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Denshi Onkyo People Project 2025 @ Goethe-Institut Tokyo

Workshop|Sound Montage Workshop

  • Goethe-Institut Tokyo, Hall, Tokyo

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Ticket Registration:
(Deadline: Sunday, August 24, 2025, 11:59 PM)

Denshi Onkyo People Project 2025 @ Goethe-Institut Tokyo

Sound Montage Workshop

Sunday, August 31, 2025 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Venue: Goethe-Institut Tokyo Hall 7-5-56 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052
Instructors: Saburo Ubukata, Tomoko Nakai, Seiichiro Matsumura Facilitator: Takuro Shibayama
The "Denshi Onkyo People (Electroacoustic People) Project" involves recording a variety of sounds that are not typically used in conventional music and creating electroacoustic music through a computer montage. Electroacoustic music is an innovative form of music created by freely combining various sounds using computers, making it slightly different and more unconventional compared to the music you usually listen to. After the workshop, professional composer instructors will compile participants' finished works into a collaborative piece, which will be presented as "Everyone's Work" at a special live event in November. No one knows exactly what kind of "music" will emerge. Let us share this unknown experience with the Denshi Onkyo People ’s Project!
No musical experience is required. Participation is free! (A refundable deposit of 3,000 yen is required to secure your spot and will be returned upon participation.)
Capacity: 15 people (first-come, first-served; open to everyone from 2nd graders to adults. 2nd and 3rd graders must be accompanied by a guardian.)
Please bring your lunch.

Activities: Become an electroacoustic person!

1. Various sounds are collected by hitting, dropping, and crushing!
2. Create music using collected sounds with the guidance of veteran instructors!
3. Collaboratively complete your music with the instructors!
4. Present your finished work at a live event.

Organizer: Denshi Onkyo People Project 2023–2025 Executive Committee
Cooperation: Goethe-Institut Tokyo
Support: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) Collaborative Practice of Electroacoustic Music as Participatory Project Art; The Kakehashi Foundation Supporter: Tokyo College of Music - Music Business and Technology Department Management: Tokyo Denki University Faculty of Science and Technology, Information System Design Department, "Composition and Music Culture Laboratory"
Contact: denshionkyopeopleproject@gmail.com

What is the Denshi Onkyo People Project?:

Launched by composer and sound artist Takuro Shibayama, this participatory art project aims to make electroacoustic music, often perceived as experimental or difficult to access, to a diverse audience. Participants record sounds made from everyday objects rather than traditional instruments and then montage them on computers. No musical experience or knowledge is required. After the workshop, professional composers serving as instructors combined the participants' creations into one collaborative work titled "Everyone’s Work, which was performed at concerts. This project seeks to transform participants from passive listeners into artists, creating unique and somewhat quirky music while enjoying the creative process together.

Linked Events: Special & Spatial Live/Sound Installation Exhibition/Symposium @ Goethe-Institut Tokyo

2025 Schedule:
• Sound Installation Exhibition: Tuesday, Nov 4 – Sunday, Nov 9
• Symposium and Performance: Saturday, Nov 8
• Special & Spatial Live: Sunday, Nov 9 Venue: Goethe-Institut Tokyo

 

Workshop Instructors and Facilitator

  • Composer and Sound Producer. Graduate of Showa University of Music (top honours) and postgraduate studies at the Tokyo University of the Arts. Engaged broadly in acoustic production, audio equipment evaluation, and design consulting. Currently an Associate Professor at Senzoku Gakuen College of Music. Website: http://saburo-ubukata.com/

  • Composer / Sound Artist. Graduate studies were completed at Kunitachi College of Music. Her works are based on real-time signal processing in the field of music and arts. Recent works include the soundscape design for Takanawa Gateway City. Currently teaching at Tokyo University of the Arts, Senzoku Gakuen College of Music and Tamagawa University.

  • Sound Designer / Media Artist. Ph.D. (Information Studies). Formerly a Sound Designer at Sega Corporation, Assistant Professor at Tokyo University of the Arts, and Associate Professor at Tokyo University of Technology, he is currently a Professor at Tokyo University of Technology. He has extensive experience in sound design and music programming, with numerous exhibitions and performances both domestically and internationally. He has also published several books.
     

  • Composer / Sound Artist. Professor at Tokyo Denki University, Specially Appointed Professor at Tokyo College of Music, and Representative of the Electroacoustic People Project. Guest Artist and Researcher at ZKM (Centre for Art and Media Karlsruhe) in Germany. Active in numerous international collaborative projects primarily based in Germany, aiming at the social co-creation of electroacoustic music.