Contrast, the newly opened gallery space of Tokyo-based digital creative agency In Focus, currently hosts a solo exhibition of New York City-born and Tokyo-raised sound artist Ray Kunimoto (1991). A graduate from the Aesthetics and Science of Arts Department of Keio University in the Japanese capital, Kunimoto’s artworks employ unique 3D sound systems and technology to create intimate connections between the audience as they see and hear the work, and the space in which the work itself is situated. The show at Contrast gallery, entitled SEIU, meaning ‘gentle rain’, focuses on the rainy season, a seasonal transition unique to the Land of the Rising Sun, and reinterprets the tranquility and spirituality brought by rain. Through an installation that spans two floors, one above ground and one below, the exhibition invites visitors to experience a sound experience that has not yet been seen or heard. This is not only Kunimoto’s first solo exhibition in Japan in five years, but also his largest to date. The showcase includes a new work entitled Ame or ‘rain’, the artist’s first attempt at an acoustic painting. Additionally, Shizuku is put on display, a sound sculpture comprising of an acrylic globe, an electronic unit equipped with a peristaltic pump, an LED and circulating water, and lastly there’s Oboro, a 3D printed acoustic sculpture consists of two speaker units (on through Jun 26).
Contrast
1-49-4 Tomigaya (Shibuya)
Tokyo 150-0063
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