artist
JO Kazuhiro
Japan
Outdoor work in exhibition + sound walk.
JO Kazuhiro (b. 1977, Fukushima, Japan) is a practitioner with a background in acoustics and interaction design. He presents his practices both as works of art at museums and festivals, as well as papers at international journals and conferences. Selected projects include “Life in the groove”, a practice at the intersection of media archaeology and personal fabrication, “The SINE WAVE ORCHESTRA”, a participatory music project to create a collective sound representation, and “The Garden Archives Project”, to study and develop a new kind of comprehensive archive that digitally survey Japanese gardens’ diverse aspects. He also regularly organizes the event freq, which explores the possibilities of sound created by media technology.
JO Kazihuro holds a PHD in Design
JO Kazuhiro
Stay with Others (Moss), 2025
Binaural microphone, coaxial speakers, field recorder, chair
Recordings conducted between February 22 and June 12, 2025, with
Morten, Ida, Jenny, Mogens, Nicolas, Takuro, and Jo.
Stay with Others is an intimate sound-based installation by JO Kazuhiro. Visitors settle into a solitary chair beside a tree in a lush moss field, enveloped by fleeting echoes from previous visitors’ encounters. Binaural recordings captured by past listeners are reimagined in real time, bridging the ephemeral gap between presence and memory. The piece unfolds gently, shaping an acoustic environment where each shifting breeze and distant breath becomes part of a shared sonic tapestry. That intangible sense of communion transcends immediate perception, suggesting that each presence leaves an audible trace for the next. In the context of Between / Worlds: Resonant Ecologies, Stay with Others highlights a quiet threshold between human, plant, and temporal realms. The work addresses liminal states, where ephemeral soundscapes become zones of transition, fostering horizontal reorientation across multiple worlds.
JO Kazuhiro
soundwalk: afternoon, 21st, February, 2025 (with an artist and a curator)
Time: at any time, with your own device and headphones
Place: starting points at Galleri F 15, or along the route
In February 2025, artist JO Kazuhiro and MOMENTUM curator Morten Søndergaard conducted a sound walk through Moss and Jeløy, exploring sites crucial to MOMENTUM 13. This intimate journey highlighted resonant spaces, including the historic Alby Forest, volcanic Jeløy Island, and the Oslo Fjord, each hosting distinct sound installations. Amidst discussions of logistical challenges and curatorial strategies, the walk navigated icy paths, revealing how local ecologies—wind, water, trees—interact sonically with artistic interventions. JO’s reflective listening practice, captured through binaural recording, brings to life the biennial’s focus on acoustic environments as transformative, conversational spaces, culminating in the premiere of his work Stay with Others (Moss).