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Biography
Kanta Horio studied acoustics and sound art at the Kyushu Institute of Design in Fukuoka, Japan. He present audio performance using physical phenomena with electronic devices, kinetic objects, and assorted self-built gadgets. In recent presentations he has explored installations too. He has performed widely both internationally and throughout Japan. Alongside his performance activities, he organizes some unique events such as “dorkbot tokyo - people doing strange things with electricity”.
He also works as a developer of electronic devices and develops the project with musical instrument company.

Education

  • 1997 - 2001 Undergraduate student at Department of Acoustics, Kyushu Institute of Design
  • 2001 - 2004 Graduate student at Department of Acoustics, Kyushu Institute of Design

Professional career

  • 2004 - 2007 Research assistant at Department of Media Art, Tokyo Polytechnic University
  • 2005 - 2007 Adjunct teacher at Department of Design, Tokyo Zokei University
  • 2007 - 2008 Research assistant at Department of Information Design, Tama Art University
  • 2008 - Freelance artist and electronic device engineer

Selected performances

2009
Teiden EXPO (Black out EXPO) (Tetsuya UMEDA, Megumi KAMIMURA, contact Gonzo, Neji Pijin, Kanta HORIO), International Festival for Arts and Media, Yokohama, Japan
ensembles 09 Rest-ful Musical Devices (Otomo Yoshihide ＋ Kanta Horio ＋ Atsuhiro Ito ＋ Yuko Mohri ＋ Sachiko M ＋ Tetsuya Umeda ＋ Fuyuki Yamakawa), 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Spark Festival, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

2008
Play. Cine en directo, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
Open End, NTT Intercommunication Center, Tokyo, Japan
Tetsuya Umeda Solo Exhibition Mon, ARCUS Studio, Moriya, Japan
courtisane festival, Vooruit, Gent, Belgium
Acte 5, Fundació Suñol, Barcelona, Spain
Röhsska museet, Göteborg, Sweden
ZENSORS, RADIALSYSTEM V, Berlin, Germany
Experimentica Festival, with Paul Granjon, Chapter Art Centre, Cardiff, Wales

2007
Kill Your Timid Notion 2007, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Scotland
5daysoff, Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Aoba-Ennichi 2, Sendai Mediatheque, Sendai, Japan
Time Based Art Festival 07, Wonder ballroom, Portland, USA
Vancouver New Music, Scotiabank Dance Centre, Vancouver, Canada
Some Cats From Japan, The Kitchen, New York, USA

2006
Zettai Antena Returns vol.1, Kawasaki City Museum, Kawasaki, Japan
Rader5, Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City, Mexico
The Self-made Instruments Parade, Uplink Factory, Tokyo, Japan
New Generation of Japanese Sound Artists, Zoobizarre, Montreal, Canada
Images Festival - Some Cats from Japan, Toronto, Canada
Festival Internacional de Arte Contemporaneo de Leon, Leon, Mexico
Sonar 2006, Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
TECHNOPORITAN MUSEUM, Nihonbashi, Osaka, Japan

2005
Off-ICMC, Metrònom, Barcelona, Spain
Tokyo Performing Arts Market 2005, Marunouchi Building Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Bend++, Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan
Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama, Japan
Denshi Mansaku Cafe in Festival Beyond Innocence 2005, Bridge, Osaka, Japan
Zettai Anttena vol.35, offsite, Tokyo, Japan

2004
CEAIT festival, Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater, Los Angels, USA
live n_exit, Spiral Hall, Tokyo, Japan
New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME’04), Shizuoka University of Art and Culture, Shizuoka, Japan

2003
Digital Music Festival 2003, Xebec, Kobe, Japan
rhythm escape 3, Butterfly, Fukuoka, Japan
pimplepeople, gallery SOAP, Fukuoka, Japan

Selected solo exhibitions

2009
Rest-ful Musical Devices (Otomo Yoshihide ＋ Kanta Horio ＋ Atsuhiro Ito ＋ Yuko Mohri ＋ Sachiko M ＋ Tetsuya Umeda ＋ Fuyuki Yamakawa), 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
5V&100V, Artspace Tetra, Fukuoka, Japan
spontaneous phenomenon (w/Paul Granjon), AD&A gallery, Osaka, Japan

Selected group exhibitions

2009
ICC Kids Program 2009 playful learning (MANABE Daito, ISHIBASHI Motoi, YANAGISAWA Tomoaki, HORIO Kanta), NTT Intercommunication Center, Tokyo, Japan
Spark Festival, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

2008
REALY (w/Tetsuya Umeda), AD&A gallery, Osaka, Japan
21:100:100, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, Australia

2007
Aoba-Ennichi (w/Tetsuya Umeda), Sendai Mediatheque, Sendai, Japan
Sound Effects Seoul 2007, Songwon Artcenter, Seoul, Korea
OPENPOOL, Bridge, Osaka, Japan

2005
Sun and Escape, Osaka Harbor Red Brick Warehouse, Osaka, Japan

Selected video screenings
2008 Elektra 9, Usine C, Montréal, Canada
2007 Sonar 2007, MACBA Auditorium, Barcelona, Spain
2005 Sounding Image/Moving Sound, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan

Catalogs
2008 21:100:100 -One Hundred Sound Works by One Hundred Artists From the 21st Century, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Australia
2007 Aoba-Ennichi 2 -Bending Mind, Sendai Mediatheque, Japan
2007 Sound+Art -Between Music, Media Art and the Simple Act of Listening, Misul Munhwa, Korea

DVD/CD
2009 Improvised Music from Japan 2009, Improvised Music from Japan (CD)
2009 Optofonica, 12k/LINE (DVD)
2004 Computer Music Journal vol.28, MIT Press (DVD)

Lectures / Workshops
2008 Eco Art Festa Osaka, Tenpozan Market Place, Osaka, Japan
2008 Zensors workshop, RADIALSYSTEM V, Berlin, Germany
2005 Audio Visual School Tokyo with Taeji Sawai and Daito Manabe.

Organized Events
2005 - current dorkbot tokyo with Kazuhiro JO and exonemo.
http://dorkbot.org/dorkbottokyo/
2005 bend++, Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan (with Keisuke Oki, Akihiro Kubota and Christophe Charles)