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Ikue Mori

Ikue Mori

Ikue moved to New York in 1977 and joined No Wave band DNA started playing drums. In mid 80’s started playing drum machines in the unlikely context of improvised music forged own sensitive signature style and involved in downtown improving community since. she has collaborated with numerous musicians and artists throughout the US, Europe, and Asia, while continuing to produce and publish her own music. 

Ikue won the Distinctive Award for Prix Ars Electronics Digital Music category in 1999 and shortly after started using laptop computer to expand her vocabulary not only playing sounds but create and control the visual work as well. Received grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts in 2006, Instant Award for improvising music in 2019. Named MacArthur fellowship in 2022. Recently working with Tracing the Magic project with various musicians from NY and Japan and new works of Phantom Orchard with Zeena Parkins and music for Joan Jonas’s performance pieces.