Profile (English)
1976年06月13日
Profile of Homei Miyashita
( 
English)Homei Miyashita was born in Firenze, Italy in 1976. He received his B.Eng. (majored in Image Science) from Chiba University, MPd (majored in Music Composition) from Toyama University, in 2001 and 2003, PHD (majored in Knowledge Science) from Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST). His general research interests include media art and human computer interaction. He works as a lecturer in Meiji University.
He was a pupil of Yasuko Shoji (Piano), and Kiyoshi Matsumoto (Composition). He produced musics and spatial acoustics of NEW JAPAN KICKBOXING at Korakuen Hall in 1999. He composed musics in TV programs of MRO and NHK kanazawa, and NHK (nationwide network). Also he created TV animation series "Kumanba!", broadcasted by NHK kanazawa from 2001 to 2002. He produced a live performance of image and sound, "Digital Opera Project", and performed in Toyama, Kanazawa and Bangkok. In 2004, He did his first solo concert "Essence of Music" in Kanazawa.
He got Jokichi Takamine Prize (1991) for Science, Think Quest Japan Gold Prize (2002) for Web design, and outstanding performance award in m-flo remix contest, held by avex corporation and Steinberg. (collaboration with Chiharu Murata and Hiro Shiomi, 2001).
Selected Works as a media artist:
dangomusic (music by pill bugs) (2004) from "Essence of Music"
This piece is, as it were, music created by pill bugs. There are 2 pill bugs in a box, and a camera captures their movements. The system makes the sounds of a Japanese harp in accordance with x-coordinates of the pill bugs, as if there were strings. The pitches of these 'virtual strings' are set on a pentatonic scale, therefore the sounds tend to be consonant. We added two horizontal 'virtual strings' that trigger an arpeggio on the pentatonic scale, to make the sound more 'musical.'
Thermoscore (2004) from "Essence of Music"
Thermoscore system controls the temperature of piano keys via MIDI. I prepared a tempeature sequence that sometimes heats keys to more than 70℃, and under those circumstances, the player improvises freely. I used a Thermographic camera on stage to visualize the effect of the system to the audience.
