YOU NAKAI
You makes music(ians), dance(rs), haunted musical mansions, nursery rhymes, and other forms of performances as a member of No Collective, and publishes experimental children’s books written by children and other literary oddities as a member of Already Not Yet.
In addition to his artistic activity, You also conducts research on various topics related to performance, and has been engaged in an extensive study of David Tudor’s music, the results of which have been recently compiled into Reminded by the Instruments: David Tudor’s Music(Oxford University Press, 2021).
You currently works as associate professor at the University of Tokyo with a joint appointment at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (Culture and Representation Course) and the Art Center of the University of Tokyo (ACUT). He is also the chair (and one of the only two members) of the Department of Avant-garde Arts which he founded in 2023.
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