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WedOnline editor of The Wire magazine Jennifer Lucy Allen talks to Yasunao Tone, a Fluxus-affiliated artist active since the mid-1950s, whose work traverses a spectrum from historical avant-garde to contemporary digital music.
Jennifer Lucy Allan is online editor for The Wire magazine. She also runs Arc Light Editions, part of Multiverse Music.
Active since the late fifties, Yasunao Tone’s work ranges from historical avant-garde to contemporary digital. He was involved with Fluxus, has links with Yoko Ono and John Cage, and founded the seminal Group Ongaku. The long-time New York resident began to concentrate on the possibilities of the CD as a performance medium in the 80s.