yuri suzuki lets viewers build sonic interactive installation UTOOTO

sonic interactive installation by yuri suzuki in london

Yuri Suzuki introduces UTOOTO, a sonic interactive installation that the viewers collectively build using the modular sound parts onsite. On view at the Camden Arts Projects in London between August 7th and October 5th, 2025, the structure is made up of connected sections, with the white pipes forming a network for the colored horns at differing heights. Some horns face upward, some downward, and others face sideways, but all of the pipes are joined using connector pieces, allowing the installation to have many branches extending in different directions. The design then uses a modular system, allowing it to be assembled and altered in parts, depending on the space.

In Yuri Suzuki’s interactive installation, visitors use a set of pipes, horns, and easy-to-use tools to reconfigure the pavilion-looking structure. They can create and change the pathways of the horns, and in return, they alter the travel and echo of the sounds. The artist, who is well-known for his use of vibrant and interactive horns in his artistic practice and installations, says that the artwork serves as an acoustic device that underlines a collective play through the viewers’ participation. UTOOTO’s exhibition at the Camden Arts Projects follows after its showcasing at the Design Saint Etienne and as part of another exhibition titled Echoes of Nature.

all images courtesy of Yuri Suzuki | photos by Deniz Guzel, unless stated otherwise

UTOOTO lets visitors speak into horns and listen to them, too

Inside the Camden Arts Projects in London, visitors can walk among Yuri Suzuki’s interactive installation, speak into a horn, and listen to sounds from other horns. The arrangement of UTOTO at different heights allows people of different ages and heights to take part easily. Some horns are positioned near the ground level, while others are high above, requiring sound to travel vertically through the system. This vertical design gives the structure a tower-like shape that fills much of the space in the hall, or in any space it inhabits.

The connectors are designed to hold the pipes firmly while still allowing them to be taken apart for transport or reassembly, while the materials used appear to include rigid PVC for the molded horns and pipes. The artist says that UTOTO evokes the dreamy state of dozing off as well as the sacred Okinawan phrase ‘utouto’, which is used in prayer. Its design draws from utopian architectural visions, and Yuri Suzuki says that it particularly sources the interactive installation’s influences from Walt Disney’s original plan for EPCOT (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow). In a similar spirit, then, UTOOTO encourages visitors to contribute building the sonic architecture, making them the co-creators of the temporary sound art inside the Camden Arts Projects.

Yuri Suzuki introduces UTOOTO, a sonic interactive installation that the viewers collectively build

the artwork is on view at the Camden Arts Projects in London between August 7th and October 5th, 2025

the structure is made up of connected sections, with the white pipes forming a network of colored horns

some horns face upward, some downward, and others face sideways

all of the pipes are joined using connector pieces, allowing the installation to have many branches