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Great White Light "Great White Light" LP

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グレイト・ホワイト・ライト「グレイト・ホワイト・ライト」LP

大西清自、カワスミカズオ、塩谷光吉、浜田剛爾からなるグレイト・ホワイト・ライトは、1971年2月13日に東京都渋谷区の岸記念体育会館でパフォーマンスを上演した。10年後に大西によりその録音がレコードとなり、彼の作品集『The Works of Seiji Onishi 1966→1981』（レオナルドの飛行機出版会、1981年、以下『Works』と記す）の付録として発表された。『Works』は少部数で、後に大西がベルギーに移住したこともあり、この1970年代の日本美術における音の記録は入手困難だった。日本美術サウンドアーカイヴのレコード第一作はこのレコードの再発盤である。

グレイト・ホワイト・ライト演奏会は送風器が発する空気がマイクロフォンにぶつかるノイズに満ちていた。メンバーは機材とともに会場中央に位置し、周囲に4台のスピーカーと4台の送風器が外側を向けて置かれ、送風器口の手前にはマイクロフォンが固定された。これらを観客席が取りかこみ、壁際には投光器も置かれた。上演中、大西は送風器の変圧器を操作し、塩谷は投光器を操作した。浜田は4本のマイクロフォンを使って「アクション・ボイス」を演じた。カワスミについての記録は見つからなかったが、おそらく音響機材を操作したのだろう。

Great White Light organized by Seiji Onishi, Kazuo Kawasumi, Mitsuyoshi Shioya, Goji Hamada performed at the Kishi Memorial Hall in Shibuya, Tokyo, on February 13, 1971. Ten years after the performance, Onishi released a recording of it in LP format as an appendix to his collection “The Works of Seiji Onishi 1966 → 1981” (Leonardo No Hikouki Sha, 1981, hereinafter referred to as “Works”). Given that “Works” was published in a small edition, and Onishi moved to Belgium soon after, it was difficult to get our hands around this documentation of the use of sound in the Japanese art of the 1970s. A reissue of this recording is Japanese Art Sound Archive’s first LP release.

Great White Light was full of noises created by the wind from the air blowers hitting the microphones. The artists stood in the center of the venue surrounded by the devices: four loudspeakers and air blowers, all facing outward, with a fixed microphone in front of the air outlet of each blower. Seats for the audience surrounded the circle, and a beam projector was set next to the wall. During the performance, Onishi operated the transformers of the blowers, and Shioya the lighting. Hamada performed his “action voice” with four microphones. No record was found concerning the role of Kawasumi, but he might have been in charge of manipulating the PA systems.


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released April 1, 2018

Production｜Edition OMEGA POINT / Japanese Art Sound Archive
Text｜Tomotaro Kaneko
Design｜Tadao Kawamura
English Translation｜Manabu Matsushita
English Proofreading｜Aquiles Hadjis
Photo｜Eizaburo Hara
Thanks to Kyoko Onishi, Ayako Shioya, Riri Shimada, Eizaburo Hara Museum – Keiko Hara

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Throughout the history of Japanese art, there has been artists that filled museums, galleries, studios and other public spaces with all sorts of sounds. In most cases, however, once the sound faded, it couldn’t be heard again. Japanese Art Sound Archives is a project that aims to collect those often inaccessible sound activities of the past and make them more accessible for consultation. ... more

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