Tomomi Adachi "Old Instruments From the Future, New Instruments From the Past (and Characters)((by Artificial Intelligence))"
Misa Shin Gallery
Starts 3/29
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Tomomi Adachi
MISA SHIN GALLERY is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Adachi Tomomi, Old Instruments From the Future, New Instruments From the Past (and Characters)((by Artificial Intelligence)), from Saturday, March 29 to Saturday, April 26, 2025.
Born in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture in 1972, Tomomi Adachi is an artist who works globally across various fields as a performer, sound poet, instrument builder, and visual artist, presenting solo performances involving voice, body, computer, and self-made instruments.
In this exhibition, Adachi collaborates with sculptor Daigo Omura to create instruments designed by generative AI (artificial intelligence) and presents an installation that includes videos of these instruments being played. This work, previously exhibited at Kanazawa Art Gummi last year, is a collaborative creation that respects the intelligence of generative AI and attempts to explore new realms of musical expression and physicality beyond human limitations.
Generative AI learns from vast amounts of human wisdom and swiftly generates resemblances. While these forms may seem to lack history and context, Adachi hypothesizes that “AI has its own context, and it is merely that we cannot understand it.” By actually producing the instruments designed by generative AI, developing playing techniques, practicing, and performing to understand their interfaces, Adachi aims to expand the possibilities of body and music. This approach respects AI as an independent intelligence and seeks to explore the “body” of AI, a concept rarely considered so far.
Additionally, the exhibition will feature three-dimensional works of letters created using 3D printers, in correspondence with the instruments. Just as two-dimensional printing technology dramatically changed the environment of words, Adachi believes that the emergence of 3D printers brings about the three-dimensionalization of letters. He has AI generate three-dimensional letters prompting us to consider how we might read them and whether we can acquire that ability.
In reality, we do not fully understand even human history. Adachi suggests that instruments and characters created by generative AI might have been comprehensible to our ancestors, but modern humans may lack that knowledge. When the singularity arrives, a point where AI surpasses human intelligence, there is no guarantee that we will recognize that moment. It is akin to a future left in the past, and perhaps AI is pointing to these instruments from the history of the future.
On the opening day, Saturday, March 29, there will be an opening reception and a mini-performance by Adachi starting at 18:00. We warmly invite you to attend Adachi Tomomi’s first solo exhibition at MISA SHIN GALLERY.
Born in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture in 1972, Tomomi Adachi is an artist who works globally across various fields as a performer, sound poet, instrument builder, and visual artist, presenting solo performances involving voice, body, computer, and self-made instruments.
In this exhibition, Adachi collaborates with sculptor Daigo Omura to create instruments designed by generative AI (artificial intelligence) and presents an installation that includes videos of these instruments being played. This work, previously exhibited at Kanazawa Art Gummi last year, is a collaborative creation that respects the intelligence of generative AI and attempts to explore new realms of musical expression and physicality beyond human limitations.
Generative AI learns from vast amounts of human wisdom and swiftly generates resemblances. While these forms may seem to lack history and context, Adachi hypothesizes that “AI has its own context, and it is merely that we cannot understand it.” By actually producing the instruments designed by generative AI, developing playing techniques, practicing, and performing to understand their interfaces, Adachi aims to expand the possibilities of body and music. This approach respects AI as an independent intelligence and seeks to explore the “body” of AI, a concept rarely considered so far.
Additionally, the exhibition will feature three-dimensional works of letters created using 3D printers, in correspondence with the instruments. Just as two-dimensional printing technology dramatically changed the environment of words, Adachi believes that the emergence of 3D printers brings about the three-dimensionalization of letters. He has AI generate three-dimensional letters prompting us to consider how we might read them and whether we can acquire that ability.
In reality, we do not fully understand even human history. Adachi suggests that instruments and characters created by generative AI might have been comprehensible to our ancestors, but modern humans may lack that knowledge. When the singularity arrives, a point where AI surpasses human intelligence, there is no guarantee that we will recognize that moment. It is akin to a future left in the past, and perhaps AI is pointing to these instruments from the history of the future.
On the opening day, Saturday, March 29, there will be an opening reception and a mini-performance by Adachi starting at 18:00. We warmly invite you to attend Adachi Tomomi’s first solo exhibition at MISA SHIN GALLERY.
Schedule | Mar 29 (Sat) 2025-Apr 26 (Sat) 2025 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Mar 29 (Sat) 2025 17:00 - 19:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://www.misashin.com/en/exhibitions-en/adachi-tomomi-old-instruments-from-the-future-new-instruments-from-the-past-and-charactersby-artificial-intelligence/ | ||||
| Venue | Misa Shin Gallery http://www.misashin.com/ | ||||
| Location | 1F 3-9-11 Minami Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0047 | ||||
| Access | 11 minute walk from exit 4 at Shirokane-takanawa Station on the Namboku or Toei Mita line, 11 minute walk from exit 1 at Azabu-juban Station on the Namboku or Toei Oedo line, 11 minute walk from exit 1 at Hiroo Station on the Hibiya line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-6450-2334 | ||||
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