Asuna & Rie Nakajima

Sunday, February 8, 2026 | 6 PM
Binario 3 and Binario 2 | OGR Torino

An event co-produced and co-curated by OGR Torino and MAO Museo d’Arte Orientale in Turin, part of Evolving Soundscapes, the public program of Chiharu Shiota’s exhibition The Soul Trembles curated by Chiara Lee and freddie Murphy

Admission to the performances is reserved for visitors holding a valid exhibition ticket for the day of the event

 

On Sunday, February 8, 2026, Binario 3 and Binario 2 at OGR Torino will host two artists from Japan’s experimental scene, ASUNA and Rie Nakajima, presenting two performances that invite the audience to explore new territories of listening.
The performances take place within Evolving Soundscapes, the public program curated by Chiara Lee and Freddie Murphy on the occasion of Chiharu Shiota’s first solo exhibition in Italy, held at MAO Museo d’Arte Orientale in Turin.

ASUNA – 100 Keyboards
ASUNA is a Japanese sound artist internationally recognized within the experimental music and art scene. Active since the late 1990s, he emerged from Tokyo’s improvisation circuit, blending influences that range from hardcore and punk to delicate, melodic sound worlds.
His recent large-scale project 100 Keyboards is a site-specific performance involving more than one hundred toy keyboards played simultaneously, generating an undulating sonic harmony that is both hypnotic and mysterious. The work has been presented at major international festivals and venues, including BAM in New York.

RIE NAKAJIMA
Sculptor and sound artist Rie Nakajima creates sound for installations and performances using a combination of motorized devices and everyday objects, merging sculpture and sound. Her artistic practice remains open to chance and to the influence of others.
Her first major solo exhibition took place in 2018 at IKON Gallery in Birmingham. She has also collaborated with Museo Vostell Malpartida (Cáceres), Tate Modern (London), Serralves Museum (Porto), ShugoArts (Tokyo), Hara Museum (Tokyo), The Wattis (San Francisco), and Cafe OTO (London).
Her collaborators include Pierre Berthet, Angharad Davies, David Cunningham, Keiko Yamamoto, miki yui, hans.w.koch, Marie Roux, Billy Steiger, David Toop, and Akira Sakata.