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The Arts Intel Report

A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

100 Keyboards

Sept 30 – Oct 2, 2021
321 Ashland Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11217, USA

The Japanese sound artist ASUNA, who emerged from Tokyo’s experimental music scene, begins his site-specific listening experience with a single note. While attendees walk around the space, which is crowded with 100 toy keyboards arranged in a circle, ASUNA plays another note on another keyboard. And then another. And then another. The frequencies multiply and reverberate within the gallery space as ASUNA reaches 100 notes, creating a “sonic bath” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. —J.D.

ASUNA playing a note on a keyboard during a performance of “100 Keyboards.” Photo: Ritsuko Sakata.