100 Keyboards
ASUNA (Japan)
In this captivating performance, sound artist ASUNA takes battery-powered, analogue keyboards and uses them to create waves of overlapping notes: the Moiré effect of superimposed patterns, here used musically. The instruments are placed in the performance space in concentric circles, each with a stick pressing down on a single key to sustain its sound. As each electronic note joins the others, the effect is choral—unceasing voices in a fluid mass of beautiful noise.
How it all sounds varies depending on where you are, but everyone will feel the music slowly build to a climax. The experience of seeing minimalism grow into its opposite one single note at a time is sublime; the layers of complexity increase with every added note, and every moment is a change. In this performance, one stands before a wave of sounds that builds and builds without ever crashing.
The substance of Japanese performance artist ASUNA’s work exists in both the material and the ephemeral. —music.com.au
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Artist Bio
ASUNA (Japan)
He began as a prodigy musician in the late 90s, and ASUNA has since gone on to become a major force in the world of experimental electronic music. From albums to installations to site-specific works, his prolific output is changing the face of his genre, both in Japan and in the global community.
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Venue
600 Campbell Avenue, Vancouver
Showtimes & Tickets
January 19
90 minutes, no intermission
4PM, 8PM
Accessibility
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