Eisuke Yanagisawa

Eisuke Yanagisawa is an ethnographer, field recordist, and filmmaker based in Kyoto, Japan. He is especially interested in listening to and recording the tone and resonance of particular places, as well as exploring their sounds from cultural, ecological, geographical, acoustic, and historical perspectives. The process involves observing and capturing tiny, hidden, and inaudible sounds using various types of microphones. Since 2006, his main research focus has been on the Gong Culture of ethnic minorities living in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. His audiovisual works have been exhibited/screened at various film festivals and museums around the world in countries such as Canada, India, Estonia, Taiwan, the UK, Italy, Germany, the US, Brazil, Japan and others.