Ryuichi Sakamoto
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Ryuichi Sakamoto | seeing sound, hearing time (Japan, 2024 - 2025)
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Shiro Takatani, Daito Manabe, Carsten Nicolai, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Zakkubalan, Toshio Iwai, Fujiko Nakaya
“Ryuichi Sakamoto | seeing sound, hearing time" Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 2024
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani, LIFE–fluid, invisible, inaudible..., 2007 ©2024 KAB Inc. Photography: Takeshi Asano
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani, LIFE–fluid, invisible, inaudible..., 2007 ©2024 KAB Inc. Photography: Takeshi Asano
“Ryuichi Sakamoto | seeing sound, hearing time" Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 2024
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani, async–immersion tokyo, 2024 ©2024 KAB Inc. Photography: Takeshi Asano
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani, async–immersion tokyo, 2024 ©2024 KAB Inc. Photography: Takeshi Asano
“Ryuichi Sakamoto | seeing sound, hearing time" Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 2024
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani, TIME TIME, 2024 ©2024 KAB Inc. Photography: Kazuo Fukunaga
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani, TIME TIME, 2024 ©2024 KAB Inc. Photography: Kazuo Fukunaga
“Ryuichi Sakamoto | seeing sound, hearing time" Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 2024
Ryuichi Sakamoto with Shiro Takatani, IS YOUR TIME, 2017/2024 ©2024 KAB Inc. Photography: Kazuo Fukunaga
Ryuichi Sakamoto with Shiro Takatani, IS YOUR TIME, 2017/2024 ©2024 KAB Inc. Photography: Kazuo Fukunaga
“Ryuichi Sakamoto | seeing sound, hearing time" Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 2024
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani, LIFE–fluid, invisible, inaudible..., 2007 ©2024 KAB Inc. Photography: Ryuichi Maruo
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani, LIFE–fluid, invisible, inaudible..., 2007 ©2024 KAB Inc. Photography: Ryuichi Maruo
“Ryuichi Sakamoto | seeing sound, hearing time" Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 2024
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Toshio Iwai, Music Plays Images X Images Play Music, 1996-1997/2024 ©2024 KAB Inc. Photography: Ryuichi Maruo
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Toshio Iwai, Music Plays Images X Images Play Music, 1996-1997/2024 ©2024 KAB Inc. Photography: Ryuichi Maruo
Min Tanaka Site-specific Dance performance at Ryuichi Sakamoto + Fujiko Nakaya + Shiro Takatani, LIFE–WELL TOKYO, Fog Sculpture #47662
Photo: Itaru Hirama
Photo: Itaru Hirama
Min Tanaka Site-specific Dance performance at Ryuichi Sakamoto + Fujiko Nakaya + Shiro Takatani, LIFE–WELL TOKYO, Fog Sculpture #47662
Photo: Itaru Hirama
Photo: Itaru Hirama
A composer and an artist, Ryuichi Sakamoto continuously paved the way for his era through his diverse and cutting-edge artistic activities. Since the 2000s, he devoted himself to creating three-dimensional sound installations in exhibition spaces, which he developed and realized in collaboration with various artists. Focusing on large-scale installation works, the exhibition looks back on Sakamoto's pioneering, experimental creative artworks, including some of his most well-known previous pieces, and new works that he envisioned before his passing.
List of installations:
TIME TIME, 2024
water state 1, 2013
IS YOUR TIME, 2017/2024
Carsten Nicolai, PHOSPHENES, ENDO EXO, 2024 Music: Ryuichi Sakamoto
async–first light, 2017
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Durmiente, 2021
async−immersion tokyo, 2024
async−volume, 2017
LIFE−fluid, invisible, inaudible…, 2007
Music Plays Images X Images Play Music, 1996–97/2024
*Special Exhibit from Archive - New installation work reenacting a performance from 1996–97
Sensing Streams 2024−invisible, inaudible (MOT version) , 2024
LIFE−WELL TOKYO, Fog Sculpture #47662, 2024
*Special collaboration with Fujiko Nakaya
List of installations:
TIME TIME, 2024
water state 1, 2013
IS YOUR TIME, 2017/2024
Carsten Nicolai, PHOSPHENES, ENDO EXO, 2024 Music: Ryuichi Sakamoto
async–first light, 2017
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Durmiente, 2021
async−immersion tokyo, 2024
async−volume, 2017
LIFE−fluid, invisible, inaudible…, 2007
Music Plays Images X Images Play Music, 1996–97/2024
*Special Exhibit from Archive - New installation work reenacting a performance from 1996–97
Sensing Streams 2024−invisible, inaudible (MOT version) , 2024
LIFE−WELL TOKYO, Fog Sculpture #47662, 2024
*Special collaboration with Fujiko Nakaya
Ryuichi Sakamoto | seeing sound, hearing time (Japan, 2024 - 2025)
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Shiro Takatani, Daito Manabe, Carsten Nicolai, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Zakkubalan, Toshio Iwai, Fujiko Nakaya
“Ryuichi Sakamoto | seeing sound, hearing time" Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 2024
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani, LIFE–fluid, invisible, inaudible..., 2007 ©2024 KAB Inc. Photography: Takeshi Asano
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani, LIFE–fluid, invisible, inaudible..., 2007 ©2024 KAB Inc. Photography: Takeshi Asano
“Ryuichi Sakamoto | seeing sound, hearing time" Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 2024
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani, async–immersion tokyo, 2024 ©2024 KAB Inc. Photography: Takeshi Asano
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani, async–immersion tokyo, 2024 ©2024 KAB Inc. Photography: Takeshi Asano
“Ryuichi Sakamoto | seeing sound, hearing time" Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 2024
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani, TIME TIME, 2024 ©2024 KAB Inc. Photography: Kazuo Fukunaga
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani, TIME TIME, 2024 ©2024 KAB Inc. Photography: Kazuo Fukunaga
“Ryuichi Sakamoto | seeing sound, hearing time" Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 2024
Ryuichi Sakamoto with Shiro Takatani, IS YOUR TIME, 2017/2024 ©2024 KAB Inc. Photography: Kazuo Fukunaga
Ryuichi Sakamoto with Shiro Takatani, IS YOUR TIME, 2017/2024 ©2024 KAB Inc. Photography: Kazuo Fukunaga
“Ryuichi Sakamoto | seeing sound, hearing time" Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 2024
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani, LIFE–fluid, invisible, inaudible..., 2007 ©2024 KAB Inc. Photography: Ryuichi Maruo
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani, LIFE–fluid, invisible, inaudible..., 2007 ©2024 KAB Inc. Photography: Ryuichi Maruo
“Ryuichi Sakamoto | seeing sound, hearing time" Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 2024
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Toshio Iwai, Music Plays Images X Images Play Music, 1996-1997/2024 ©2024 KAB Inc. Photography: Ryuichi Maruo
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Toshio Iwai, Music Plays Images X Images Play Music, 1996-1997/2024 ©2024 KAB Inc. Photography: Ryuichi Maruo
Min Tanaka Site-specific Dance performance at Ryuichi Sakamoto + Fujiko Nakaya + Shiro Takatani, LIFE–WELL TOKYO, Fog Sculpture #47662
Photo: Itaru Hirama
Photo: Itaru Hirama
Min Tanaka Site-specific Dance performance at Ryuichi Sakamoto + Fujiko Nakaya + Shiro Takatani, LIFE–WELL TOKYO, Fog Sculpture #47662
Photo: Itaru Hirama
Photo: Itaru Hirama
A composer and an artist, Ryuichi Sakamoto continuously paved the way for his era through his diverse and cutting-edge artistic activities. Since the 2000s, he devoted himself to creating three-dimensional sound installations in exhibition spaces, which he developed and realized in collaboration with various artists. Focusing on large-scale installation works, the exhibition looks back on Sakamoto's pioneering, experimental creative artworks, including some of his most well-known previous pieces, and new works that he envisioned before his passing.
List of installations:
TIME TIME, 2024
water state 1, 2013
IS YOUR TIME, 2017/2024
Carsten Nicolai, PHOSPHENES, ENDO EXO, 2024 Music: Ryuichi Sakamoto
async–first light, 2017
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Durmiente, 2021
async−immersion tokyo, 2024
async−volume, 2017
LIFE−fluid, invisible, inaudible…, 2007
Music Plays Images X Images Play Music, 1996–97/2024
*Special Exhibit from Archive - New installation work reenacting a performance from 1996–97
Sensing Streams 2024−invisible, inaudible (MOT version) , 2024
LIFE−WELL TOKYO, Fog Sculpture #47662, 2024
*Special collaboration with Fujiko Nakaya
List of installations:
TIME TIME, 2024
water state 1, 2013
IS YOUR TIME, 2017/2024
Carsten Nicolai, PHOSPHENES, ENDO EXO, 2024 Music: Ryuichi Sakamoto
async–first light, 2017
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Durmiente, 2021
async−immersion tokyo, 2024
async−volume, 2017
LIFE−fluid, invisible, inaudible…, 2007
Music Plays Images X Images Play Music, 1996–97/2024
*Special Exhibit from Archive - New installation work reenacting a performance from 1996–97
Sensing Streams 2024−invisible, inaudible (MOT version) , 2024
LIFE−WELL TOKYO, Fog Sculpture #47662, 2024
*Special collaboration with Fujiko Nakaya