"Solstice concert" at Avangard koolhos with Patrick McGinley, jgrzinich, Ki wa and others

"Clinamen Tides" performance - John Grzinich, EKU, Hitoshi Kojo

Hitoshi Kojo has managed his own label : OCTPIA, since 2000... Several of his own titles were created under the name "spiracle". His newest publication is released as spiracle's ''ananta' by Belgian publisher 'Mystery Sea' on February. And next collaboration title with Maurizio Bianchi and Nobu Kasahara 'The Epidemic Symphony No.9' will be released on 'Octpia' very soon.

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Hitoshi Kojo (s.1969 Jaapanis) on töötanud erinevatel loomingulistel aladel nagu näiteks muusika, maal, installatsioon ja performance, milles ta kasutab nii traditsioonilisi kui kaasaegseid meetodeid. Iidse aasia kultuuri mõjude all üles kasvanuna on ta viimasel ajal teostanud end hoopis Euroopas. Süvenemine vanadesse müütidesse ja tavadesse, koostöö teiste sarnaseid ideid jagavate kunstnikega nagu Michael Northam [KODAMA], Yannick Dauby, John Grzinich, Jonathan Coleclough, Maurizio Bianchi, The New Blockaders, jne...Oma loomingus skaneerib ta sageli lihtsaid igapäevategevusi, proovides püüda iga momendi tuumaks olevat tabamatut sädet.

2000. aastast alates on Hitoshi Kojo hallanud plaadileibelit OCTPIA. Terve rida tema enda teoseid on loodud nime all "spiracle". Tema kõige viimane teos spiracle 'iris' anti välja belgia plaadileibeli 'Mystery Sea' poolt selle aasta veebruaris. Järgmine koostöö Maurizio Bianchi ja Nobu Kasaharaga kannab pealkirja ' The Epidemic Symphony No.9' ja see antakse OCTPIA poolt välja üsna pea.

Tänu viimase aja nomaadilisele elustiilile on talle väga tähtsaks saanud performanced ja välisalvestised. Performance' d leitud objektidega, töötamine ja salvestamine erilise kõlaga ruumides, liikumise üleminekute salvestamine jne. Tema huvi nende salvestiste puhul ei ole mitte originaaldokument vaid pigem salvestatud tulemi ümberpaigutamine mujale. Ta kannab need salvestised teistesse kohtadesse, mängib, esitab ja salvestab need helid uues keskkonnas. Seejärel kombineerib ta kõik eelnevad salvestised poeetiliseks kompositsiooniks. Need salvestised on viimasel aastal liikunud temaga läbi Jaapani, Sveitsi, Prantsusmaa, Belgia ja Inglismaa. Eestis see tsükkel jätkub. Siintehtud salvestised taasesitatakse ja salvestatakse kusagil mujal, kantakse seejärel edasi järgmistesse kohtadesse.

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Hitoshi Kojo (b. 1969, Japan) has worked in various artistic branches such as music, painting, installation & performance, using both a traditional & contemporary methodologies... Brought up with the influence of ancient asian culture, he recently exposed himself in Europe where most of his activities currently take place, absorbing old myths & customs, & collaborating with other like-minded artists (Michael Northam [under the KODAMA moniker], Yannick Dauby, John Grzinich, Jonathan Coleclough, Maurizio Bianchi, The New Blockaders, etc...). The theme of his projects often drifts from scanning daily matters, trying to catch that elusive spark at the very core of a momentum...

Hitoshi Kojo has managed his own label : OCTPIA, since 2000... Several of his own titles were created under the name "spiracle". His newest publication is released as spiracle's 'iris' by Belgian publisher 'Mystery Sea' on February. And next collaboration title with Maurizio Bianchi and Nobu Kasahara 'The Epidemic Symphony No.9' will be released on 'Octpia' very soon.

As a result of a more nomadic life recently, performance and the recording in the outdoors has become important for him. Performance with found objects, recording in particular resonant spaces, recording the transition of movements, etc... But rather, the main interest of his work lies more in the dislocation of the recorded result rather than the original document. He carries those recordings to other locations, and plays, performs, records with the sound in the environment. He then makes composition by the poetic combination of all previous recordings.

These recordings moved with him through Japan, Switzerland, France, Belgium and England in the past year. In Estonia, the cycle continues. Those recordings will be played and recorded somewhere, and carried on to next the places.