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Solo Exhibition: Refuge in the Vegetal World; Miya Masaoka
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Solo Exhibition: California College of the Arts, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art
The Masses and Dirty Sounds/Sounds Dirty: Dirt, plants, computer, human interaction, sound
Curated by Diego Villalobos.
February 16 – March 24 2024
360 Kansas St, San Francisco, CA 94103
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Monumenta Ethereal : Still images, Rome, NYC
This is a developing project in Rome, Italy…. More »
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Governors Island, Harvestworks Residency and Commission. Building 10a, Nolan Park, Soft opening June 2022
Resonant frequencies meet parabolic surfaces made from clay of the earth, animals of the sea, and met with the activity of human toil. (more…)
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Seeking a Sense of Somethingness (out of nothingness) TIME : SPANS FESITVAL 2021
TIME : SPANS 2021: EMPAC WAVE Field Synthesis Showcase: 3D compositions by Miya Masaoka, Nina Young, Bora Yoon, Pamela Z. Thursday August 12 to Monday August 16. The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 W 37th Street, NY, NY
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New Noh Opera “Long Arc of Time” (postponed due to Covid)
New Noh Opera “Long Arc of Time” scheduled for Ostrava NOVO Opera Festival in the Czech Republic 2021 has unfortunately been cancelled. https://vimeo.com/520686622… More »
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When I Was A Plant v. 2 (Spanish Speaking plant, with climate data)
2019 Toronto Biennale, Main Exhibition space November 14-December 1, 2019, curated by Myung-Sun Kim and Maiko Tanaka. The plant is “speaking,” or expressing the voice of living things, which might otherwise be construed as silent, mute, and passive. The response of the plant and its root system in real time is a manifestation, metaphor of… More »
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When I Was a Plant (for multiple plants + performers)
November 14, 2019. Artist Talk, Post Vocal Performance, Tellings, Toronto Biennial.
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I Am A Plant (response in image + sound)
Materials: philodendron, electronics, wire, video, sound, human interaction. Gutenberg Sound Art Academy, Mainz University, Germany, August, 2019. (more…)
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Cubistics: A 3 Dimensional score: performance, video, sculpture
Cubistics, a 3-Dimensional Score
December 15, 2019 20:00
Masaoka, Kaffe Matthews, Andrea Parkins
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Singing River So To Speak*
July 6, 2019
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Canada
Ensemble Evolution; Commissioned work, conducted by Steve Schick; flute, clarinet, bassoon, piano, percussion, violin, viola, cello.
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Listen Ahead traffic signs
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Listen Ahead: Ear Hut
Listen Ahead consists of a series of traffic signs, and the Ear Hut, a small structure that is designed to privilege the ear over the eye, or the sense of listening over sight. (more…)
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Masaoka Castle Ruins in Japan
The Masaoka Castle ruins are in the mountains in the Ehime Prefecture near Matsumoto. There are Masaoka Family reunions held there every four years…. More »
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O Plant!
New work installation with plants and human interaction, Temple Contemporary, Tyler School of Art, Fall, 2018… More »
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Monochord
The one string koto, or ichigenkin, is a very rare instrument. Masaoka has studied the ichigenkin with the 4th Iemoto of the Seikyodo Ichigenkin Tradition, Issui Minegishi. She is the great, great granddaughter of Tokuhiro Taimu, the founder of Seikyodo Ichigenkin, who was said to retreat to mountain caves in Japan to meditate, fast and… More »
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Hiko Hiko
Shamanistic by nature, Hiko Hiko is an alternative persona who time travels to distant planets, ancient Japan, Harlem, making unannounced appearances and creating evocative acts and disappears just as quickly. They sometimes wear kimono rags and the high platform shoes of the Zen priests, and clothes embedded with varied percussion. Hiko Hiko is non-binary and has… More »
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Vaginated Chairs and microphone inserts
MoMA PS1 in the Book Space April 1, 2018. Several participants wore internal vagina microphone pick ups, and the sound was fed to the speakers in the space. Vaginated Chairs MoMA PS1 … More »
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Factory recordings in Poland and Russia
Factory Recordings In Prada, Poland at a helicoptor parts’ factory… More »
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LED KIMONO
Custom wearable computing kimono with hundreds of hand-sewn LEDs creating a responsive garment that can trigger sound and receive video data in real time. Performances included the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, The New York Electronic Music Festival, and Siggraph, Yokohama, Japan. More information on the archived LED KIMONO project website…. More »
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The Movement of Things
I have been writing both music compositions and creating audio installations that utilize very long glissandi, and I am particularly interested in the fundamental elements and principles of speed, and the varying speed and its associative perception for the listener. For The Movement of Things, the many divisi of the sections of the orchestra were… More »