Contemporary Art Gallery

Otomo Yoshihide
"ENSEMBLES 2010:Resonance"

November 30 (Tue.),2010,to January 16 (Sun.),2011

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Otomo Yoshihide "ENSEMBLES 2010:Resonance" 2010
Installation view at Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito
Photo by Motoyuki Shitamichi

"ENSEMBLES2010: Resonance" is a series of sound-related programs organized based on the notion of "ensembles" coined by musician Otomo Yoshihide. A large-scale exhibition by Otomo and his collaborators at the Art Tower Mito will be accompanied by various projects including a parade on the street and projects by a local resident which will take place at different spaces in and around the art center throughout the duration of the main exhibition.

"ENSEMLBES" - Otomo's on-going collaboration project whose first volume in Yamaguchi 2008 received a wide acclaim from the Japan's art scene - this year in Mito is expanded into a project that involves not only artists from various genres but also voluntary participants from the general public.

The leitmotif of "ENSEMBLES 2010" is "resonance." Enriched by unique ideas and vibrant energies of a wide range of those involved varying from an architect, artist, engineer and voluntary participant, Otomo's "ENSEMBLES 2010" is far from the pre-existing category of music ensemble. It leaves aside the genre-difference of music and visual arts, and is embodied as a form of a procession, installation, provocative concert, workshop, independent online music label and radio program. Also project and event proposals were called for from the general public. Four projects are currently under way to be realized at various local spaces during the period of the main exhibition.

Whether professionals or non-professionals, "ENSEMBLES 2010: Resonance" encourages improvised and intuitive collaboration among the participants, evoking in the process of working together the phenomena of "resonance" between and within the involved-individuals. The visitor is to witness the different kinds and forms of "resonance" from the exhibition and its accompanying programs, or even further is welcome to get involved in the project.