Sound Man. Under the motto of “play a day,” he creates musical instruments by modifying familiar objects, and performs mysterious sound activities using these instruments. He “massages” society through play and humor in the name of music and musical instruments. He presides over sound experience workshop SOUND YAROZE (Let’s play with sound).

Born in 1977, JO Kazuhiro is a researcher and artist. He graduated from the Kyushu Institute of Design (now the Kyushu University Faculty of Design) and completed the doctoral course at the School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. After working at the Software Development Laboratory, Software Division, IBM Corporation, the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, the Culture Lab, Newcastle University, the Art Media Center, Tokyo University of the Arts, and Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences [IAMAS], he took up his current position as Associate Professor at Graduate School of Design, Kyushu University in March 2016. His main projects include “Life in the Groove,” “The SINE WAVE ORCHESTRA,” and “phono/graph.”