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Thursday, July 22nd, ISSUE Project Room and AvanTokyo present the debut collaboration of Berlin-based composer & musician Rashad Becker and Japanese sound artist Fuji||||||||||ta. The duo’s debut “not to be or not not to be,” will stream on ISSUE’s site. In their words it is “a scrapbook of sensitivities in scarcity of acumen (a tiny cycle of 8 visual scores for supervised soliloquy).” The video aspects of Rashad's scores were conceived in collaboration with video artist Krzysztof Honowski. The commissioned work, part of ISSUE's Distant Pairs series, will also be presented to Japanese audiences on Saturday, July 24th 8pm Japan Standard Time (7am ET).
7月22日（木）ISSUE Project RoomとAvanTokyoは、ベルリンを拠点とする作曲家・音楽家のRashad Beckerと日本のサウンドアーティストFuji||||||||||taの初のコラボレーション作品「not to be or not not to be」を、ISSUEのサイトでストリーミング配信にて発表します。
彼らの言葉を借りれば、この作品は「独創性が欠けた中での感性のスクラップブック（見つめられた独り言のための8つのビジュアルスコアの小さなサイクル）」です。
ISSUEのDistant Pairsシリーズの一部であるこの委託作品は、日本時間7月24日（土）８pm（7am ET）から日本のオーディエンスに向けても発信予定です。
Although Rashad is mainly active as a solo artist, with recent releases such as the cycle Traditional Music Of Notional Species released across two volumes on PAN, and the multi-part work Based On A True Story, he has maintained a series of permanent collaborations alongside Eli Keszler, Moritz von Oswald, and as a member of the formation Moleglove. Other and more sporadic collaborators have been Okkyung Lee, Andre Vida, Ashley Paul, and Valerio Tricoli. Since 2006, Fuji||||||||||ta has a similarly expansive history of solo performances and collaborative works with musicians, such as ∈Ｙ∋ (Boredoms), Akio Suzuki, Keiji Haino, Koichi Makigami and more. In 2020, he released the albums “iki” [Hallow Ground] and “KŌMORI” [Boomkat Editions].
Rashadは主にソロパフォーマンスを行っており、最近ではPANから2巻にわたってリリースされた『Traditional Music Of Notional Species』や、複数のパートからなる『Based On A True Story』などを発表していますが、Eli Keszler、Moritz von Oswald とのパーマネントコラボレーションや、フォーメーション「Moleglove」のメンバーとしての活動も行っています。他にもOkkyung Lee、Andre Vida、Ashley Paul、Valerio Tricoliなどと散発的なコラボレーションを行っています。
2006年以降、Fuji||||||||||taも同様に、ソロパフォーマンスに加えて∈Y∋（ボアダムス）、Akio Suzuki、Keiji Haino、Koichi Makigamiなどのミュージシャンとのコラボレーション作品を発表しています。2020年には、アルバム”iki”[Hallow Ground]と”KŌMORI”[Boomkat Editions]をリリースしています。
During the Summer 2021, ISSUE is commissioning artists to produce collaborative work at a time when the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has drastically impacted their ability to travel and perform, and altered the nature of collective work and performance. Pairing artists in disparate locations who cannot work together in “traditional” ways, the Distant Pairs series examines the collaborative process, methods of working, and partnership amidst these constrained conditions.
2021年夏、ISSUEはCOVID-19のパンデミックにより移動やパフォーマンス自体の制約を受けるようになったミュージシャンたちに向けコラボレーションワークを依頼しこのDistant Pairsシリーズで従来の方法では行えない、新たな共同作業のプロセス、パートナーシップを検証しています。
Notes from Rashad Becker & Fuji||||||||||ta on “not to be or not not to be”
not to be or not not to be
a scrapbook of sensitivities in scarcity of acumen
(a tiny cycle of 8 visual scores for supervised soliloquy)
everything is
there is nothing that is not
there is not nothing that is not not
everything is anything because it is not nothing
there is not anything that is not not nothing
not anything is something because it is not not nothing
anything is something because it is everything not
anything is fine because something is not
why is there not nothing instead of nothing
not not communicating is an option not
colloquy is not not monology not
choice is an experience not unless erasure
not to be or not not to be, that’s the question.
rashad becker
composer and musician, berlin
started not not being in 1970
started losing trust in 1983
started losing hope in 1989
started losing discipline in 1993
started losing hair in 2005
started losing perspective in 2020
some items still available
rashad becker
作曲家/ミュージシャン/ベルリン在住
1970年 not not being in スタート
1983年 losing trust スタート
1989年 losing hope スタート
1993年 losing discipline スタート
2005年 losing hair スタート
2020年 losing perspective スタート
いくつかのアイテムはまだ入手可能です
FUJI||||||||||TA is a Sound Artist living in Japan. He creates his unique sound art and music which takes various natural phenomena that respond to his interest in wanting to hear unheard sounds and noises. In 2009 Fujita hand fabricated an original instrument, a Pipe Organ. It has only 11 pipes and no keyboard. Fujita made it with his own imagination, without any specialized knowledge. It was designed to create a landscape rather than function as a musical instrument. He got the idea from Japanese “gagaku.” The air pump (called “FUIGO”) which is kept moving with the left hand when playing, is based on an ancient blacksmith’s. There is only one instrument in the world, so there is no way to play at first. So he had to take the time to find it. The water element (with sound synthesized water tanks) has recently been added on his performance repertoire. The music consists of water sounds from multiple aquariums alongside his pipe organ, and his voice. He has presented his sound installation works in many contexts : the work “CELL”, which made audible the sounds of black soldier fly maggots buried in dirt, was exhibited in Sapporo International Art Festival 2017 and attracted a great deal of interest in Fujita’s artistic practice. A performance with an organ and 4 water tanks were performed in MODE (London) in 2019.
FUJI||||||||||TA
自作パイプオルガン、声、水（水槽）などを用いたソロ・パフォーマンスを主軸に、サウンド・インスタレーションや映画音楽、ダンス作品の音楽など多岐に活動する。聴いたことのない音を聴きたいという興味（欲求）に従って、あらゆる現象／メディア／状況を取り込みながら音楽を探求している。
∈Ｙ∋（ボアダムス）との共作舞台「メモリーム」(2015)や、山川冬樹との共作公演「カントリー・ジェントルメン」(2013)など多くのコラボレーション・ワークをはじめ、ソロでは東京都庭園美術館や瀬戸内国際芸術祭などを舞台としたDOMMUNEでのライブ・パフォーマンス、ソロ公演「NOISEEM」（複数台の水槽によるマルチチャンネル音響舞台作品）を2018年に初演、TPAM2019にて再演。その後、ロンドン（MODE 2019）にて上演をしている。
展示形式での作品として、湖底に沈んだ村の記憶をテーマに水中音で構成した「見えない湖」（2015/神奈川県立相模湖交流センター）、アブの幼虫の音を可聴化する作品「CELL」（札幌国際芸術祭2017）などがある。2020年、9年ぶりとなるアルバム「iki」をスイスのHallow Groundよりリリース。「KŌMORI」をイギリスのBoomkat Editionsよりリリース。
Born in London in 1986, Krzysztof Honowski studied English Literature at the University of Cambridge, and completed his postgraduate studies in Art at the Slade School of Fine Art in London and the Academy of Media Arts (KHM) Cologne. He is a doctoral candidate in Art Theory at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
He has presented performances and exhibitions throughout Europe. These include Kustom Kar Kommandos Karaoke (2015-16) at the Barbican London, Sound Acts Festival Athens, and a.m. London as well as And Now The Screen Is Struck By Lightning (2019-21) at Tropez Berlin and PACT Zollverein. Group presentations include Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Art Cologne, and Jewish Museum Berlin. In 2019 ,his short film Beasts Of No Nation had its world premiere at the Ruhrtriennale and was selected for the Official German Competition at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2020. Since then it has been shown internationally as part of the Emerging Artists programme of the German Short Film Association and German Films. The installation BUMSFIDEL with Laura Sundermann will be presented at Kunstverein Leverkusen in 2021.
Full Distant Pairs Series Schedule*
Sofia Jernberg & Tomeka Reid: Wednesday, July 7th
Rob Thorne & Raven Chacon: Thursday, July 8th
Viola Yip & Laetitia Sonami: Wednesday, July 14th (Co-presented with Harvestworks)
Cecilia Lopez & Carmen Baliero: Thursday, July 15th (Co-presented with Harvestworks)
Louis Carnell & Okkyung Lee: Wednesday, July 21st
Rashad Becker & FUJI||||||||||TA: Thursday, July 22nd (Co-presented with AvanTokyo)**
*All Times 8pm ET
