Events/Openings

Based in Brooklyn, New York, sound art-i-vist, socio- environment composer, and a core member of SHARE (http:///share.dj)Keiko Uenishi (o.blaat) is known for her works formed through experiments in restructuring and analyzing one's relationship with sounds in sociological, cultural, and/or psychological environments. Some of her known works include: Car décalé (légèrement), SOUNDLEAK: TheROOM (Simulation of neighbours) at Medien Kultur Haus, Wels, Austria, funded by Linz 2009 Kulturhauptstadt Europas, BroadwayDreams (web-based collaborative 'blink media documentation'), compositional interpretation for Christian Marclays' object score, Sixty-Four Bells and a Bow at Whitney Museum of Art and a participatory composition for Paivascapes festival, Portugal in 2010, funded by Meet the Composer/Global Connection. She also created video, geographic sound-tags, upcycled clothing design and food arts for "Defined by ____" project curated by Lab Binaer for "City of Peace" festival in association of FIFA Women's Soccer Championship 2011, Augsburg, Germany. Uenishi's works were presented in locations including: Whitney Museum of American Art, P.S. 1, DIA:Beacon, Lincoln Center, Sculpture Center, Eyebeam, ICA Philadelphia, MUTEK, ClubTransmediale, ZKM, Netmage, Vienna Konzerthaus, Alte-Schmiede, Skolska28, Paivascape, Museu Serralves, Casa da Musica, Atlantic Wave Festival, ICA London, Futuresonic Festival, Tate Britain, Fortescue Avenue Gallery, Sydney Opera House. Uenishi has collaborated with artists including: Miguel Frasconi, Ricardo Arias, Klaus Filip, Christian Marclay, Toshio Kajiwara, Ikue Mori, Kaffe Matthews, Marina Rosenfeld, Takehisa Kosugi, DJ Olive, Aki Onda, Sawako, Katherine Liberovskaya, Kurt Ralske, HC Gilje, Lukasz Lysakowski, Nobukazu Takemura, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Merce Cunningham Dance Company.

On Saturday Sept 22nd Keiko Uenishi will present Car Décalé (Légèrement)/Because Shifted (Slightly)

"I am obsessed to question the definitions of space through aural perceptions. Many of my works are to research through the broad idea of aural space. They are 'feature-specific' rather than 'site-specific', so experiments would yield wide range of outcomes where people are exposed to the temporal spatial experience they normally do not recognize" as the artist explains.
Car Décalé (Légèrement) / Because Shifted (Slightly) is a sound-performance/installation to redefine a space utilizing audio-feedback. CDL was purposely constructed in the simplest format without specifics. Aesthetic aspects such as the material used for walls, ceiling, floors, columns, furniture, people, etc. serve as influential components. CDL also surfaces layers of "rooms" inside the "room." It means that any hollow-shaped elements (both ends open or only one-side open) such as air-ducts, glasses, bottles, tubes, cans, etc. inside of the whole physical room, would become smaller "rooms" inside. The whole temporary structures will become the feedback chamber for my performance.

CDL was premiered at Ultrahang Festival, Budapest, Hungary in 2007. Since then, it has been experienced at numerous venues at many locations and conditions worldwide including fotofono, Issue Project Room, Eyebeam, Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC; La Société des arts technologiques, Metropolis in MUTEK festival, Electric-Eclectics festival, Canada; Super Deluxe, Tokyo; Alte-Schmiede, Vienna; ICA London, U.K.; Skolska28, Prague; Nordwolle Delmenhorst - Nordwestdeutsches Museum für IndustrieKultur in ArtMuse 2011, Delmenhorst, Germany.