Movie · 2011
Tracklist
Ensembles 2010 Secret Live
Peformed by Otomo Yoshihide and Ko Ishikawa at the precincts of Mito-Hachimangu Shrine, September 26, 2010
Ensembles Parade 2010
Performed by Cloudy Strings, Coco Rococo, Courage, Joe-banjo Jug Band, Hamelns, Kucchane, Metaphysical Textiles, Mito Kodomo no Gekijyo Yuru-yuru Gakudan, and Oba-chan Boys, Piacere, Sonten, Tail'z, Team227, Team Kawanobe, The Golden Poodles, Viento Azul with FC Mito Crazy, Wawon, and Yamaneko at the premises of Art Tower Mito, October 30, 2010
Organized by MeToo Promotion Studio, Mito Arts Foundation, and Mito Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Exhibition--Otomo Yoshihide, "Ensembles 2010: Resonance"
Held at Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, November 30, 2010-January 16, 2011
General direction and music composition: Otomo Yoshihide
Space design: Hiroshi Kikuchi and Satoko Taniguchi
System control: Kanta Horio and Takayuki Ito
Lighting design: Masayoshi Takada
Turntable readjustment: Makoto Hirabayashi
Room 1
Turntable and instrument arrangement: Aoyama Yasutomo
Wire device production: Kanta Horio
Piano and percussion instrument device production: Yuko Mohri
Room 2
Turntable arrangement: Aoyama Yasutomo
Room 3
Piano arrangement: Otomo Yoshihide and Aoyama Yasutomo
Piano dismantle: Yumi Osaka
Piano wire device production: Kanta Horio
Room 4
CD-player work production: Gotou Hidekado "Without Your Favorite Things" (2010)
Turntable arrangement: Aoyama Yasutomo
Room 5
Turntable and radio arrangement: Aoyama Yasutomo
Wire device production: Kanta Horio
Piano and percussion instrument device production, and cable arrangement: Yuko Mohri
Piano performance: Eto Naoko
Room 6
Audio equipment remodeling: Yoshiaki Kondo
Lighting: Hiroshi Kikuchi
Room 7
Planning and visual composition: Nakazaki Tohru
Material handicraft: "Ensembles Workshop" members
Cascade, Plaza
Planning and visual composition: Katsunobu Yaguchi
Organizers: Mito Arts Foundation and MeToo Promotion Studio
Ensembles Festival
Performed by Otomo Yoshihide, Seiichi Yamamoto, Kahimi Karie, Tenniscoats, Tavito Nanao, Tetsuya Umeda, Tatsuhisa Yamamoto, Motoki Kobayashi, Duny's Coke, and Yui Saito at Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, November 28, 2010
Related Exhibitions--Kiwamari Ensembles
Held at Kiwamari-so, Mito, November 27, 2010-January 16, 2011
Gotou Hidekado, "It Moves" (2010)
Otomo Yoshihide and Nakazaki Tohru, "Without Records Duo" (2010)
Otomo Yoshihide and Yohei Terakado, "Key Hole Room" (2010)
Fuyumi Abe, "A Crowd" (2010)
Public Projects--A Town with Sounds
Kenji Shiratori, "Sounds-to-be-moments: Cityscapes that echo within unseeing eyes," held at three stores in Mito: Shiratori Massage, Trattoria Blackbird, and Kimuraya, November 30, 2010-January 16, 2011 (Recording and sound mix by Hirokazu Kato)
Shogi, "One-day Street Improvised Performance Project," in front of Kurihara Photo Studio, December 12, 2010
Lake Michigan and Karaburi-sawagi, "Oto," at Cafe Pico, December 18, 2010
2U, "Not--Nicely Out of Temperament: My Favorite Sound," at Minerva, December 11 and 19, 2010 and January 15 and 16, 2011
Workshop--Let's Play with Sounds
Held with guest instructor Rii Numata in the Conference Room of Taisei Girls' High School, Mito, December 18, 2010
Two Special Concerts--The Otoasobi Projects & Double Orchestra
Performed by Otomo Yoshihide, Akira Sakata, Itoken, Masahiro Uemura, Sachiko M, Pika, The Otoasobi Project, and 75 participants from the public at Concert Hall ATM, Art Tower Mito, January 9, 2011
Improvised Rubber Boots Performance--Otomo Yoshihide vs. Katsunobu Yaguchi
Performed by Otomo Yoshihide and Katsunobu Yaguchi at Cascade, Art Tower Mito, January 15, 2011
Ensembles 2010--Closing Live
Performed by Otomo Yoshihide, Ko Ishikawa, Ami Yoshida, Kanta Horio, and Sachiko M at Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, January 16, 2011
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