Miroque wrapped the venue in a calm sound, and she is the only one who used a musical keyboard in performance. L?K?O who is a special guest was playing an offensive sound which emphasized high frequency using three turntable + a laptop. As for the performance DJ has a rich physicality. It was impressive that much of the audience was gazing at his play eagerly and moving their body.

Left) L?K?O, Right) Keiichiro Shibuya

Keiichiro Shibuya, his performance consisted of a combination with precisely constructed sound and the stoic image which flashes like a glint of light. Maybe he stood in the center of a sound system while performing, it was interesting that the sound changed greatly in proportion to places in the venue.

Next, Kozo Inada. Unfortunately I failed to hear his performance. In a friend’s talk, the last deployment was superb, and it is regretful to
have missed this opportunity.

Left) Merzbow

Masami Akita a.k.a. Merzbow, is the maestro of noise. His performance would be one of the highlights of this event. The first half of sound increasing gradually was really overwhelming. It was understood following the projection of various creatures with a roaring sound, that the high region of ear is gradually lost. Is it true that the volume of Merzbow,s sound systems is louder than the others?

Left) Takamasa Aoki, Right) NUMB

Takamasa Aoki who justs released his 3rd album. His performance seems to have brought the coolness to the venue in combination with the voice and sound, which are occasionally mixed with a little wonderful rhythm played from a laptop. Impression differs whenever it hears it; I look forward to the next time.

The last, NUMB. He was swaying the space and the audience in a struck beat despite the late time just before dawn.

Although it was regrettable that there were small crowds (probably because of cold rain), I think that this event stretched the frame of existing electronic music. For example, the performance by own software and the sound which complain to the body itself, for the audience. It was also able to get precious CD.

The opening of the Mori art museum itself is a little less than one year away. It is expected that various deployments will still be made in sound, media art, and other fields.

In addition, the work contained on this CD “Open Mind” can be downloaded from the official site of Mori Art Museum except for Ryoji Ikeda’s sound work. Although the sound works are different from the original because of MP3 compression, it contains the screen saver by AGE 5&UP. If you are intrigued by them, I’ll recommend you to get them.

Open Mind Live Event
Date: December 21st, 2002
Place : Roppongi Hills Information Center / THINK ZONE
Address: Roppongi Building, 6-2-31 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Tel: +81 (0)3 5770 8824
info@moriart.org
https://www.moriart.org