yuri suzuki
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Sound artist
Designer
Electronic musician
Born in Tokyo in 1980, now living in London.
From 1999-2005 worked for Japanese art unit,Maywa Denki, where he developed a stronginterest in music and technology.
In 2005 he moved to London to study at theRoyal College of Art. During this time he workedon projects for Yamaha and British/Germandesigner and engineer Moritz Waldemeyer.
After graduating in 2008 he opened his own
studio in London.
Suzukis work raises questions of the relationbetween sound and people and how music andsound affect peoples minds.
Suzukis sound art pieces and installations have
been shown in exhibitions all around the world.
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http://vimeo.com/37587421
an antique physics apparatus
for demonstrating acoustic
standing sound waves.
Invented in 1905 by German
physicist Heinrich Rubens,it graphically shows the
relationship between sound
waves and sound pressure,
like a primitive oscilloscope.
Commissioned by MUSARC
London - 2012
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http://vimeo.com/51737490
The Sound Taxi is equipped
with a microphone that
records its surrounding noise:
the rumbling traffic, screeching
brakes, sirens, construction, all
are a part of the everyday dinof the city.
A specially designed software
analyses the frequencies of
these noises and uses them to
generate unique music in real
time.
Commissioned by AiAiAi
London - 2012
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNq4f3KAnzA
The sculpture made from recycled
beer cans was inspired by the
towering, bass-driven stereo
systems which provide much of
the rhythm of Jamaican street life.
Yuri said: In Jamaica they had to
make all instruments and sound
systems from scratch, as there
are not so many materials.
However that made some great
inventions, and the reggae music
culture has been made
by a DIY, frontier spirit.
For Red Stripe Beer
Commissioned by
KK Outlet London - 2011
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http://vimeo.com/28070222
Three different frequencies
on three different radios
wired up and turned into
one cool musical instrument.
Originally developed by
Tomoya Yamamoto
(Yamamoto Super Theremin)
Additional Development by
Yuri Suzuki
For exhibition Object Abuse
KK Outlet, London - 2011
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http://vimeo.com/16934449
Urushi: special lacquer known for
its resilience, from Wajima
in Ishikawa prefecture on the
North Western tip of Japan.
Black lacquered surface
contrasted by gold inlaid lines of
the actual interface using the
chinkin (gold foil) technique.
The gold inlays are a conductive
surface; touching the end-points
activates the instrument.
Yuri wanted the project to
possess both aesthetic beauty
and functionality.
In collaboration with Takashi
Wakamiya and Matt Rogers
London 2010
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Collaborating on design with British composer and musician Matthew Rogers,
Yuri has created a touch panel style instrument which uses the principle of
gold inlay.
It is a musical instrument controller
in which the logically patterned circleis a functional musical keyboard.
The circular format allows us
to better understand musical
relationships of notes and chords.
For example:
Grouped in threes as minor chords (switchable to major), but
if you touch the C, G, E regular keys, you play the C major chord;
if you touch the C, G, E flatkeys, you play the C minor chord.
In terms of engineering, each gold inlay line is hooked up to a touch-switch
board and then connected to the MIDI interface, allowing one to connect any
MIDI electronic musical instrument and control it from this keyboard.
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http://vimeo.com/14563408
The project consists of two pens that allow recording sound on a
line and then playing it back.
The REC pen, draws and record sound on a line. It contains special
ferromagnetic ink, made with the same material used to make old
cassette tapes, a recording head and a microphone.
The ink is applied to the paper and at the same time the recording
head can record the sound captured by the microphone situated at
the top part of the pen.
The PLAY pen allows playing back the sound. It contains a read
head and a speaker. When the tape-read head is moved along the
line, the previously recorded sound can be heard.
Nostalgically, the pens use the color code used in old cassette
recorders. The REC pen is red, and the PLAY pen, black.
In collaboration with Oscar Diaz - 2010
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http://vimeo.com/29969427
An installation which enables
anyone to control a set of drums
with their own voice.
The principles of augmented reality
to interpret them in the realm of
sound.
Project for EPFL+ECAL Lab
Switzerland 2010
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13zERNtkbl0
A commission work for
Japanese creative agency Party
to design and create series of
robots for a music video of
Japanese band Androp.
Series of robots are controlled
via MIDI signal.
For Androp
Commissioned by Party Tokyo
In collaboration with KIMURA
and Tomoaki Yanagisawa - 2012
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http://vimeo.com/9065166
A game where people bounce on
chairs that are attached to bicycle
pumps which inflate opposing heart-
shaped balloons in order to pop
their opponents balloon.
The game becomes a performance
and with a sound-triggered camera
system in this installation, when
people scream or balloon pops it
automatically snaps a picture.
During the festival, over 100 people
participated and brought backpictures as a keepsake.
In collaboration with Bahbak
Hashemi-Nezhad and Household
Designed for a stall at Village fete in
V&A - 2008
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Can you differentiate between musicians
and sound artists?
If so, can this differentiation be simply defined
by the context that the work is placed or discussed within?
Or can the distinction be defined by the process that the
artist/musicians use or the intended outcome of the work?