The work of
nouseskou
- Artistnouseskou
SALLY TRIER His work feels like a reflection of how we live now. The immediate softness of nature meeting the hard layers of tracking, measuring and data. I love the contrast in tempo: something slow and human and organic, with fast data layers flickering on top. It’s detailed in a way you can never fully decode, so you keep looking and discovering. I’m drawn to his experimental approach, where the visuals are super aesthetic but always carry an underlying code or language you can’t quite crack.
About nouseskou
Kyoto-born artist Kou Yamamoto, known artistically as nouseskou, creates works at the intersection of technology and the body. Using TouchDesigner as his primary tool, Yamamoto develops real-time generative visuals that often integrate interactive and AI-driven elements. His practice spans dance, music production, and video design, reflecting a fluid approach to contemporary expression.
Before moving into the digital arts, Yamamoto distinguished himself in performance: as a member of the street and contemporary dance team nouses, he was a finalist in the Japan Championships. That physical grounding continues to shape his creative process. For Yamamoto, technology is not a detached medium but one deeply entangled with the body’s rhythms, gestures, and presence.
Artistic influence
His artistic influences draw equally from avant-garde traditions and his environment. The sonic philosophy of Musique concrète and the Japanese Mono-ha movement of the 1970s resonate in his work, as do the forests, shrines, and quiet atmospheres of his native Kyoto. This blend of the conceptual and the natural gives his practice both intellectual depth and visceral immediacy.
Fluctuations of the universe
At the core of Yamamoto’s work is what he describes as an attempt to represent the “fluctuations of the universe.” Rather than beginning with fixed concepts, his creations emerge from immersion in the flow of the moment - whether shaped by nature, society, technology, or the self. He likens the process to a child absorbed in play: instinctive, uncalculated, yet deeply expressive. The resulting images and experiences, fragments of these unconscious states, suggest the rhythms and patterns of something larger than human awareness.
For Yamamoto, the greatest reward is when this process resonates with others - when his work sparks a new perspective, a sense of connection, or a fleeting awareness of the universe’s shifting patterns. In such moments, he sees his art not as a fixed object, but as an invitation to reimagine how we live with technology, nature, and each other.
