2012.10.06 Silent Street Music @TSUTAYA | Aratori: Silent Street Music

Aratori: Silent Street Music

It's generally defined to be "a musical performance to be played in a local space, in silence outside of headphones etc. without bothering others,
through which both of performers and audience (who want to listen) listen to the performed sound.

2012.10.06 Silent Street Music

The second day of TSUTAYA Higashi Ikebukuro.
Resemblance of silent street music and beggars.
Discommunication within the internal.

11am-,12pm-,2pm-,3pm-,6pm-,7pm-,9pm-,10pm-
with no audience for 95% of the time,
with about 1000 customers to which I greeted.

-- Silent street music is like nothing entity in this society where everyone expresses something with noise. After 1980 there might not be beggars. because people do not give money to them.

Beggars do not force people to give them money, but wait passively to be given money. Silent street music also does not force people to listen to, but wait to be listened. Silent street music tries to reconstruct something which has been desappeared in this about 30 years, while using new media.


-- A girl about 10 years old listened wearing wireless headphones while watching me. Her daddy came, with saying "Let's leave!" She shaked her head and continued to listen to. He stood within 1m to me, but did not see me at all. He said again "Le's leave!" with a little anger. After they repeated 3 times, they left. However, she and I waved hands each other slightly and other people did not notice it.


-- Young couple came. The male listened wearing wireless headphones, with his smile and startling face. The female came near and listend, but took off it less than 3 seconds. The headphone need 3 seconds for power on. She bursted out laughing, with expressing like "Don't tease me. It's not sounding". They left.

I forcus this discommunication within the internal. If the discommunication occurs, one cannot persuade other.



$Aratori: Silent Street Music


$Aratori: Silent Street Music