Tetsuya Umeda
Tetsuya Umeda
Umeda is a Japanese artist who is as fascinated in setting up interesting situations to observe, as he is in creating performances.
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Umeda is a Japanese artist who is as fascinated in setting up interesting situations to observe, as he is in creating performances.
A temporary archive and research space tracing the ways in which sound and audition move through everyday life.
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A chorister attempting to sing Vivaldi, with live accompaniment, while trampolining for 20 minutes.
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