Networked Music Review Commission: "My Space Sound" by Sawako Kato

December 15, 2007
Networked_Music_Review Commission: "My Space Sound" by Sawako Kato
http://turbulence.org/works/MySpaceSound
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"My Space Sound" is an audio popup book about the village called MySpace.
The story starts like this: "Once upon a time . there was a village called
MySpace. It is the era when so-called 'Web 2.0' is still a novelty." Users
can participate in the story by entering their MySpace URL, as well as by
just browsing the story. In a world composed of both facts and fictions
extracted from the database, the audience gets a chance to rethink the
chaotic social network space.

""My Space Sound" is the result of my fieldwork about MySpace, with some
help from my friends. It is just a tiny point or node in a huge social
network, and it is a starting point rather than an accomplishment. This is
just my story, and I am curious to know your story. "My Space Sound" is the
artistic observations and everyday sketches of the imperfect processor named
sawako about the state of networks and individuals."

"My Space Sound" is a 2007 commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.
for Networked_Music_Review. It was made possible with funding from the New
York State Music Fund, established by the New York State Attorney General at
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.

BIOGRAPHY

As a musician, Sawako Kato has recently made a name for herself with her own
unique combination of field recordings and DSP combined with a noticeably
feminine touch. As a new media artist, she created "2.4GHz Scape," which
explores the urban WiFi signal scape; "ishi ~ listening stone," a sound art
piece that uses a crystal radio and stones, and an ephemeral timeline
drawing with Max/MSP/Jitter. Sawako has solo releases from 12k, and/OAR and
Anticipate, She has collaborated with a wide range of musicians such as
Taylor Deupree, Andrew Deutsch, Kenneth Kirschner, Taku Sugimoto, Toshimaru
Nakamura, asuna, Ryan Francesconi and Jacob Kirkegaard; and has performed in
Tonic, Diapason, Roulette, Issue Project Room, Monkey Town (NYC); MUTEK
Festival (Canada), Corcoran Gallery (Washington DC), UCLA Hammer Museum
(LA), Batofar (Paris), Kunstraum Walcheturm (Zurich), offsite, Apple Store
Sinsaibashi (Japan); m12 (Berlin), Glade Festival, Resonance FM, ICA (UK);
and other venues in the US, Europe and Japan.

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