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Introduction
Yasunao Tone (刀根 康尚, Tone Yasunao, born 1935) is a multi-disciplinary artist born in Tokyo, Japan and working in New York City. He graduated from Chiba University in 1957 with a major in Japanese Literature. An important figure in postwar Japanese art during the sixties, he was active in many facets of the Tokyo art scene. He was a central member of Group Ongaku and was associated with a number of other Japanese art groups such as Neo-Dada Organizers, Hi-Red Center, and Team Random (the first computer art group organized in Japan). Tone was also a member of Fluxus and one of the founding members of its Japanese branch. Many of his works were performed at Fluxus festivals or distributed by George Maciunas’s various Fluxus operations. Relocating to the United States in 1972, he has since gained a reputation as a musician, performer and writer working with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Senda Nengudi, Florian Hecker, and many others. Tone is also known as a pioneer of “Glitch” music due to his groundbreaking modifications of compact discs and CD players.
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Nationality
Japanese
Gender
Male
Roles
Artist, Composer, Musician, Mixed-Media Artist
Names
Yasunao Tone, Tone Yasunao
Ulan
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Works

3 works online

Exhibitions

Publications

  • Grace Wales Bonner: Dream in the Rhythm Edited by Grace Wales Bonner, 2023 Exhibition catalogue, Hardcover, 184 pages
  • Just Above Midtown: Changing Spaces Edited by Thomas (T.) Jean Lax and Lilia Rocio Taboada in collaboration with Linda Goode Bryant, 2022 Exhibition catalogue, Paperback, 184 pages
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