NAISA Sound Byte 10 - Vibro-Tactile Art with Satoshi Morita and Ricardo Huisman
Making Waves Radio episode produced by NAISA for WGXC Wave Farm.
This is a radio episode about vibro-tactile artworks. These are artworks that are centred in sound, but the sound medium bypasses the cochlea and transmits to listeners directly through their bodies. The first half of the show is a conversation that host Darren Copeland had with Satoshi Morita. Morita is a Japanese sculptor and sound artist based in Germany. He created a number of vibro-tactile works in the mid to late 00's including Sound Capsule, Sonic Helmut and Sonic Suit. He is currently making wooden organ pipes for his piece Primal Response that have some overlaps with vibro-tactile audio.
The second half of the show includes a radio documentary made by Dutch sound and media artist Ricardo Huisman that he calls a tactile sound portrait of Toronto. The work was made from a visit to Toronto in 2008 when he presented his installation Super Sonic Sound Scape Shoes at the Deep Wireless Festival. The installation had visitors place their feet inside very large Dutch wooden shoes which had speakers built inside them. Soundscape recordings he made in Toronto would play through the shoes and transmit through the body of the installation visitor. In the documentary Huisman captures the sonic environment of the symposium host site and the conversations he had with other festival participants. Visit this link to learn more.
Making Waves is a monthly one hour program for WGXC Wave Farm about radio art and sound art is produced by New Adventures in Sound Art's Artistic Director Darren Copeland in South River, Ontario, Canada. The show features Canadian, US, and international artists creating sound-based media art. It focuses on the techniques, processes, and motivations of the artists it features as well as individuals supporting the field through dissemination and curatorial activities. The show is a snapshot of what is happening in sound-based media art in the here and now from a northern perspective.