Yoshi Wada and Tashi Wada's Unnamed Sound Performance at Issue Project Room Creates Sensory Environment
On September 13, 2014, at Issue Project Room in Brooklyn, experimental composer Yoshi Wada took the stage alongside his son Tashi Wada, David Watson, and Jim Pugliese. The performance showcased Yoshi utilizing a hand siren and switchboard, while Pugliese played the bass drum, Tashi contributed organ drones, and Watson handled the bagpipes. Born in Kyoto, Japan, in 1943, Yoshi studied sculpture at Kyoto University of Fine Arts before relocating to New York in the late 1960s to engage with the Fluxus movement. His musical training encompassed influences from La Monte Young, North Indian singing, and Scottish bagpipes. The event, held at 22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn, crafted a sensory experience marked by powerful crescendos and contemplative pauses.
Key facts
- Performance occurred September 13, 2014 at Issue Project Room in Brooklyn
- Yoshi Wada performed with son Tashi Wada and musicians David Watson and Jim Pugliese
- Yoshi Wada was born in 1943 in Kyoto, Japan and studied sculpture at Kyoto University of Fine Arts
- He moved to New York in the late 1960s and joined the Fluxus movement under George Maciunas
- Yoshi studied music composition with La Monte Young, North Indian singing with Prandit Pran Nath, and Scottish bagpipe with James McIntosh
- The performance began with a hand siren and alarm bells controlled via switchboard
- The room became hot and humid during the performance, amplifying sensory experience
- Yoshi's artistic question focuses on sound that "travels deep into my cells"
Entities
Artists
- Yoshi Wada
- Tashi Wada
- David Watson
- Jim Pugliese
- George Maciunas
- La Monte Young
- Prandit Pran Nath
- James McIntosh
Institutions
- Issue Project Room
- Kyoto University of Fine Arts
- Fluxus
- The Wire
Locations
- Brooklyn
- New York
- United States
- Kyoto
- Japan