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Side A "staying"
https://soundcloud.com/japaneseartsoundarchive/stayingwalking-a

Side B "walking"
https://soundcloud.com/japaneseartsoundarchive/stayingwalking-b



稲憲一郎《Staying / Walking》

人の行動の中でもっとも原初的でシンプルな動作、歩く《walking》あるいは、とどまる《staying》といった行為を音というメディアをとおしてある時間と共に記録する。カセットレコーダーによって記録された音自体はそれが指し示す以外の物事を示さないが、私と世界（私以外の物事）の間に記録を差し挟むことは私と外部の間の現れ、記録されたことがらの外の現れをみとることなのかもしれない。

The work uses sound as a medium to record human’s simplest and most primitive acts, “walking” and “staying,” through a definite period of time. Sounds captured by cassette recorder themselves only refer back to what they originally indicate. However, to put recording between self and the world (things except one’s self) would enable the contemplation of phenomena between a subject and its externalities, or phenomena outside the recorded.


日本語
https://japaneseartsoundarchive.com/jp/products/stayingwalking/

English
https://japaneseartsoundarchive.com/en/products/stayingwalking/

Throughout the history of Japanese art, there has been artists that filled museums, galleries, studios and other public spaces with all sorts of sounds. In most cases, however, once the sound faded, it couldn’t be heard again. Japanese Art Sound Archives is a project that aims to collect those often inaccessible sound activities of the past and make them more accessible for consultation.

1. japaneseartsoundarchive.com