About Yasuhiro

Yasuhiro Morinaga has worked on multiple projects in film, contemporary dance, installation, product design and TVcommercials around the world. He is regarded as one of the unique and distinctive sound designers of his generation. His focus is on the narrative structure of field recorded sounds, with particular attention to the aural community of natural environments. Morinaga’s eclectic approach to sound design for film has been presented in film festivals in Cannes, Venice, Berlin and Toronto. He also designed and produced sound in a project for SONY’s monolithic design exhibition at Milano Salone 2010. His singular approach toward sound design does not conform to conventional style, and his live concerts transport audiences across space and time, through his use of recorded and manipulated narrative sound. He has performed live at numerous festivals and events internationally. He continues to research the use of sound in new media, and the influences of field recording techniques and aesthetics in his practice, and has produced the Archival Sound Series, that focuses on field recordists from various disciplines, throughout the history of media technology. Morinaga is a founder of CONCRETE, a non-profit organisation based in Tokyo. CONCRETE produces a number of publications on cinema, new media installation, and sound & music. CONCRETE also organises international conferences, symposiums, and live concert events. CONCRETE has invited numerous artists and researchers such as Michel Chion, Chris Watson, Richard Ranft from British Library, Larry Sider from NFTS & School of Sound, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Aki Onda, Tomomi Adachi, etc. We are preparing for the 2nd edition of international conference.