Hiraki Sawa
Hiraki Sawa was born in Ishikawa, Japan. He currently lives and works in London. His work focuses on the use of video projections and installations.
Recent exhibitions include Experimenta Playground, International Biennal of Media Arts, Melbourne, Australia and 12e Biennale de l’ Image en Mouvement, Centre Pour l’Image Contemporaine, Saint Gervais, Geneve. Sawa has exhibited solo all over the world including Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK., National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan, and Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C. His work is represented by James Cohan Gallery in New York.
Hiraki Sawa represents Japan and the visual arts as part of the Original Cultures roster of artists for 2009/2010.
Hiraki Sawa online
Hiraki Sawa – Going Places, Sitting Down
Artist blog – Tatsuki Day 2
Original Cultures – Day 2
Bologna is an amazing town!
Italian ice cream makes the day, pistachio flavour rocks!
We had a press conference for the project in a music museum.
Here’s a picture I took during my speech at the press conference. I did the speech in Italian, but I told a little lie… my grandfather wasn’t really a ninja, sorry!
The museum already had a small exhibit of some of our work. There was a picture featuring my music and art from Will Barras, it made us look grande!
Here it is, my music and Will’s artwork.
Italy’s representative, Tayone.
And this is England’s 2tall. We cut it up fresh altogether!
Tatsuki x 2tall – drum freestyle from Original Cultures on Vimeo.
もういっちょ!
Tayone x Tatsuki x 2tall – soundcheck improv from Original Cultures on Vimeo.
たつき － http://blog.livedoor.jp/onushi1/
Artist blog – Tatsuki Day 1
Original Cultures is starting. I’ve come to Bologna. This is day 1.
I’ve come to Bologna for a week. I’m amazed by the city so far.
The view from our flat. I love Bologna.
Fresher than fresh, we’re working in a 500 year old building!
I’ve been taking in the historical feel of the city. There are no Starbucks here, fake coffee doesn’t exist in Italy.
Amazing night!
Original Cultures ‘09 – Musicians
Original Cultures focuses on two specific strands of modern performing arts: music and visual arts. Within these two strands Original Cultures works with both established and upcoming artists from the UK, Italy and Japan.
The 3 artists chosen to represent the music strand for the first year of Original Cultures activities (2009) are:
- 2tall / Om Unit (UK) – click to view bio and discog
- Tatsuki (JP) – click to view bio and discog
- Tayone (IT) – click to view bio and discog
Together these 3 artists will take part in events in the UK, Italy and Japan throughout 2009 and 2010: Original Cultures Bologna 09 (June 2009), Original Cultures London ‘10 (March 2010) and Original Cultures Tokyo ‘10 (TBC).
During each event the artists will work together to create collaborative works inspired by the cultural exchange and interaction fostered by Original Cultures. This work will take place mainly during private workshops where the artists are given a brief to create new art, or in some cases given a free hand to come up with their own brief. The resulting works are then used as part of various activities such as public workshops, seminars, showcases and exhibitions.
All 3 artists come from a similar background, having had a hand in the development and evolution of the turntablist scene in their respective countries, and have followed similar evolutions, moving away from the world of scratching towards music production and live shows.
You can listen to examples of the music created by the 3 during Original Cultures Bologna 09 on our Soundcloud page and our documentaries page. You can also view footage from the workshops on our Vimeo channel.
Tatsuki
Tatsuki was born in Osaka, Japan in 1973 and raised in Suffolk, UK. He settled in London in 1991. For the last ten years Tatsuki has been a member of the international, Danish-based band Blue Foundation.
Alongside his work with Blue Foundation, Tatsuki has also collaborated with Japanese artists such as DJ Krush, Boom Boom Satellites, Numb, Calm and DJ Baku as well as UK DJ collective The Mixologists. He has released music on both major and independent labels worldwide.
In recent years he has worked closely with musical instrument manufacturer Korg to develop and promote the company’s latest DJ equipment. This work has included input for the R&D of Korg’s ZERO4 mixer.
Tatsuki represents Japan and the music art strand as part of the Original Cultures roster of artists for 2009/2010.
Tatsuki online:
Selected Discography
Featuring:
Organ Language (CD, Album) // Colors // Revirth 2002
Sweep Of Days (2xLP) // Virgin Records (Denmark) 2004
Notwithstanding (CD, Album) // In The Parallax Of You… // Hobby Industries 2005
Production:
Whakhakha Breaks (12″, Ltd) // Ortofon
Alis EP (12″) // Alis Vs. Le-Fix (Ver. 01) // Alis 2003
Co-production:
Numb (CD) // Tenka, Jyaki // Revirth 2002
Appears On:
Human Essence (CD) // Times For The Two // Sublime Records 2002
Sweep Of Days (CD, Album) // Virgin Music (Denmark) 2004
寂 Jaku (CD, Album) // Columbia 2004
Original Cultures Bologna ‘09 audio documentary pt 2
Original Cultures Bologna ‘09 music workshops
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