sound – music – performance
A documentation of sound artist Tomoko Hojo’s solo exhibition ‘Unfinished Descriptions’, held in London, 2018. Based on research about Yoko Ono’s previous solo exhibition ‘Unfinished Paintings and Objects’ (Indica Gallery, London, 1966), this show explored the works not documented there and Ono’s silence. Limited edition 300. Released in February 2023 through yoin press. Order now … Read more
Album Touch was released on December 3 2021 through Dragon Eyes Recording. Listen Apple Music or TIDAL & Buy Track Listing: Alexandra Spence – Communion KMRU – Its not a tangency Viv Corringham – Imagine myself walking with you Myriam Van Imschoot + Federico Protto – Human Measures Tomoko Hojo – fall asleep Melissa Pons – Three Mastering: Lawrence English Organised by … Read more
walking piece 2021 — a handmade sound postcard, made of Washi, traditional Japanese paper, produced by Japanese-Swiss sound art collective Tomoko Hojo+Rahel Kraft. When you press the button embedded in the card, tiny audio work would be played. This product is based on their past sound walk piece “Grass Eater Diary”, which was also released as … Read more
‘Grass Eater Diary‘ is inspired by the Japanese idiom ‘Michikusa Wo Kuu’ the origin of which is: a horse eats grass on the way to a destination and wastes its time. The grass-eater forgets about purpose, time and goals and just ambles around, observing, smelling, thinking–consciously or unconsciously. The green, juicy grass is an image … Read more
This four-channel sound installation “Whiff,” is inspired by the space of a former library. From the empty space that devoid not only of books but even bookshelves, one can hardly sense the remnants of the days it had functioned as a library. What kind of “books” and “people” used to inhabit this space, and what … Read more
Album Shinonome was digitally released from the LA based label LINE in July 2020. Listen and Buy via Bandcamp アルバム Shinonome がロサンゼルスのレーベルLINEよりデジタルリリースされました。試聴・購入はこちらから For the audio walk Shinonome Tomoko Hojo and Rahel Kraft explored the acoustics of dawn in relationship to walking and light during their residency at ZKM – Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe … Read more
INNERN navigates acoustically from Scuol village to Nairs or vice versa with an app and your own headphones. We follow the winding path along the river Inn through the enchanting and mystical landscape of the Lower Engadine, a remote area of the Swiss Alps. In this sensory experience fiction merges with our immediate environment. The … Read more
My master thesis has been published as a part of an anthology After Muscking, edited by Yoshitaka Mōri, Tokyo University of the Arts Press, 2017. I have written about the pre-history of Sound Art in Japan from 1950s to 1970s, focusing on sound works created by artists having their origins. Mentioned artists are; Atsuko Tanaka, Yasunao … Read more