Akiko Hatakeyama is a composer, performer, and artist of electroacoustic music and intermedia. Her research focuses on realizing her ideas of relations between the body and mind into intermedia work, often in conjunction with building customized instruments and interfaces. It is a form of nonverbal communication with her inner self and with the environment, including the audience. Expression through sounds and performance brings her therapeutic effects, helping her process memories and trauma.
Her work has been presented internationally at various venues and festivals in the U.S.A., Canada, Chile, England, Ireland, Portugal, New Zealand, Hong Kong, China, South Korea, and Japan. Selected awards include the Best Performance Award at the NIME International Conference, the winner of the Audio-Visual Composition at the ICMA Showcase: Asia, and the Howard Foundation Fellowship.
At MacDowell, Hatakeyama designed a sound installation to be shown in Nagoya, Japan, in the summer of 2024, recorded piano, and composed electro-acoustic music.
