tuesday 19 april – 10.30pm

Minoru Sato ^(J)

SexGodSex

sound performance, italian première

SexGodSex is a sound performance based on a handmade instrument: a self-built heavy beat machine made by Minoru Sato to create art works using physical phenomena. Usually starting from the mere observation of nature, which he turns it into artistic representation, Minoru explores sound as a physical vibration and the audio signal transmission system, using feedback and natural resonant frequencies.

Minoru Sato is a japanese sound artist and curator, with an interest in a acustic phenomena, explored in the form of installations, multiples, performances and texts. Since 1989, he has presented work under the name m/s, establishing his own label called WrK (1994-2006). In addition, he also produces sound works under the name SASW, collaborative works with Asuna and with the band Il Grande Silenzio. He has published releases and texts with Senufo, Spekk, Meeuw Muzak, Errant Bodies Press. In the role of curator, he has organised a number of contemporary art exhibitions and performance events. Selected exhibitions and performances have included: FON festival (UK), ISEA (Sydney), Solo exhibition (Tokyo), Transmediale (Berlin), Between Sound and Vision (Chicago), Just About Now, (Rotterdam), Humor y Aliento (Mexico City) and Sound Art Sound as Media (Tokyo).
www.ms-wrk.com