Sevil Dolmacı Gallery and Address Istanbul Present Tatsuru Arai’s Digital Artwork for the First Time in Istanbul!
In special collaboration between Sevil Dolmacı Gallery and Address Istanbul, Berlin-based Japanese digital artist Tatsuru Arai is being hosted for the first time in Istanbul.
Tatsuru Arai, a Berlin-based Japanese artist who merges classical and contemporary music traditions with artificial intelligence and computer technologies, is known for pioneering concepts such as Trans-Ages Music and Hyper-Serial Music. At their core, these concepts merge classical and contemporary musical traditions with modern technology, inviting us to focus on the idea of the “digital native” while also presenting a vision of unity between humanity and nature
Arai aims to convey the fundamental physical nature of the universe through perceptual experiences, placing an emphasis on the “aesthetics of geometric structures.” His work explores the relationship between sound, objects, and humans investigating how sound influences human perception and how this “geometric structure” becomes a foundational element in understanding the true nature of the universe. His goal is to make even a fragment of the universe’s nature experientially accessible through sound. In his recent works, Arai emphasizes the coexistence of urban landscapes and natural ecosystems in a timeline stretching from the formation of Earth's atmosphere to the emergence of life and human civilization. Wildflowers blooming in urban environments symbolize this harmony and serve as a metaphor for the “face of the universe.”
The artist has showcased his works, which establish a connection between humans and nature, in international venues such as CIKE (Slovakia), ISEA 2023 (France), Silent Green / Transmediale 2025 (Berlin), Madatac 2023 (Spain), Share Festival (Italy), Sonica Glasgow, and the Japan Festival (Lithuania). In 2023, he performed at the Berlin Philharmonic Hall and Paris Philharmonic as part of the Nemo Biennale.
Education and Artistic Approach:
From 2003 to 2009, Arai studied composition at Tokyo College of Music. In 2007, he worked with Bernhard Lang on composition at the Impuls Festival in Graz. Between 2009 and 2013, he completed a master’s degree in composition, computer programming, and multimedia art at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin. His innovative contemporary opera Vitruvian which aimed to integrate classical music with new technologies was staged in Berlin and London.
Since 2016, he has been composing works under the name Hyper Serial Music, a musical style that brings innovation to the three fundamental principles of Serialism: structure, complexity, and noise. Hyper Serial Music is not only generated by human intellect but also through advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, creating algorithmic music.
