artist
Takuro Oshima
Japan
Interactive sound installation 16 June at House of Foundation.
Takuro Oshima (b. 1992, Kyoto, Japan) calls himself a sound player who creates works that merge engineering and sonic experimentation. Drawing from his background in engineering, Oshima develops sound devices that explore the concept of “noise” as a reflection of uncontrollable situations. He considers his own stuttering as “noise”, presenting works that celebrate unpredictability and challenge societal norms of communication and tolerance. Through these playful performances, Oshima aims to “massage” societal intolerance.
Recent works include KAKKIN, a project that combines a skateboard and an electric guitar, allowing the performer to “play” the shape of the city. His works often focus on interactive sound performances and DIY acoustic tools, engaging both the audience and their surrounding environments.
Oshima holds a degree in Electronic and Mechanical Engineering from Suzuka National College of Technology and a Master’s degree in Media Creation from the Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS).
Takuro Oshima
My DTM, 2017/2025
Toy trains, cassette player, magnetic tapes
Takuro Oshima’s My DTM is an interactive sound installation that merges the ephemeral qualities of music-making with the joy of childhood exploration. Motorized toy trains, outfitted with magnetic tape, traverse a track embedded with cassette playback heads, creating a rich tapestry of layered audio. Each train car plays a unique sound; as the cars connect or diverge, the composition evolves in unexpected ways. Balancing creative control with moments of chance, participants become intimately attuned to the trains’ rhythms, simultaneously orchestrating and surrendering to them. Collisions, derailments, and fleeting stutters highlight the imperfect dance between human agency and mechanical unpredictability.
Engaging with My DTM recalls childlike impulses to animate the inanimate and converse with the quiet corners of our surroundings. Moments of stutter parallel the artist’s own speech patterns, transforming mishaps into celebratory secrets shared across human and non-human entities. My DTM invites the co-creation of an equilibrium, where controller and controlled blur, sparking reflection on transitions of agency. Within Between / Worlds, it echoes liminal ecologies and fosters playful reorientation.
