Forest Symphony
Ryuichi Sakamoto + YCAM InterLab
Profiles
Ryuichi SAKAMOTO
Musician
Ryuichi Sakamoto was a composer, producer, and artist born in Tokyo. His diverse résumé includes pioneering electronic works in the legendary techno group Yellow Magic Orchestra,producing pop albums and numerous classical compositions, two operas, and nearly 45 original film and TV scores for directors such as Bernardo Bertolucci, Pedro Almodóvar, Brian De Palma, and Alejandro González Iñárritu. His film soundtracks have won prestigious awards, including an Academy Award, two Golden Globes, and many others.
Sakamoto made considerable contributions to the art world through both solo and collaborative installations and multi-piece exhibitions presented in galleries and museums across the globe. On January 17th, 2023, his 71st birthday, Sakamoto released 12, his 15th solo album. This work is a collection of twelve songs selected from musical sketches he recorded like a sound diary during his two-and-a-half-year battle with cancer. In the years leading up to his death, Sakamoto was unable to perform live, but in late 2022, he mustered all of his energy to leave the world with one final performance: Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus. The most comprehensive survey of his artworks was exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo from December 2024 to March 2025. It became the most visited exhibition in the museum’s 30-year history. Ryuichi Sakamoto passed away in March 2023 at the age of 71.
YCAM InterLab
Credit
Direction, Music: Ryuichi Sakamoto
Technical Advisor: Kenji Yasaka
Visual Direction: Shiro Takatani
Visual Design: Takuya Minami
Visual Programming: Takehisa Mashimo
Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]
Planning: Kazunao Abe, Takayuki Ito
Technical Direction: Takayuki Ito
System Design & Construction: Yohei Miura, Takayuki Ito
Sound Programing &Sound System Design: Satoshi Hama
Research Forest &Environmental Sensor Development: Fumie Takahara
Bioelectric Sensor Development & Installation:Takayuki Ito, Fumie Takahara, Yohei Miura, Richi Owaki, Keina Konno, Noriaki Oie
Exhibition Space Design: Takuro Iwata
Technical Documentation: Keina Konno
Construction Supervision: Takuro Iwata Sound: Satoshi Hama, Etsuko Nishimura Lighting Design: Fumie Takahara
Video: Richi Owaki, Keina Konno Technical Management: Clarence Ng Licensing Advisor: Yosuke Sakai
Public Relations: Miyuki Tanaka, Tomomi Sawada
Documentation: Ryuichi Maruo, Tomoya Watanabe, Shinichiro Okae, Ryohei Tomita
Sign Design: Naomi Kakuda, Hitomi Hyakusoku Coordination: Tomoko Omura, Nao Kimura Education: Daiya Aida, Kiyoshi Suganuma
Project Management: Kumiko Idaka, Tsubasa Nishi
Cooperated Staff
Research Forest Cooperation: Yoshihiro Nakamura(Tree Doctor: Ochiai Landscape Gardening)
Coordination for Cooperating Institution: Rina Watanabe
Technical Documentation: Kumiko Noguchi
Server Programming Support: Takashi Nishiuchi
Licensing Advisor: Tasuku Mizuno
Tour 1
July 19, 2014 — September 28, 2014
Sapporo International Art Festival 2014
Moerenuma park
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