Atau Tanaka
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- Newcastle University, Culture Lab
ISEA Bio(s) Available:
ISEA2023
Atau Tanaka (JP/UK) Sound artist
ISEA2011
Atau Tanaka bridges the fields of media art, experimental music, and research. He worked at IRCAM, was Artistic Ambassador for Apple France, and was researcher at Sony Computer Science Laboratory Paris, and was an Artistic Co-Director of STEIM in Amsterdam. Atau creates sensor-based musical instruments for performance, and is known for his work with biosignal interfaces. He seeks to harness collective musical creativity in mobile environments, seeking out the continued place of the artist in democratized digital forms. His work has been presented at Ars Electronica, SFMOMA, Eyebeam, V2, ICC, and ZKM and has been mentor at NESTA.
ISEA2002
Atau Tanaka was born in Tokyo, and was raised in the U.S. He was in residency in Paris in 1993 at IRCAM. In 1995 he became Artistic Ambassador for Apple France for his work in interactive music. He mwed to Tokyo in 1997 for a project at NlT-ICC and subsequently taught at Keio, Wakayama, and Chukyo Universities. He creates a digital music in real time through bodily gestures of the performer and time perturbations of the network. He has received prizes and support from the CMD, the Fraunhofer Society, and the Daniel Langlois Foundation. He lives and works in Paris.
ISEA2000
Atau Tanaka was commissioned to compose the first piece for BioMuse, a bioelectrical musical instrument. In 1993, he moved to Paris to conduct research at IRCAM. In 1995 he became Artistic Ambassador for Apple France for interactive music technologies. In 1997 Atau moved to Tokyo for a residency at NTT-ICC.
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Last Known Location:
- Newcastle
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Performances:
Overblow
Categories: [Performances]
[ISEA95]
Tibet
Categories: [Sound Art] [Performances] [Concert - Audio]
[ISEA2002]
S.S.S.: Sensors Sonics Sights
Categories: [Performances] [Concert - Audio]
[ISEA2004]
4Hands iPhone
Categories: [Concert - Audio]
[ISEA2012]
DMT
Categories: [Concert - Audio]
[ISEA2012]
Presentations:
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Title: Industries of Culture and Creation Panel intro Panel Statement
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ISEA2000
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Title: Sustaining Creative Relationships across Africa and Europe through Artist-led Innovation
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ISEA2011
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Title: Untitled
Symposium:-
ISEA2011
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Title: Brain-Body Digital Musical Instrument Work-in-Progress
Symposium:-
ISEA2023
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