Xyh Tamura
Cy Tamura · Cye Tamura · 田村再
Transdisciplinary Art-Research
Music × Writing × Art
Science × Philosophy × Technology
Social Action
Cy Tamura · Cye Tamura · 田村再
Transdisciplinary Art-Research
Music × Writing × Art
Science × Philosophy × Technology
Social Action
Xyh Tamura does transdisciplinary art, singing-songwriting, & research colliding music, writing, visuals, interaction, and theory. In their practice, they explore intermedia poetics, posthuman relations, and the intersections of science, technology, culture, ecology, and globalization. They hold a degree in Physics (Theoretical subgroup) from the University of the Philippines Diliman and are currently pursuing a Master’s in Creative Writing (Poetry). Xyh utilizes voice, keyboards, and electronics as instruments.
Their intermedia work includes experimental songwriting, electronic literature & web art, videopoetry, conceptual art & sci-art, critical code, digital collage & installation, and participatory community projects, often approached from an intersectional Filipino (Ilonggo)-Japanese perspective. Their research extends into philosophy and social development, orbiting non-Western ontologies, affect theory, and gender studies, with arts-based geographic storytelling (GIS mapping) amd ethnobotany. Xyh has developed custom digital instruments, web-based platforms, and algorithmic tools for art and research. Their work also includes all stages of music and audio production from recording to mastering, composing film scores, graphic design, fashion & make-up, and virtual worldbuilding.
2025
An interactive web timeline and timekeeper presenting a Filipino adaptation of the 72 microseasons
2025
3 track album of ambient, noise, synth, & voice; software suite; and live audiovisual performance exploring the Hadean Eon with Saronay, Kulintang, & Tambi by Tusa Montes
performed at
performer, video artist, DJ, host for Diana Aviado's solo exhibit
2025
companion audiovisual perfomance
Oscillator with aperiodic noise modulations.
Algorithmic graphics based on Perlin noise and domain warping
Non-scale-based, hertz-based atonal/microtonal vocal melody generator.
2025
a new media research-art and poetry installation reimagining the street map of Krus na Ligas as a plant assemblage. a community co-creation project involving local residents, officials, and the UP Institute of Biology.
art writer
Wrote the exhibition text for "Ang Paglaho ng Bagong Mundo sa mga Araw ng Nakaraan".
collaboration with Bea Mariano live scorer, sound artist, composer, writer, and spoken/vocal performer
2025
A live score performance for a short film by Bea Mariano, integrating sound art, music, and vocal performance includes digital vocal pieces, field recordings, microsound, ambient music
2025→
media art algorithmic poem generating an archipelago based on special Unicode characters and scripts of cultures with precolonial contact with Manila
exhibited at
2025
as physical installation with Orange Pi and monitor exhibit curated by Dayang Yraola
collaboration with Bea Mariano live score
2024–2025→
short film/videopoetry with live score performance & transmedial online project
researcher
2025
academic paper
researcher, participant, and presenter
2025
academic and literature/artistic presentation for workshop on theories of emotion
digital media manager
2025→
mixed media art collective
researcher, participant, and presenter
2025
academic and musical/artistic presentation for an international forum on music
collaboration with Mono by Phono event designer, performer, composer, artist
2025
Filipino vaporwave and hauntology event series and multimedia project
music album
intern, artist-researcher, developer, translator, facilitator
2025
Community menstrual awareness workshop & arts-based storytelling method
Self-reflexive essay, generative affect weaving, & interactive map
2025
three textual-visual drawings fusion of maps, diagrams, and manipulated photographs; poetry, prose, and asemic writing
2025→
intermedia poetic suite combining electronic literature, experimental music, web art, and multiple languages includes electronic and conceptual poetry; videopoetry with archival recordings; experimental songs, sound art, and conceptual performance; drawings and glitch art; science writing; text co-authored with GenAI
2025→
hybrid collection of experimental literature revolving around the metalloids includes New Weird and slipstream fiction; science writing; sci-fi horror; divinatory, kinetic, and prose poetry; non-fiction; and dark ambient music
researcher
2024→
researcher
2024
researcher, participant, and presenter
2024
presentation for a workshop on LLMs
v0.1, v0.3 2024→
digital poetry/videopoetry/docupoetry/web art on communal hauntology & seismic events
v0.1, v0.2 2024→
academic paper lyric essay co-authored with GenAI
researcher, developer
2024
policy research developed the Makwela or Photostory Map: a geographical, participatory, and photovoice-driven storytelling method with an interactive map
documenter, researcher
2024
policy research
streamer, video and audio editor, music composer, social media assets
2020→
actual play ttrpg group
music composer, sound designer, & sound recordist
2019
documentary
end credits built from melodic fragments of Ilonggo folksongs
co-designer with George Palmos
2018
three piece outfit inspired by namesake cultivar: pants, innerwear, & outerwearcrafted an iridescent cockroach ringcollaboration with MASM lead singer, music composer, producer, mixing & mastering, album artist
2015
6 track synthpop/vaporpop album
anonymized contributionscommunity organizer, theorist, & curator
2014–Present
architected community structures and guidelines, content curation, cultural texts, web design and direction for internet subcultures and electronic music genresspearheaded and now maintain multiple specialized communities for experimental music genres including vaporwave, ambient, plunderphonics, and drone music.
contributing author
2013
fiction
contributing author
2012
poetry
music composer & glass harp performer
2009
concert with audiovisual sections music composed from non-human nature sounds
2009
instrumental electronic music based on simple waveforms, Philippine gongs, and vertical composition