exhibits

Sound Swarm Elements at xlab Showcase 2026

I’m glad to share that Sound Swarm will be on view at xlab Showcase 2026 at the University of Tokyo.

Hosted by Yasuaki Kakei Laboratory at The University of Tokyo, this year’s exhibition—“This is not ice”—explores how reality is not fixed, but continuously formed through interaction between materials, environments, people, and information.

The theme draws inspiration from René Magritte’s Ceci n’est pas une pipe, reframing matter not as static object, but as something emergent—always “not yet,” “no longer,” and “becoming.”

Within this context, Sound Swarm presents a distributed field of autonomous sonic nodes. Each sustains a single tone. There is no melody or rhythm; instead, harmonic presence reorganizes through asynchronous swells and spatial repositioning. Visitors shift the topology of the system, and the sound field quietly reconfigures in response—an acoustic ecology shaped by proximity, listening, and collective interaction.

The showcase includes installations, interfaces, prototypes, a poster session, and a talk featuring architect Yuko Nagayama.

Exhibition

Dates: February 20–22, 2026 (12:00–19:00)
Venue: Faculty of Engineering Building 2, Hongo Campus, University of Tokyo
Admission: Free (advance registration required)

Details & registration:
https://xlab.iii.u-tokyo.ac.jp/showcase2026/

If you’re in Tokyo, I’d be grateful for your visit.

Sound Swarm Elements

Push Power at MAD Arts

Push Power is an installation by Francesco Lo Castro, realized in collaboration with Mikhail Mansion, and currently on view through December 2025 at MAD ARTS in Miami.

The work brings together painting, 3D printing, sound, light, and computation into a unified sculptural environment. Sound is composed by Danny Daze, with lighting, kinetics, and programming by Mikhail Mansion, and fabrication by Miami Grill Giftshop and BEK Milling.

At its center, a slender tower shifts between saturated red and icy, shimmering tones, holding tension between force and fragility. Surrounding wall sculptures—layered in glossy epoxy over dark, abstract forms—extend this atmosphere across the space.

Photo: Benjamin Brickner


Exhibition Dates

February 13, 2025 - December 21, 2025

Soundform No.2 at Zou-no-Hana Park: An Outdoor Resonance

When natural rhythms seem overshadowed, what can resonant tones teach us about listening?

I'm pleased to announce that Soundform No.2 has reappeared in the quiet glow of Zou-no-Hana Park in Yokohama. Presented as part of the Future Scape Project, this atmospheric outdoor version follows its earlier life in Sarashima, where it was first installed during the silence of the pandemic. Now it returns with a new context, sound, and setting, gently reframing how we tune into the environment by poetically sonifying atmospheric changes.

This iteration continues to embrace thermoacoustics, sound art, and environmental interaction. As heated air moves through glass and form, subtle tones resonate outward—an audible reminder of invisible forces at play. Against the night views of Yokohama, the installation becomes a bridge between material and ephemeral: physical glass, temperature, and air transformed into spatial soundscapes.

The Future Scape Project at Zou-no-Hana builds on this dialogue, inviting artists, communities, and passersby to experience new forms. Projection mapping, large-scale installations, and open-air performances dot the landscape. Together, they turn the city into a site of exploration, where each work hums with its question.

For me, Soundform’s return to this new space amplifies its sonic and reflective resonance. I’m grateful to join forces again with Natura Machina (@wu.kj and @yasuakikakehi) to present this work.

Dates: December 6th (Fri) – December 8th (Sun), 2024
Time: 4:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Location: Zou-no-Hana Terrace & Zou-no-Hana Park, Yokohama
Admission: Free

https://fsp.zounohana.jp/2024