20250614 - Vibro-Tactile Art with Satoshi Morita and Ricardo Huisman - Making Waves

What this episode covers

<p>This is the first of two episodes about vibro-tactile artworks. These are artworks that are centred in sound, but the sound medium bypasses the cochlea and transmits to listeners directly through their bodies. The first half of the show is a conversation that host Darren Copeland had with Satoshi Morita. Morita is a Japanese sculptor and sound artist based in Germany. He created a number of vibro-tactile works in the mid to late 00's including <em>Sound Capsule</em>, <em>Sonic Helmut</em> and <em>Sonic Suit</em>.&nbsp; He is currently making wooden organ pipes for his piece Primal Response that have some overlaps with vibro-tactile audio.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.sonicspacelabs.com/morita/works/" target="_self">Visit this link</a> to view pictures of Satoshi Morita's sculptures.&nbsp;</p><p>The second half of the show includes a radio documentary made by Dutch sound and media artist Ricardo Huisman that he calls a tactile sound portrait of Toronto. The work was made from a visit to Toronto in 2008 when he presented his installation <em>Super Sonic Sound Scape Shoes</em> at the Deep Wireless Festival. The installation had visitors place their feet inside very large Dutch wooden shoes which had speakers built inside them. Soundscape recordings he made in Toronto would play through the shoes and transmit through the body of the installation visitor. In the documentary Huisman captures the sonic environment of the symposium host site and the conversations he had with other festival participants. <a href="https://www.ricardohuisman.com/tactile-sonic-portrait-toronto/" target="_self">Visit this link</a> to learn more.</p><p>Lastly, WGXC's pledge drive for donations is coming up later in June.&nbsp; Please consider making a donation at&nbsp;<a href="https://wgxc.org/donate/" target="_self">This Link Here</a>.</p>