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SOUNDLEAK

Keiko Uenishi is known for being a sound art-i-vist, as she described herself on her website bio. Her work includes reconstructing and experimenting with materials and one’s relationship with them in sociological and psychological environments. Uenishi’s present works include BroadwayDreams, Aboard: Fillip2, LandFilles, and many others.

Her installation LandFilles_UrbanDump is a project that took place at the Emily Harvey Foundation located in New York City in 2013. This piece was very inspiring because it takes a look at our urban environments using recycled material. This project was divided into several steps:

1. Collection and Construction: recycling empty, clear, plastic bottles and constructing a structure from recycled materials
2. Live processes/Performance: the structure is built with help from visitors and interacts with the pieces to produce audio feedback derived from the hollow shapes of the bottles.
3. Demolition/Giveaway: the structure is torn down and given away to visitors or other people.