From 24 August to 13 September 2026, Yoko Konishi will be at ICST for her ICST Studio Residency. She will develop a new work that will be showcased at the SONIC MATTER FESTIVAL 2027.
Yoko Konishi is a sound artist and performer from Japan, currently based in France. Trained in classical music from a young age — first piano, then classical voice — she developed a deep interest in the inner physicality of sound: the resonance of the body, the vibration of the voice, and the ways in which sound shapes the perception of space.
She studied ambisonics and spatial sound composition during her Master’s degree at Université Paris 8, completed a post-master’s programme at the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, and pursued advanced training in the IRCAM Cursus in 2024–25.
Her work explores the intersection of sound, body, and technology through spatial audio, interactive systems, and sensor-based processes. While rooted in sensory, embodied experience, her compositions often allow narrative elements to emerge organically from the material. Rather than opposing narration and sensation, she seeks to combine them as complementary layers — where narrative arises through perception, and sensory experience becomes a form of storytelling in itself.
Organic phenomena, biological signals, and forms of documentation of the living body serve as sensitive archives that inform her artistic language.
During her upcoming residency, she aims to further refine the integration of narrative structures and sensory immersion, with a particular focus on advancing the precision and depth of spatial composition.