birthing voice

*Information at the time of adoption.

Name of the organization or individual

Naoko Nakaoka

subsidy category

start-up subsidy

Grant Type

single year individual

FY 2021 1st Startup Subsidy

"The Voice of Birth" (2022) Photo by Hayato Itakura

"The Voice of Birth" (2022) Photo by Hayato Itakura

"The Voice of Birth" (2022) Photo by Hayato Itakura

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Business Overview

A performance-style sound installation in which one speaker and one actor play one role. As for the voice emitted by the speaker, the voice recorded in advance by the same person as the appearing actor is reproduced. The speaker standing tall on the stage is a mere sound medium, an object, and a narrator, so it crosses various physicalities. The loudspeaker, which makes the sound heard somewhere in the past, be heard here and now, and the actor, who is certainly acting here and now, gradually blend and trace each other's outlines. What do we find and listen to when we pay attention to a speaker who has a role? The change of listening for the sound emitted from the speaker was asked. Actor: Rei Nakajo Composition, Direction, Sound Drama: Naoko Nakaoka Cenography: Yuto Itakura Lighting: Ama Onigiri Assistant Director: Akihina Ito Sound Assistant: Kotone Ito, Kotaro Tanaka Production: Akari Aota, Maisuzu Kyoya Video: Naoki Hidaka Photo: Yuto Itakura Promotional Art: Kaoru Nagata Planning/Organizer: Naoko Nakaoka

implementation period

Friday, March 11, 2022 - 12th (Sat)

Place of implementation

Senju Motomachi Souko (Adachi-ku, Tokyo)

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Profile

Naoko Nakaoka
Born in 1999.
Exploring the relationship between sound and the body, he creates sound works and designs sound for stage and video works such as plays and dances. Graduated from the Department of Music and Environment Creation, Tokyo University of the Arts.