尤里铃木
يوري سوزوكي

The Physical Value of Sound

source: designboom

designer yuri suzuki is currently featured in his first solo exhibition at clear gallery,
tokyo, japan. the exhibition showcases suzuki’s interactive works ‘prepared turn table’
and ‘sound chaser’ with the use of vinyl.

‘with the lost of their physicality, objects become virtual existences. the reason
why I have a feeling of uneasiness towards sound recorded in a digital format,
is because the digital data of sound is nothing more than a virtual copy of
the existing original’ says suzuki

the ‘record’ was chosen not just because of the commonness in its time, but because
of the simple structure and characteristics of the media. ‘sound’ is recorded on this
media in an extremely direct and physical way which allows it to be played simply
by amplifying the vibration between the record and the needle dropped upon it.
in addition sound can be visually seen and read through the density of the grooves
pressed on the record. it could still be said that the record is the most modern,
and the finest media in the field of analogue recording technology.
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source: yurisuzuki

The Physical Value of Sound consists of series of products which allow people to realize the physicality of music.

Recently, the media that surround us has changed from analog to digital — for instance, photography, film and music. These days, most sounds are recorded only digitally. I feel uneasy about digitalisation of music because I wonder if they will survive to next generation. Digital based music media is just “data”, in other words, “virtual”. When objects lose physicality, they turn into virtual.

I strongly believe that record is still the latest, and the finest media in analogue recording technology. If you think of Edison’s gramophone record, it is clear that records can survive and can be listened to after hundreds of years. Record is the only commonly available, playable media which is physical and in this project I used this diminished format as the raw materiel.
I hope the experience of this project will provoke people’s interest to this physical music media.
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source: pad-fairs

Born in Tokyo, Japan, 1980. Lives and Works in London.

Yuri Suzuki is a sound artist, electronic musician and designer who produces work that explores the realms of sound through exquisitely designed pieces. Between 1999 and 2005 he worked for Japanese art unit Maywa Denki, where he developed a strong interest in music and technology. During his studies at the Royal College of Art, he worked on some projects for Yamaha and Moritz Waldemeyer, and after his graduation in 2008 he opened his own studio in London. Suzuki’s work raises questions of the relation between sound and people and how music and sound affect people’s mind.

Yuri Suzuki’s sound art pieces and installations have been shown in exhibitions all around the world. From 2011, he also became designer and visiting artist in Stockholm creative collective Teenage Engineering.

For PAD London Prize Yuri Suzuki will introduce a new work composed of ‘The sound of earth’ and ‘Sound chaser’.

The media that surround us has changed from analog to digital — for instance, photography, film and music. These days, most sounds are recorded only digitally. I feel uneasy about the digitalisation of music because I feel anxious if they will survive to next generation. Digital based music media is just a “data”, in other words, “virtual”. When objects lose its physicality, they turn virtual.

I strongly believe that the record is still the latest, and the finest media in analogue recording technology. If you think of Edison’s gramophone record, it is clear that records can survive and can be listened to after hundreds of years from its production. The record is the only commonly available, playable media which is physical and in this series of projects I used this diminished format as a raw material.

I hope the experience of this series will provoke people’s interest to this nearly forgotten but important physical music media.
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source: colectivatv

Yuri Suzuki presenta El Valor Fisico del Sonido, su primera exposicion individual, en la galeria Clear Gallery en Tokyo, Japon. Alli se encuentran una serie de instalaciones de sonido interactivas en las que los espectadores pueden crear sonidos nuevos al explorar la fisicalidad de los discos de vinil.

Segun Suzuki:

Con la perdida de la fisicalidad, el objeto se convierte en una existencia virtual. El motivo por el cual tengo un desapego hacia el sonido que se graba en formato digital, es porque la informacion que contiene una grabacion digital del sonido no es mas que una copia virtual de lo ya existente.
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source: vejaabril

O artista e inventor japonês Yuri Suzuki: pesquisando a “relação entre o som e as pessoas”. Apenas algumas poucas pessoas são realmente capazes de levar adiante o clássico sonho de se tornar um “cientista maluco”, tão comum durante a nossa infância.

Nascido em Tóquio em 1980, o artista e inventor Yuri Suzuki pode ser considerado um destes sonhadores insistentes que decidiram levar a sério este lado “Professor Pardal” da personalidade humana.

Um rádio, elaborado por Suzuki, cujas peças e circuitos simulam o mapa do metrô de Londres (Foto: yurisuzuki.com)
E ele o faz tendo como principal interesse uma pesquisa “sobre a relação entre o som e as pessoas e como o som e a música afetam as mentes das pessoas”.

Utilizando 5 mil latas de cerveja, Yuri Suzuki construiu um delirante “soundsystem”, uma aparelhagem de som como a utilizada pelos músicos jamaicanos.

Suzuki, que na primeira metade década passada colaborou com o coletivo japonês de artes e performance Maywa Denki, mudou-se em 2005 para Londres – cidade onde ainda mora -, estudando na Royal College of Art.

Abriu seu próprio estúdio em 2008, mas mesmo antes disso já viajava pelo mundo mostrando seus surpreendentes inventos e instalações em exposições, além de ministrar palestras e workshops.

Entre suas andanças recentes está a participação no evento FILE, realizado este ano no Rio de Janeiro e em São Paulo, exibindo sua Beatvox, uma bateria acionada por sons emitido desde um microfone.

O toca-discos “Prepared Turntable”, que funciona com várias agulhas independentes. Desta forma, quem o opera ajuda a “compor” uma nova música a cada vez. O resultado pode soar bastante experimental, mas é no mínimo muito interessante, como mostra o vídeo abaixo

As criações de Suzuki não são necessariamente utilitárias ou aptas a um uso cotidiano. Mas no mínimo chamam a atenção por sua natureza irônica, cômica ou de questionamento sobre o panorama tecnológico atual relacionado aos sons.