Space Studies

Space Studies (2017)
multi-media performance / installation

^{Sound is a primarily spatial phenomenon. How exactly does sound take shape
and move within an environment? How do dynamics, reflection, and
absorption
transform sound? How does the visual interact with the
listener's aural perception?

With my “Space Studies” performance-installation
project, I explore the interplay between
the acoustic, architectural, and emotional relationships
within a given space. I perform with analog equipment such as radio, tape recorder, slide projector, and
found objects such as a bucket, a mirror, a fan,
lights, etc. I arrange and rearrange these
tools and objects, manipulating the sonic and visual fields within a space as a total
environment.

There is a rich history of
composers drawing attention to sound's spatial qualities – Alvin Lucier, Maryanne Amacher, and Phill
Niblock have designed works that utilize
the acoustic characteristics of a room.
Aligning myself within this lineage, I hope to explore new possibilities by investigating the relationships
between sound and the visual, sound and
movement, sound and light.}

Residencies
2016 Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, USA
2017 Q-O2, Brussels, Belgium

Performances
2017 South London Gallery, London, UK (organized by thirty three thirty three)
Galerie des Étables in Sound & The City - Interference, Bordeaux, France (organized by
monoquini)

Reviews
2017 “Aki Onda Space Studies” ArtReview by Daniel Wilson