Forest Symphony

Ryuichi Sakamoto + YCAM InterLab

2013
Installation
Commissioned by YCAM
World Premiere

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Profiles

Ryuichi SAKAMOTO

Musician

Ryuichi Sakamoto made his debut in 1978 with the album "The Thousand Knives" as well as joining the internationally acclaimed, YMO (Yellow Magic Orchestra). After YMO broke up (the band officially called it 'spread-out'), he composed the music score for many feature films. While he gained worldwide stature by winning the Academy Award as a composer, he has always pursued innovative music and sounds. In 2006 he established "commmons", aimed at the creation of a new music community. He is always casting about for new forms for delivering music. Following his 1999 opera "LIFE", Sakamoto became outspoken on the issues of the environment, peace, and social issues. In reaction to the simultaneous terrorist attacks of 9/11, he edited an anthology Hisen (Non-war). That same year he founded "artists' power", an artists' organization that advocates the encouragement and use of renewable energy. After the devastating earthquake, tsunami, and Fukushima nuclear power plants disasters of March 11, 2011, Sakamoto along with Tomoyasu Hirano founded kizunaworld.org. "kizunaworld" aims to empower individuals to get involved with helping afflicted people through donations without aligning with any agency or organization. As a gift for the donations, donators are able to download exclusive material from a diverse cast of prominent artists, with more being continuously added. Ryuichi Sakamoto resides in New York City.

Credit

Direction, Music: Ryuichi Sakamoto
Technical Advisor: Kenji Yasaka
Visual Direction: Shiro Takatani
Visual Design: Takuya Minami
Visual Programming: Takehisa Mashimo

Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]

Planning: Kazunao Abe, Takayuki Ito
Technical Direction: Takayuki Ito
System Design & Construction: Yohei Miura, Takayuki Ito
Sound Programing &Sound System Design: Satoshi Hama
Research Forest &Environmental Sensor Development: Fumie Takahara
Bioelectric Sensor Development & Installation:Takayuki Ito, Fumie Takahara, Yohei Miura, Richi Owaki, Keina Konno, Noriaki Oie
Exhibition Space Design: Takuro Iwata
Technical Documentation: Keina Konno
Construction Supervision: Takuro Iwata Sound: Satoshi Hama, Etsuko Nishimura Lighting Design: Fumie Takahara
Video: Richi Owaki, Keina Konno Technical Management: Clarence Ng Licensing Advisor: Yosuke Sakai
Public Relations: Miyuki Tanaka, Tomomi Sawada
Documentation: Ryuichi Maruo, Tomoya Watanabe, Shinichiro Okae, Ryohei Tomita
Sign Design: Naomi Kakuda, Hitomi Hyakusoku Coordination: Tomoko Omura, Nao Kimura Education: Daiya Aida, Kiyoshi Suganuma
Project Management: Kumiko Idaka, Tsubasa Nishi

Cooperated Staff

Research Forest Cooperation: Yoshihiro Nakamura(Tree Doctor: Ochiai Landscape Gardening)
Coordination for Cooperating Institution: Rina Watanabe
Technical Documentation: Kumiko Noguchi
Server Programming Support: Takashi Nishiuchi
Licensing Advisor: Tasuku Mizuno