Skeleton of Religious Art o

Shinji Wakasa

An artist based in Berlin and Tokyo.
His work explores the materiality of sound and the ontological boundary between life and death. His installations are site-specific, built through multi-channel audio and organic materials layered into spatial compositions that invite audiences into ritualistic sonic experiences.

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Skeleton of Religious Art o

Skeleton of Religious Art o is a ritual performance developed in collaboration with vice head priest Dōshu Tokumoto at Ryokakuji Temple. Rooted in a traditional Shinshū Buddhist service, the work brings together shōmyō, electronic sound, and live composition within a contemporary performance framework. Centered on a musical translation of the Shōshinge and structured through the form of Sajō, the piece does not reproduce ritual as heritage, but reconfigures it as a living sonic event. Through chant, resonance, and intervention, the performance creates a listening condition in which ceremony, memory, and sound become inseparable.