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Sawako is a sound sculptor, a timeline-based artist and a signal
alchemist in the urban life environment who understands the value
of dynamics and the power of silence. Once through the processor
named Sawako, subtle fragments in everyday life float in space vividly
with a digital yet organic texture. She is interested in the soundscape
and the media scape of digital era, and her activities are making
bridge between public and private, virtual and actual world.
Sawako released her albums from 12k (USA), and/OAR(USA) and Anticipate
(USA). She had collaborated with Taylor Deupree, asuna, HYPO, Ryan
Francesconi, Toshimaru Nakamura, Taku Sugimoto, Andrew Deutsch,
Jacob Kirkegaard, Kenneth Kirschner, Daisuke Miyatani, Radiosonde,
among others. Her unique sonic world has been called "post
romantic sound" by Boston's Weekly Dig.
She has performed internationally as an audio and/or visual artist
in MUTEK (Canada); Warmup at P.S.1/MOMA, Tonic, Diapason, Monkey
Town, Issue Project Room, Starbucks Salon, BAP Festival (NYC); Corcoran
Gallery (Washington DC); UCLA Hammer Museum (LA); Glade Festival,
Resonance FM, ICA London (UK); OFFF Festival (Lisbon); NIU Gallery
(Spain); m12 (Berlin); Batofar (Paris); Offsite, Super Delux, Bullets,
Apple Store (Japan). In 2006, she was awarded a Jerome Foundation
grant to create a commissioned work for Roulette.
Her work has been featured in The Wire (UK), Blow Up (Italy), Improvised
Music from Japan (Japan), NY Art (US), e/i magazine (US), DEBUG
(Germany), Go MAG (Spain), GAFFA (Denmark) among others.
Sawako obtained a Master's degree in Interactive Telecommunications
from New York University where she studied Networked Expression,
Physical Computing, Post Linear Narrative and Audio/Visual Studies.
She received a B.A. from Environmental Information Department at
Keio University, SFC, Japan.
Born in Nagoya, Japan, studying the classical piano over 10 years
and Japanese Nohgaku Theatre for 6 years when she was a child.
SELECTED
DISCOGRAPHY:
Bitter
Sweet |
12k, US | 2008
Madoromi | Anticipate, US |
2007
Hum | 12k,
US | 2005
Yours Gray | and/OAR, US |
2004
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