre at Krasnaya Presnya, Moscow, 2009
- "SONAR", Audiovisual concert "Parallel
Head
[triptych
2.1ch version]",
Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art,
Barcelona,
2009
- "Territorios Sevilla", Audiovisual concert "Rheo",
Andalusian Center of Contemporary Art,
Sevilla,
2009
- "Urban Explorers Festival", Audiovisual concert "Rheo",
Centrum Beeldende Kunst,
Dordrecht,
2009
- "ELEKTRA", Audiovisual concert "Rheo",
l'Usine C,
Montreal,
2009
- "EXIT 2009", Audiovisual concert "Rheo
[beta version]",
Maison des Arts Creteil,
Creteil,
2009
- "VIA 2009", Audiovisual concert "Rheo
[beta version]",
Espace Sculfort,
Maubeuge,
2009
- "transmediale 2009", Audiovisual concert "Parallel
Head
[quadtych
5.1ch version]",
House of World Cultures,
Berlin,
2009
- "Madeira Dig Festival 2008", Audiovisual concert "Parallel
Head
[diptych
5.1ch version]",
________The Casa das Mudas Art Center,
Madeira,
2008
- "Shanghai eARTS Festival 2008", Audiovisual concert "Parallel
Head
[quadtych
version]",
________Zhangjiabang River Pudong,
Shanghai,
2008
- "TodaysArt 2008", Audiovisual concert "Parallel Head [diptych
5.1ch version]",
Theater Aan Het Spui,
The Hague,
2008
- "ON_OFF", Audiovisual concert "Parallel Head" [diptych
5.1ch version]",
Itau Cultural,
Sao Paulo,
2008
- "ON_OFF", Audiovisual concert "cm: av_c",
Itau Cultural,
Sao Paulo,
2008
- "NEMO", Audiovisual concert "Parallel Head [diptych
5.1ch version]",
ELYSEES BIARRITZ,
Paris,
2008
- "Sonic Acts XII", Audiovisual concert "Parallel Head [diptych
5.1ch version]",
Paradiso,
Amsterdam,
2008
- "Festival Futura", Audiovisual concert "cm: av_c + Parallel
Head",
Plaza Futura, Eindhoven, 2008
- "CIMATICS 07", Audiovisual concert "cm: av_c", Beursschouwburg, Brussels,
2007
- "Palais
des Beaux Arts de Lille", Audiovisual concert "cm:
av_c", Palais
des Beaux Arts de Lille,
Lille, 2007
- "Taipei
City Fables 2007", Audiovisual concert "cm: av_c", Taipei
Plant,
Taipei, 2007
- "MELTING",
Audiovisual concert "cm: av_c", M2,
Seoul, 2007
- "MUTEK
MX",
Audiovisual concert "cm: av_c", Estacion
Indianilla, Mexico City, 2007
- MUTEK MX, collaborative concert "zero" w/Yoshihiro HANNO, Estacion
Indianilla, Mexico City, 2007
- "synthesis",
Audiovisual concert "cm: av_c [single screen version]",
TATE MODERN, London, 2007
- "Festival
Art Rock", Audiovisual concert "cm: av_c", La
Passerelle, Saint-Brieuc, 2007
- "donau festival", Audiovisual concert "cm: av_c", Ö-Halle
1, Krems, 2007
- "L.E.V. Festival", Audiovisual concert "cm: av_c", Centro
de Arte Laboral, Gijon, 2007
- "VIA Festival International", Audiovisual concert "cm:
av_c",
Theatre Maubeuge, Maubeuge, 2007
- "OPTRONICA", Audiovisual concert "cm: av_c", National Film Theatre,
London, 2007
- "Festival International EXIT", Audiovisual concert "cm:
av_c", Creteil
Maison des Arts, Creteil, 2007
- "Play.Cine en directo", Audiovisual concert "cm: av_c", La Casa Encendida,
Madrid, 2007
- "Video Heroes", Audiovisual concert "cm: av_c", Centro Galego Arte Contemporanea,
Santiago de Compostela, 2006
- "CIMATICS Festival", Audiovisual concert "cm: av_c", Beursschouwburg,
Brussels, 2006
- "RYOICHI KUROKAWA Concert", Audiovisual concert "cm:
av_c", Plaza Futura,
Eindhoven, 2006
- "RML", Audiovisual
concert "10 screens surround cinema concert", Recombinant Media
Labs, San Francisco, 2006
- "Decibel Festival", Audiovisual concert "cm: av_c", Seattle,
2006
- "State of the Image",
Audiovisual concert "cm: av_c", Arnhem Citysquare, Arnhem,
2006
- "ARS ELECTRONICA 2006", Audiovisual concert "cm: av_c", Brucknerhaus,
Linz, 2006
- "camerajapan", Audiovisual
concert "cm: av_c", Lantaren/Venster, Rotterdam, 2006
- "MUTEK 2006", Audiovisual concert "cm: av_c", Ex-Centris,
Montreal, 2006
- "LUX2006", Audiovisual concert "cm: av_c", Staatsschauispiel
Dresden,
Seville, 2006
- "MIXED MEDIA", Audiovisual concert "cm: av_c",
Hangar Bicocca, Milan,
2006
- "VIDEOEX 2006", Audiovisual concert "cm:
av_c", Kunstraum Walcheturm "cm:
av_c",
Zurich, 2006
- "Concert AVR #4", Audiovisual concert "cm: av_c", les Abattoirs The
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Toulouse, 2006
- "LIQUID VIDEO/DESIGNMAI", Audiovisual
concert "cm:
av_c", K44, Berlin,
2006
- "Remixed Emperor", collaborative concert "zero" w/Yoshihiro
HANNO, Goethe Institut, Kyoto / Tsuda Hall, Tokyo, 2006
- "microscope session", Audiovisual concert "cm: av_c", Staatsschauispiel
Dresden, Dresden, 2006
- "audiovisual crossmedia concert", Audiovisual
concert, 11 "cm: av_c", Amsterdam, 2006
- "RYOICHI KUROKAWA concert", Audiovisual concert "cm:
av_c",
Chapelle de Boondael, Brussels, 2006
- "RYOICHI KUROKAWA concert", Audiovisual concert "cm:
av_c",
Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich, 2006
- "mapping festival 2006", Video performance, le zoo, Geneve,
2006
- "Weather in My Brain Sound-Visual Art Festival", Audiovisual
concert "cm: av_c",
________Eastile Gallery, Taipei
/ National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, 2006
- "JAPANORAMA", Live performanece with ACO and Taeji
Sawai, Soria Moria, Oslo, 2005
- "Just Composed 2005”, collaborative concert "polygonaloop"
w/Yoshihiro Hanno, Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall, Yokohama, 2005
- "SOUND X VISION", Audiovisual concert, unit, Tokyo, 2004
- "sound tectonics", Video performance for Aoki Takamasa, YCAM,
Yamaguchi, 2004
- "sonarsound tokyo", Video performance for Human Audio Sponge,
Yebisu The Garden Hall, Tokyo, 2004
- "Tokyo Style in Stockholm", Video performance for ACO, Dansens
Hus, Stockholm, 2004
- "SONAR 2004", Video performance for Human Audio Sponge, Fira
Gran Via, Barcelona, 2004
- "sound + vision", Audiovisual concert, super deluxe, Tokyo,
2003
- "Cybersonica 03", Video performance for Sketch Show, ICA,
London, 2003
- "SONAR 2003", Video performance for Sketch Show, Barcelona
Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona, 2003
Publications
- "READ", DVD, 2004, daisyworld discs / cutting edge
- AVEX INC.
- "READ", CD, 2004, daisyworld discs / cutting edge - AVEX
INC.
- "COPYNATURE", DVD, 2003, PROGRESSIVE FOrM
- "copynature", CD, 2003, PROGRESSIVE FOrM
// -Compilation-
- "optofonica", DVD, 2009, LINE/12K
- "ColorField Variations", DVD, 2009, LINE/12K
- "SILENT ROOM FAKTORY BOX 01", DVD+CD, 2007, SK_FAKTORY +
ARCADI + OPTICAL SOUND
- "Music for Baby!", CD, 2004, amorfon
- "port doc.1-5", CD, 2004, port
- "audio sponge 2", CD-EXTRA, 2004, daisyworld discs / cutting
edge - AVEX INC.
- "AUDIOVISUALJAPAN", DVD, 2004, GAS
- "'MIX FORM' mixed by Haruomi Hosono", CD, 2004, PROGRESSIVE
FOrM
- "audio sponge 1", CD-EXTRA, 2003, daisyworld discs / cutting
edge - AVEX INC.
// -Direction-
- "M/Wild Sketch Show", DVD, 2003, daisyworld discs / cutting
edge - AVEX INC
Commisioned Works / Direction Works
- "who
is me?",
Video Direction, DVD, 2007, Music: DARTRIIX, op.disc
- "mysterious hoze", Video
Direction, DVD, 2007, Music: ditch, op.disc
- "MIRABEAU",
Video Direction, DVD, 2006, Music: AOKI takamasa, op.disc
- "stop-rokkasho", Video Direction, HDV, 2006, Music:
Ryuichi Sakamoto/shing02/Fennesz, stop-rokkasho.org
- "Polygonaloop", Video Direction, DVD, 2005, Music: Yoshihiro
HANNO, Yokohama Arts Foundation
- "M/Wild Sketch Show", Sketch Show Live DVD Direction, DVD,
2003, daisyworld discs / cutting edge - AVEX INC
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