Rewinding curing tape with a motor. The performers use a switch to control the rotation direction of the motor and its ON/OFF. Each time the tape is rewound on to the motor axis, it makes peeling sounds and continuant sounds. Magnetic tapes, such as cassette tapes, play back sound through magnetic heads when they are rewound from one axis to another.
SHOJIKI “Play Back” Curing Tapes / Muku Kobayashi (JP), Mitsuru Tokisato (JP), Credit: vog.photo
SHOJIKI “Play Back” Curing Tapes / Muku Kobayashi (JP), Mitsuru Tokisato (JP), Credit: vog.photo
SHOJIKI “Play Back” Curing Tapes / Muku Kobayashi (JP), Mitsuru Tokisato (JP), Credit: vog.photo
SHOJIKI “Play Back” Curing Tapes / Muku Kobayashi (JP), Mitsuru Tokisato (JP), Credit: vog.photo
The performance of SHOJIKI analogically connects the two movements of “Rewinding a magnetic tape” and “Rewinding a curing tape.” The magnetic tape, which is a sonic reproduction medium, is coated with a powder that can be magnetized, called a “magnetic substance;” on the other hand, curing tape is coated with an “adhesive agent.” Sounds can be recorded, played back and erased on magnetic tapes many times, and on the other hand curing tapes are made for temporary adhesion, and therefore can be taped on and peeled off several times. Just as the magnetic substance on the magnetic tape wears down and degrades, the adhesive agent on the curing tape also becomes weak after long use.
SHOJIKI refers to the physical characteristics of sonic reproduction mediums from this coincidental tie between the two different tapes, and “playback” curing tapes.
Project Credits:
- Thanks: Makoto Oshiro
- Supported by Japan Media Arts Festival (Organized by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan)
Biographies:
Muku Kobayashi (JP): Born in Tokyo, 1992. MFA, Information design from Tama Art University, 2017. MFA, Sculpture from Kyoto City University of Arts, 2019.
Creating musical devices that make a tiny sound based on kinetic movement. Recently working on aninstallation that combines video equipment such as video camera and display.
http://pocopuu.net/
Mitsuru Tokisato (JP): Born 1990 in Hyogo. Graduated from the International Academy of Media Arts and Sciences in 2010, and from Tama Art University in 2012.Create works based on observations and experiments with cameras and screens.
https://tokisato.info
