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pt.fwd and the McLean County Museum of History are honored to present FUJI|||||||||||TA during his upcoming US and EU tour. Don't miss this opportunity to see one of the world's most enthralling sound artists!On Tuesday, March 11, 2025, Fujita will perform a concert in the Old Courtroom at the Museum at 7pm. This concert will showcase Fujita’s audio-visual performance techniques, including his signature handcrafted pipe organ, amplified electronics, and large-scale video. Local artist Swim Ignorant Fire will open the concert with songs from his new album from Island House Records. This concert is free and open to the public.
FUJI||||||||||TA is a Sound Artist living in Japan. His unique practice utilizes various natural phenomena that respond to his interest in wanting to hear unheard sounds and unknown sounds. Instead of playing a composed piece of music, he aims to go as far as possible towards his own unknown state of being, with an emphasis on observing the sound closely.
In 2009 Fujita hand fabricated a Pipe Organ that has only 11 pipes and no keyboard. Fujita conceived and built it using his imagination, without any prior or specialized knowledge. The air pump (called “FUIGO”) which is kept moving by the left hand when playing, and is based on associations with an ancient blacksmith. This unique instrument is too delicate in its nature to be played properly without a great deal of experimentation and trial and error. Fujita has spent a long time inventing ways to play it and experimenting with ways to utilise this instrument in sound systems.
Since 2006 he has had many solo performances and collaborative works with musicians, including ∈Y∋ (Boredoms), Akio Suzuki, Keiji Haino, and Rashad Becker. He has presented his sound installation works in many contexts: the work “CELL”, which made audible the sounds of black soldier flies buried in dirt, was exhibited in Sapporo International Art Festival 2017 and attracted a great deal of interest in Fujita’s artistic practice. A performance with an organ and 4 water tanks were performed in MODE (London) in 2019. And since then he have played at various festivals and venue, including Rewire Festival (NL), Big Ears Festival
(US), Variations Festival (FR), Pioneer Works (US), Bourse de Commerce (FR), Send+Receive (CA) and Tectonics Glasgow (UK).
His albums are “iki” [Hallow Ground], “KŌMORI” [Boomkat Editions] and “NOISEEM” [33-33].
📷 by Yuichiro Noda
Full event details are available on pt.fwd’s website.
Since 2018, pt.fwd has been a vibrant force in the Central Illinois arts community. We are an independent, artist-run 501c3 non-profit that organizes music events in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois. pt.fwd's mission is to celebrate the communal experience of coming together to listen to powerful new sonic art. In partnership with the McLean County Museum of History and other local venues, pt.fwd promotes new work by local and regional artists in historic, and acoustically curious, settings. All of our events are free and open to the public.
pt.fwd is an artist-run, independent non-profit program that organizes contemporary music and sonic arts performances in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois. All pt.fwd concerts are free and open to the public. pt.fwd’s programming is generously supported by the Mirza Foundation and the Town of Normal’s Harmon Arts Grant.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
McLean County Museum of History, 200 N Main St, Bloomington, IL 61701-3912, United States,Bloomington, Illinois
