Photo above: Adachi Tomomi, Spirisapientlyra, 2024, String part: wood, 140 x 9.5 x 4.5 cm, Bow: fabric, wood, bamboo and prastic , 72 x 19 x 16.5 cm, Photo by Ueda Yoko
On view: MISA SHIN GALLERY presents Adachi Tomomi “Old Instruments From the Future, New Instruments From the Past (and Characters) ((by Artificial Intelligence)) “
MISA SHIN GALLERY presents Adachi Tomomi’s solo exhibition, “Old Instruments From the Future, New Instruments From the Past (and Characters) ((by Artificial Intelligence)).”
Born in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture in 1972, Tomomi Adachi works globally across various fields as a performer, sound poet, instrument builder, and visual artist, presenting solo performances involving voice, body, computer, and self-made instruments.
Adachi collaborates with sculptor Daigo Ohmura to create instruments designed by generative AI, with an installation that includes videos of these instruments being played.
At first glance, generative AI may seem to lack history and context, but Adachi hypothesizes that “AI has its own context, and it is merely that we cannot understand it.” By producing instruments designed by generative AI, developing playing techniques, practicing, and performing to understand their interfaces, Adachi aims to expand the possibilities of body and music. This approach respects AI as an independent intelligence and seeks to explore the “body” of AI, a concept rarely considered so far.
The exhibition also features characters created with 3D printers, in correspondence with the instruments.
Akin to a future left in the past, perhaps AI is pointing to these instruments from the history of the future.
Now on view until Saturday, April 26, 2025
MISA SHIN GALLERY
3-9-11-1F Minamiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0047
Open: 12:00 – 19:00
Closed: Sun, Mon, and public holidays
Admission: Free
For more details about the exhibit, visit MISA SHIN GALLERY’s website.
