[Japanese]
TRAMJAM V.04 - TOKYO RUSHHOUR
TRAMJAM RUSHHOUR is a
multi-track-multi-driver-multi-jammer sonic performance.
Tram as network of a
city - while
tracking en route sound collage of a
city, its routing and schedule underwrite a symphonic score that is
further
processed by the gathered tramjammers.
TRAMJAM RUSHHOUR renders a temporal city on the move
- from tramlines’
electric mechanism to further explore sonic/social connections, linking
public
performance with network streams.
In
collaboration with Dorkbot Swiss and Dorkbot
Tokyo,
Mumbai Streaming Attack brings to Tokyo TRAMJAM RUSHHOUR. Tokyo Toden,
the
defunct tram network of Tokyo was commenced
in 1903 and
boasted 41 routes with 213 kilometers of track at its peak during the
1960’s.
Affectionately called "Chin-Chin
Densha", streetcars of Tokyo was once “legs of Tokyo
pedestrians”, serving
its citizens riding up and down the main boulevards and small streets.
Today, the
only remaining Arakawa line runs between Minowabashi and Waseda
stations.
TRAMJAM
TOKYO RUSHHOUR plans
to relaunch and rewire Tokyo tramlines
for its rush hour jamming and streaming. Based on the Toden tram map of
the
1960’s, TRAMJAM TOKYO jumpstarts the once-existing tramlines
for a re-scheduled
routing that traverses past and future. The tramlines are elevated
above the
current metro underground, shuttling through Tokyo city skylines of
today,
recollecting a past and reimagining a future.
TRAMJAM
TOKYO
RUSHHOUR plans its one week workshop hosted by Tama Art University’s
Department of Information
Design and presents a final
rushhour public performance during Dorkbot Tokyo. We make an open call
to
recruit sound artists for TOKYO TRAMJAM. Each participating soundist
upon
signing on claims a tramline as its driver/jammer. Each soundist is to
compose /collect /process her /his urban acoustics associated
to the personal /social /living /historical
references her/his chosen tramline travels. For Tokyo tramjam, while we
do base
the tram routes on the 1960’s tram map, we ask each soundist
to freely choose a
year – (from 1903 to 2030)
for her/his
chosen tram route to run on researched or own drafted tramstop schedule
that allows
20 seconds for each stop.
For
the
performance, a PD
(pure
data) patch maps the rigidly observed tram schedules during the six
hour period
and arranges a data score/system for multiple sound input and output.
As
programmed, the tram doors at all routes are to open for 20 seconds at
each
stop, the multi tram/ track sonic expression as scheduled are
intermittently
released during these tram stops. Chin chin densha, as the tram comes
to a
stop, the syncopated sonic remix sweeps the city who listens.
Collectively the
tramjammers orchestrate
TRAMJAM TOKYO
RUSHHOUR, performed live and streamed on the web.
-> Working Wiki
-> TODEN Maps [1]1946 [2]1960 [3]ArakawaLine

TRAMJAM V.04 - TOKYO RUSHHOUR is supported by
Dorkbot Tokyo
Dorkbot Swiss
Tama Art University, Department of
Information Design
Departement of New Media, University of the
Arts Zurich
Funding provided by
Bundesamt für Kultur (BAK)
Pro Helvetia
Praesidialdepartement der Stadt Zuerich
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