East Asia PhoNographic Mornings #09/25
Each Morning of the World #08
Kenninji-temple ~ Komatsucho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Préfecture de Kyoto 605-0811 ~ Japan
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« a pond with carp in the temple »
Takamitsu Ohta
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I recorded at around 6:00 am in the precincts of the temple called Kenninji-temple.
I didn't care about the religious area of the temple, so I chose it as a place to avoid traffic noise and to catch changes in environmental sounds and signs of other species.
I recorded on a cassette tape using VOR function of a portable tape recorder.
The microphone was installed at the edge of the pond, and it was recorded on and off repeatedly in response to sounds such as the water sound of the pond by carp, the sound of birds, the footsteps of worshipers, and the sound of cars passing by.
Frequent clicks sounds are generated by the VOR function.
This function is originally used for interviews, but I used it experimentally to extract only changes in environmental sounds and signs of living things.
This is a record of changes in morning time, as well as a record of changes in unvoiced or voiced, and environmental sounds as judged by the recorder's function.
VOR is an abbreviation for Voice Operated Recording, and it is a function that allows a microphone to detect sound above a certain level and start recording automatically. When the volume is reduced, recording automatically stops and the VOR recording pause mode is set. I chose a cassette tape recorder with a characteristic on / off trace.

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Takamitsu Ohta
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is a Kyoto-based artist who focuses on phenomenon, environment and regionality in his site-specific installation works. He has exhibited installations since 2004, created sound-based performances since 2012 and has numerous publications including a monograph, Elemental Studies, which introduces his installation works on Senufo Editions (Italy, 2017). He has played sound performance at CAfe OTO (UK) and Standards (Italy) in 2018. The latest activities is the release of sound works "Three Ways to Output from a Recorder"(CD | Careful Catalog, US, 2019).

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soundcloud.com/takamitsuohta
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