Goldsmiths postgraduate student Mari Ohno has recently been chosen for a funded residency at Cafe Oto organised by Sound and Music.
The Embedded programme places composers into extended relationships with leading national arts organisations. Aimed at talented composers and creative artists at an early stage in their career, Embedded is a bespoke programme, providing practical hands-on experience and a range of significant creative opportunities.
Mari, a sound artist, composer and sound designer, will spend 18 months in residence at Café Oto, developing creative ideas and practice, as well as producing live events and collaborations.
Bio Effector A membrane suspended in a gallery is vibrated like a drum by the sound of visitors’ bloodstreams, which are detected and modulated in real time.
A graduate from the MA in Creativity in Music and Sound at Tokyo University of the Arts, Marie creates sound installations and electroacoustic compositions that explore various dimensions of human perception.
Her works have been presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo Wonder Site, FILE (Brazil) and New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival. She has been selected for prestigious competitions including Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo Sonic Art Award, the International Composition Competition and Workshop Adelaide (Australia). In addition, her works have also been selected for participation in international conferences and art festivals including NIME, ISSTC (Ireland), Invisible Places (Portugal), WOCMAT (Taiwan).