Sound poetry performance with voice and electronics
Tomomi Adachi
Performances exhibitionFrom Concrete to Liquid to Spoken Worlds to the Word
20 min
Performance held on June 9, 2017, on the occasion of the exhibition From Concrete to Liquid to Spoken Worlds to the Word.
Tomomi Adachi is a sound poet, performer/composer, instrument builder and visual artist. Known for his versatile style, he has performed his own voice and electronics pieces, sound poetry, improvised music and contemporary music, and has also presented site-specific compositions, compositions for classical ensembles, choir pieces for untrained musicians all over the world including Tate Modern, Maerzmusik, Centre Pompidou and Poesiefestival Berlin. As the only Japanese performer of sound poetry, he performed Kurt Schwitters’ «Ursonate» as a Japan premiere in 1996.