Miki Shinobu "Notations"

Miki Shinobu has created works that explore the rules and relationships we unconsciously share in our daily lives, such as visualizing sound and transcribing conversations into score-like notation using her own unique methods. In this exhibition, “Notations,” we reexamine these practices from the perspective of “notation.” We position the act of “notation” as a practice that edits and translates experiences across media boundaries, and we reinterpret Shinobu’s methods of representation—which she has developed by moving between different media such as sound, language, and the body—as new forms of relationship. The “Notations” presented here are not a completed system of notation, but rather multiple attempts at description aimed at perceiving the world and engaging with others; they are, in essence, the form of “communication” that continues to evolve in real time. Tracing these works involves deciphering each notation, and at the same time, it is an experience that prompts us to reexamine our own perceptions and ways of communicating.