Dorkbot Vienna #6 is being hosted by J Grenzfurthner (monochrom) and Coded Cultures. Thanks to the Metalab!
ETUDE FOR EVERYDAY OBJECTS
The word "etude" is often used to refer to short musical compositions emphasizing certain aspects of the instruments or presenting certain musical ideas of the composer in the form of a sketch. Mamoru's "etude" is a series of works related to everyday objects, most of them cheap and easy to find, that are transformed into something unexpected by means of a simple idea. The original works are based on text, but various other materials are now introduced.
Mamoru Okuno: Born in Osaka, 1977. Living in Japan. BFA from City University of New York (2001). In 2003, a sound work "procedure 22:05" was commissioned to be a permanent collection of Izumi City, Japan. In 2005, he toured in France doing solo performances, one at the Espace Pier Paolo Pasolini for example. In 2006, the sound installation "in-visible-room" was exhibited at The National Gallery of Armenia as a part of the first Japanese contemporary art show in Yelevan. The performance series "otozure" was taken places in 3 cities in Japan and 2 cities abroad. The "etude" series was lectured, exhibited and performed also in several cities including Osaka, Tokyo, New York, Quebec and few other.
monochrom is an art-technology-philosophy group having its seat in Vienna and Zeta Draconis. monochrom is an unpeculiar mixture of proto-aesthetic fringe work, pop attitude, subcultural science, context hacking and political activism. Our mission is conducted everywhere, but first and foremost in culture-archeological digs into the seats (and pockets) of ideology and entertainment. monochrom has existed in this (and almost every other) form since 1993. [more]
