Ibuki – Presence in a Sigh

Ibuki – Presence in a Sigh Masaru Tabei and Yasuno Miyauchi, 2006.

Masaru Tabei and Yasuno Miyauchi

This is a sound object that you don’t hear with your ears but by vibrations transmitted through the body. The material used and the shape of the object invite the visitor to embrace it and to rest their chin on it. Vibrations are transmitted through the jaw and the sound can be heard. The experience generates an overwhelming sense of the small object’s huge presence.

Masaru Tabei was born in 978 in Gumma, Japan and is currently studying an M.A. in Interactive Media at IAMAS (Institute of Advanced Media Art and Science), Japan. Yasuno Miyauchi was born in 980 in Tokyo, Japan and is currently studying time-based media at IAMAS and also studied Music Composition at Tokyo Gakugei University. Ibuki – Presence in a Sigh has previously been shown in the exhibition ‘Source of Life’ at IAMAS, Yokohama in 2006.

www.hyougensya.com

Ibuki – Presence in a Sigh

Masaru Tabei and Yasuno Miyauchi, 2006.

Bone conduction is the transmission of sound to the inner ear through the bones of the skull. Some hearing aids employ bone conduction, achieving an effect equivalent to hearing directly by means of the ears. Recently, companies have embraced bone conduction for consumer products. A cell phone handset is on sale in Japan that lets users listen by pressing it against their jaws.

In this work the artists’ strive for a new way of listening. They want the user to realize the presence of his/her own body, and understand that the whole body resonates with the sounds of the world.