Let's turn the bustle of Melbourne into music - Akio Suzuki

Seventy-nine year old Akio Suzuki is a Japanese pioneer of sound art. Broadcast on the 20th of February, 2020.

Japanese sound artist Akio Suzuki, a 79 year-old pioneer of sound art Source: ©Kiki Papadopoulou

Akio's exhibition is currently held at the Substation in Melbourne as part of the Asia TOPA 2020. 

The exhibition celebrates Akio's 40-year career as a pioneer sound artist. 

In the audio, Akio tells to us how he started one of his signature art projects called Oto-date, which lets people to stand at the locations Akio has chosen and take their time to be in the moment and listen.

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