FUJI||||||||||TA
@ Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Monday, March 10th, at 8PM
FUJI||||||||||TA is a Sound Artist living in Japan. His unique practice utilizes variousnatural phenomena that respond to his interest in wanting to hear unheard sounds
and unknown sounds. Instead of playing a composed piece of music, he aims togo as far as possible towards his own unknown state of being, with an emphasison observing the sound closely.
In 2009 Fujita hand fabricated a Pipe Organ that has only 11 pipes and no
keyboard. Fujita conceived and built it using his imagination, without any prior orspecialized knowledge. The air pump (called “FUIGO”) which is kept moving bythe left hand when playing, and is based on associations with an ancientblacksmith. This unique instrument is too delicate in its nature to be playedproperly without a great deal of experimentation and trial and error. Fujita hasspent a long time inventing ways to play it and experimenting with ways to utilise
this instrument in sound systems.
Since 2006 he has had many solo performances and collaborative works withmusicians, including ∈Y∋ (Boredoms), Akio Suzuki, Keiji Haino, and RashadBecker. He has presented his sound installation works in many contexts: the work“CELL”, which made audible the sounds of black soldier fly maggots buried in dirt,was exhibited in Sapporo International Art Festival 2017 and attracted a great deal
of interest in Fujita’s artistic practice. A performance with an organ and 4 watertanks were performed in MODE (London) in 2019. And since then he have playedat various festivals and venue, including Rewire Festival (NL), Big Ears Festival(US), Variations Festival (FR), Pioneer Works (US), Bourse de Commerce (FR),
Send+Receive (CA) and Tectonics Glasgow (UK).His albums are “iki” [Hallow Ground], “KŌMORI” [Boomkat Editions] and“NOISEEM” [33-33].
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