Ryuichi Sakamoto

Playback 2022 (2022)

Dumb Type

Dumb Type, Playback, Installation view, Haus der Kunst Munich, Photo: Shiro Takatani, © Dumb Type
Dumb Type, Playback, Installation view, Haus der Kunst Munich, Photo: Shiro Takatani, © Dumb Type
Dumb Type, Playback, Installation view, Haus der Kunst Munich, Photo: Shiro Takatani, © Dumb Type
Playback is an evolving installation that features a soundscape made by Ryuichi Sakamoto in collaboration with Dumb Type. Sakamoto asked friends from sixteen cities worldwide to record sounds from their urban surroundings. Based on these recordings, Sakamoto and Dumb Type crafted a composition that transforms the space into an ever-evolving musing on the concepts of memory and association; distance and desire, in a further nod towards creating connections across times and geographies. This composition is also part of the Dumb Type installation made for the Japanese Pavilion at the concurrent Venice Biennale.