Juandros (Jun) is a NY based visual/auditory interactive artist, who works on music composing, Japanese zither (called Koto) playing, film making, CG and interactive programming. Pursuing the strong passion for creating new music style fusing Japanese traditional music in modern style of music in eclectic way.
He acts as a solo koto player, and works with jazz fusion band and contemporary classical players, and also used to be a member of improvisational ensemble, traditional Japanese ensemble. Those unique musical experience in NYC developed his alternative style of koto, especially using effect processor , that can fit in different role and genre of music.
As a multimedia performer, he performs with live music and the interactive sound/3D graphic visual projection using Max/msp jitter. To express all the aspect of his creativity, multimedia dance company ARis//Absolute Reality of the Indefinite Sense has been formed in 2011.
He achieved the largest song writing awards of U.S from John Lennon Song Writing Contest, International Song Writing Competition, and also joined the award winning short film project of Raindance Film Festival, Monaco International Film Festival. In 2016, his first directing/ editing/ composing/ art directing multimedia film piece has been awarded from NYC Independent film festival.
Contact;
info(at)juandros.com
[Award]
John Lennon Song Writing Competition
International Song Writing Competition
Rain Dance Film Festival
Monaco International Film Festival
New York International Independent Film Festival
[Performance venues]
Dusty Multiverse of Burning man official VR streaming (2020)
Smithsonian Institution Freer Gallery of Art, DC (2018)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY (2017), Herbst Theater, SF (2017)
Queens Library, NY (2018, 2017)
Japan Society, NY (2017, 2016)
Barge music, NY (2017, 2016)
Tenri Culture Center, NY (2017, 2016,2015)
The Dr. Richard T. Mamiya Theatre, HI (2017)
Staten Island Museum, NY (2015, 2016)
Times Square, NY (2015)
Javits Convention Center, NY (2014)
Snug Harbor Center Music Hall, NY(2013, 2014)
Grand Central Station, NY (2015,2013)
Shanghai Eastern Art Center of Music, China (2009)
…and many public & private schools
[Artist statement]
Diverse approach for the traditional instrument. Evolvement, adaption for the environment of the traditional culture that leads to the next globalism.
Koto(Japanese traditional harp) is one of the well known traditional instrument in Japan. As same as other folk music instrument, the numbers of population of the players are diminishing, since the lack of mobility, repairing difficulty, musical flexibility such as voice range and small velocity. Comparing to the new instruments, those traditional instruments have several musical and physical disabilities. However, the character of those instruments are irreplaceable fact, especially about the color of the sound. The beauty of every artifacts in this universe is not only the superficial phenomenon but the qualia. Music is like human itself. Music is the art of time, same as we gradually understand somebody by the time passing. By the emerging of AI technology and the limits of capitalism, the world is shifting to the non human culture. By the time goes by, how will we evolve our selves and live in the different world. Art is to provide the super reality to forget about the reality or pain of life temporary. However, music can be a mirror of the near future as an example of humanity. I’d like to show the possibility of how one traditional instrument glow up in the different land and culture.