岩田渉 / IWATA Wataru
Wataru IWATA is a transdisciplinary artist known for his work in Music, AudioVisual art, Digital Arts, Film, and Performance with anthropological insights. He's behind albums like "Life is Beautiful," "Think with no words (DU)," "Objet α," and "Vexations 21 (OFF)." Notable pieces include the short film "MA MÈRE L'OYE" (2020) and digital art like "no-on," "deeep," and "HOSONO HOSONO," utilizing 3D audio. His "MIROIRS" multimedia performance (2021) won international film awards, followed by the award-winning "SPHERE" (CG Animation 2022), showcasing IWATA's diverseness and/or/between nothingness.
岩田渉
Transdisciplinary Artist. 人類学的視点を軸に音楽、映像、デジタルアート、パフォーマンス等の制作、ディレクションを行う。
Transdisciplinary Artist. 人類学的視点を軸に音楽、映像、デジタルアート、パフォーマンス等の制作、ディレクションを行う。
近年では、2Dセル・オートマトンと共に作曲された音楽アルバム『Life is Beautiful』、『Objet α』、カルテット「Pulse Convention」による即興演奏『Simultaneous Spontaneity』、脳波による作曲ユニット「Intrinsic」による『Think with no words』、『0 to 9』などを発表している。またベルギーの音楽レーベル「OFF」とのコラボレーションにより、日本、ベルギー、ウクライナ、フランス、イギリス、スイスなどのアーティスト21人によるエリック・サティの「ヴェクサシオン２１」を制作・発表。
その他、シネポエトリー「MA MÈRE L'OYE」（短編映画2020）、デジタルアート「no-on」、立体音響を用いた「deeep」、「HOSONO HOSONO」の制作、ディレクションを行う。2021年に上演された「MIROIRS」（マルチメディア・パフォーマンス2021）の映像化作品はAVIFF Cannes Art Film FestivalにてAngel Orensanz Foundation NYC Prizeを受賞。また同作品からのスピンオフ作品「SPHERE」（CGアニメーション2022）ではLondon International Animation FestivalでBest Abstract Film Awardを受賞。
Works
2023 Sound Installation「Archeology of Being」@Koishikawa Botanical Garden
Acousmonium Concert「Principium Mundi」@Contemporary Computer Music Concert
Acousmonium Concert「Principium Mundi」@Contemporary Computer Music Concert
2022 Album「0 to 9」released @Off label
Art Direction「YGGDRASILL」@Chino Cultural Complex
Screening「Miroirs」@Theater Guild
Art Direction「YGGDRASILL」@Chino Cultural Complex
Screening「Miroirs」@Theater Guild
2021 Direction A/V Performance「Miroirs」@Chino Cultural Complex
Direction & Release 「Vexations 21」@Off label
Exhibition 3D audio(BoSC) work「deeep」@J-WAVE INNOVATION WORLD FEST
Invited Speech @Acoustical Society of Japan
Music Composition「Gekou」(Short Animation) released @Ajisa
Performance「Vexations」@Hall of Halls, Kiyosato
Direction & Release 「Vexations 21」@Off label
Exhibition 3D audio(BoSC) work「deeep」@J-WAVE INNOVATION WORLD FEST
Invited Speech @Acoustical Society of Japan
Music Composition「Gekou」(Short Animation) released @Ajisa
Performance「Vexations」@Hall of Halls, Kiyosato
2020 Album 「Real-time flows」released @Diffuse Reality
Album 「At the Gate」/Pulse Convention released @Off label
Album「Think With No Words」 /INTRINSIC released @Detroit Underground
Co-Direction Short Film「HEY」
Co-Direction Cinepoetry「Ma Mère l’Oye」
Direction A/V Performance「Spiegel im Spiegel」@Chino Cultural Complex
EP Album「Disperse」/Evoke released @Off label
EP Album「At the Gate」/Pulse Convention released @Off label
Album 「At the Gate」/Pulse Convention released @Off label
Album「Think With No Words」 /INTRINSIC released @Detroit Underground
Co-Direction Short Film「HEY」
Co-Direction Cinepoetry「Ma Mère l’Oye」
Direction A/V Performance「Spiegel im Spiegel」@Chino Cultural Complex
EP Album「Disperse」/Evoke released @Off label
EP Album「At the Gate」/Pulse Convention released @Off label
2019 Album「Life is Beautiful」released @Detroit Underground
Album「Objet α」released @Off label
Album「Simultaneous Spontaneity」/Pulse Convention released @Off label
Exhibition「HOSONO HOSONO」@Roppongi Hills
Exhibition「Paintings」@Hachette
Interactive Digital Art 「Tea Room with No Words」@ASAHIYAKI gallery
Performance「INTRINSIC」@GANPEKI MUSIC FESTIVAL
Concert「Nostalgia for Electronics and Video」@Asia Computer Music Project 2019
Album「Objet α」released @Off label
Album「Simultaneous Spontaneity」/Pulse Convention released @Off label
Exhibition「HOSONO HOSONO」@Roppongi Hills
Exhibition「Paintings」@Hachette
Interactive Digital Art 「Tea Room with No Words」@ASAHIYAKI gallery
Performance「INTRINSIC」@GANPEKI MUSIC FESTIVAL
Concert「Nostalgia for Electronics and Video」@Asia Computer Music Project 2019
2018 Interactive Digital Art - 2D cellular automaton「Life is Beautiful -Generative Society-」@Art Hack Day / The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation
Interactive Digital Art
「no-on」@MUTEK.jp 2018
Interactive Digital Art
「no-on」@MUTEK.jp 2018
2017 Album「no direction」released @Objet α
Album「A L’aube des Temps」released @Objet α
Album「A L’aube des Temps」released @Objet α
2016 Video works 「Trilogy」 @Fukushima Biennale
Co-Curation for main venue @Fukusima Biennale
Co-Curation for main venue @Fukusima Biennale
2013 Establish and direction「Citizens Scientists International Symposium」
2011 Establish and direction「Citizen Radioactivity Measuring Station」
2007 Performance「She Is a Part of Flower」@KINO / Tokyo Collection
Album「current」released
Album「Fried Green」released @Point Blanc
Album「current」released
Album「Fried Green」released @Point Blanc
2001 Album「i-dimension」released
2000 Concert「dy/dx」@Starpines Cafe
1995 Opening Concert @Aoyama Morph
Performance「Pangaea」@Blue
Performance「Abe-sada and Salomé」@Blue
Performance「Pangaea」@Blue
Performance「Abe-sada and Salomé」@Blue
1994 Exhibition「Pangaea」@Club Mother / Aoyama Manifest