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Tetsuya Umeda
October 30, 2017 - November 4, 2017
$10
Japan’s master artist of sonic visual sensations, Tetsuya Umeda is set to thrill with his site specific occupation of The SUBSTATION from 30 October to 4 November and a one off performance on Friday 3 November, guiding audiences to a dynamic experimental path. Umeda creates dynamic environments with architectural structures, sound and light. His mesmerising and surprising performances produce intricate soundscapes and musical compositions through live experiments with everyday tools and scraps, re-purposed machines and electronics.
Umeda’s site-specific installation employs found domestic objects, transformed from their daily familiarity into a transcendent spectacle of the unexpected. Umeda’s work demonstrates elaborate systems of cause-and-effect, with elements powered by gravity, wind, centrifugal force or falling objects, capturing the moments where ordinary and extraordinary collide. His richly dynamic and embodied installations are often situated outside of the gallery context. The transparent process taking place before the audience’s eyes, exposes viewers as both witnesses and collaborators as they engage with his interactive performance pieces.
He has held a number of significant solo exhibitions including Ota Fine Arts Singapore, Singapore (2013), “Age0”, Breaker Project, Osaka (2014) and “Science of Superstition”, Sonic Protest Festival, Montreal (2015). He has also participated in performing arts and music festivals in Asia and Europe including the 1st Aichi Triennale 2010: Arts and Cities, Nagoya (2010); Double Vision: Contemporary Art From Japa,n Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow / Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa (2012); Simple Interactions. Sound Art from Japan, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Roskilde (2011). He recently featured at “RhythmScape”, Gyoenggi Museum of Modern Art, Gyoenggi (2015) and Sounds of Us, Trafó Gallery, Budapest (2015-2016).
Monday 30 October to Saturday November 4 – 11am – 5pm, Performance Friday 3 November @ 7pm
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