concrete

Installation
The Voice of Inconstant Savage
Commissioned for the Engawa – Japanese Contemporary Art Season programme organized by Calouste Gulbenkian Museum's Modern Art Center, The Voice of Inconstant Savage is an immersive installation that superimposes a prayer inspired by the story of a 16th-century Portuguese missionary, a chant from a Kakure-Kirishitan (hidden Christians) prayer – a religion rooted in Nagasaki Prefecture –, a chant from the Karawara spirits of the Awá indigenous people – who live in the Amazon rainforest – and a chorus of Western Gregorian chant. Morinaga questions the position of the aesthetics of inconstancy in relation to the discourse of the “savage” that modern society confronts.

Field recordings
Sombat Simla: Master Of Bamboo Mouth Organ
Simla is known in Thailand as one of the greatest living players of the khene, the ancient bamboo mouth organ particularly associated with Laos but found throughout East and Southeast Asia. His virtuosic and endlessly inventive renditions of traditional and popular songs have earned him the title ‘the god of khene’, and he is known for his innovative techniques and ability to mimic other instruments and non-musical sound, including, as a writer for the Bangkok Post describes, ‘the sound of a train journey, complete with traffic crossings and the call of barbecue chicken vendors’.

Performing arts
To Belong
"To Belong / Suwung" is an Indonesia-Japan international collaborative project, in which the choreographer, Akiko Kitamura takes a challenging role.  This project, based on elaborative researches since 2010,  was performed in Asian countries and earned high evaluations. The latest version of "To Belong / Suwung" was premiered at the Aoyama Round Theatre in Tokyo. Artists, taking active roles in dances, music, and visual arts got together from each country to perform in this project. Dialogues among generations, contemporary dance, traditional dance, martial art, backbones of each artist, and interactions with keen bodily senses generated intensive magnetic fields. The artists successfully reached the creation of new stage world by unifying the Indonesian tradition, mystic energy, and the modern expression.

Archival sounds
『Archival Sound Series : Jose Maceda』
  Jose Maceda [1917-2004] was an ethnomusicologist and composer from Philippines. Maceda dedicated to the understanding of traditional music of Philippines. Since 1953, He has conduced field research throughout the Philippines and in eastern and western Africa, Brazil, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam and has written extensively about this research for the publications. As a composer, Maceda contributed his interest on music concrete since around 1954 and he has conduced his career as a composer. This CD is a collection of different Filipino traditional music and folk songs, recorded by Jose Maceda from 1953 to 1972. The CD dedicates to the ranges of different location, music, song in Philippines and introduces Maceda’s contribution to the field recording techniques and interests.