{"id":4959,"date":"2022-09-19T10:49:50","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T10:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-blog-lb-526867726.eu-central-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/?p=5036"},"modified":"2022-12-16T03:53:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T03:53:30","slug":"yoshi-sodeoka-human-audio-visualizer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.niio.com\/blog\/yoshi-sodeoka-human-audio-visualizer\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoshi Sodeoka: human audio visualizer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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A multifaceted artist, Yoshi Sodeoka<\/strong><\/a> creates a wide range of audiovisual artistic works that include video art, animated gifs, music videos, and editorial illustrations. Influenced from an early stage in his career in noise music and glitch art, as well as avant garde movements such as Op Art, his work is characterized by breaking down the structure of the musical score and visual integrity of the image to find new forms of artistic expression.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A multifaceted artist, Yoshi Sodeoka<\/strong><\/a> creates a wide range of audiovisual artistic works that include video art, animated gifs, music videos, and editorial illustrations. Influenced from an early stage in his career in noise music and glitch art, as well as avant garde movements such as Op Art, his work is characterized by breaking down the structure of the musical score and visual integrity of the image to find new forms of artistic expression. His projects, developed individually or in close collaboration with other artists, materialize in fields as diverse as music <\/strong>(Psychic TV, Tame Impala, Oneohtrix Point Never, Beck, The Presets, Max Cooper), illustration (New York Times, Wired, The Atlantic, M.I.T Technology Review) fashion (Adidas, Nike), and advertising (Apple, Samsung). His work has been exhibited internationally, including at Centre Pompidou, Tate Britain, the Museum of Modern Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Deitch Projects, La Ga\u00eet\u00e9 Lyrique, the Museum of Moving Image, the Baltimore Museum of Art, and Laforet Museum Harajuku.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the following conversation, Sodeoka discusses his work and influences, focusing on the two artworks from the series Synthetic Liquid<\/em><\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>recently commissioned by Niio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Could you elaborate on how your background in music influences your artistic practice when creating new media artworks?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the beginning of my abstract video art projects, music and sounds usually come first. I guess in a way, I’m trying to be a human audio visualizer. I usually start by picking up some interesting sounds that I want to work with. That could either come from a friend or from myself. It really depends on how I feel. I’ve been a long time user of Logic (a MIDI sequencer software) so I usually cook up something quick in that. I’ve always played electric guitar since a young age, and I still have a collection of synthesizers and instruments. I’ve been a big fan of experimental noise and ambient music. I am lucky to have some really talented music friends that provide me with the exact sounds I’m looking for if I’m not in the mood to do my own. Anyhow, then I would try to come up with the idea of what sort of visuals go well with that sound. Experimental\/Noise music is just a perfect fit with the videos I make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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