Morning Shower
Participatory Performance
April 23rd, 2025
8:30 am - 9:30 am
42 St Bryant Park - 5 Av

Responding to the unique conditions of the corridor between the F and 7 lines at 42nd Street during the morning rush hour, I created an unscripted passage of sound in which participants chanted vowel tones, each in their own way. There was no score.

I was captivated by the acoustics of the space and the steady flow of commuters heading to work. My aim was to activate the movement inherent in the site. The vowels echoed through the corridor, reshaping the mundane into a space of shifting, heightened perception.
Photography by On White Wall



Passage　Piece
2024
The Watermill Center, NY 
The Annual Summer Benefit
July 27, 2024
Performance
20 choirs
An installation performed by twenty vocalists chanting in unison creates an immersive, enveloping soundscape that the audience pass through one at a time.

Presented as part of the Watermill Center’s Annual Summer Benefit, the work functioned as a transitional space, situated between everyday life and the realm of art. I referenced the Japanese tea ceremony's "Roji," in between an entrance and a tea room. To reach the main event area, guests walked through the piece, their senses immersed in layered vocal tones. The soundscape served to wash away the residue of daily life, preparing them for the heightened experience of the evening.
Photo by 
Maria Baranova 
and 
Lindsay Morris



Ma, in between.
2024 
Video Installation,
Two LCD Displays,
48 minutes
LoopThis was my thesis work presented in the 10 x 10 feet room with a directional speaker. I walked toward and away from camera untilll I disappear from the image. 



Galileo Galilei
2024
Video Performance

I walked for six hours, from one point to another, in synchronization with the sun’s movement.






Prince St Prince St - 2
2024 
Video Performance
13min2024 
Video Performance
13min
5 Seconds

2023
Photography,
Shutter Speed: 5 seconds 10 Seconds
2023
Photography,
Shutter Speed: 10 seconds

30 Seconds
2023
Photography, 
Shutter Speed: 30 seconds


60 Seconds
2023
Photography,

Shutter Speed: 60 seconds


    Self Portrait
    • 2021
    • Photography
    About

    Dai Asano
    b. 1996, 三重県四日市市生まれ
    NY, 10013
    info@daiasano.com

    Bio　
    Dai Asano is a New York–based Japanese artist working in performance, sound, and installation. His practice explores the present as a physical movement, seeking to activate it through site-responsive interventions. Although he was trained in Photography dept at Rhode Island School of Design, his approach toward present goes opposite, rather than capturing it, he lets it go.

    He received an MFA from RISD in 2024. His work has been presented at various sites, including the Watermill Center, Microscope Gallery, and the Dye House, among others.


    Education
    2024   M.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design, RI, USA  

    2020   B.A.   Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

    Residency
    2025   2025 NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program, NY

    2024   International Summer Program, The Watermill Center, NY 

    Essay

    note


    2025
     08.06
    19:08      「それ」の音もう音楽は聞かなくなってしまった。だって音はもう既に鳴っているから。

    音っていうものが「それ」から分離して存在することはできない。

    「それ」という運動が結果として音を生み出す。

    「それ」がどんな音であるかは僕には関係ない。



    06.07
    15:oo    流れ私の作品ではある時ある場所での「流れ」を利用して体験を導き出す。

    その「流れ」に逆らったり紛れたりしながらインスレーションを挿入してく。


    July        
    身体的な    
    身体と意識が接続しているときは、

    身体も意識も存在していない気がする。

    その空っぽの状態が面白い。
    June
    意識の体験    
    現実という現実感のない空間で、
    　
    現実味を帯びるという非現実的な体験。
    　
    現実を体験するということが意識の体験であり、
    　
    それが時間という感覚なのか？
    美術館という場所
    美術館はアートを体験する場所ではない、鑑賞する場所だ。

    歴史を対象物として鑑賞する場所。

    そこに僕の目指す体験はない。
    茶碗という「こと」
    僕は茶碗という「もの」については一切興味がない。

    茶碗という「こと」において興味を持っている。

    茶碗を手に取ると、そこに時間が生まれる。

    掌と茶碗の境界線が溶け出し、

    僕は僕という形を失っていく。     April
    Layer 1
    MarchMorning Shower

    Art as an Experience

    2024June I am becoming. RISD MFA Thesis