Araki is an artist, composer, and sound designer. Born in 1981 in Yamagata and now based in Kyoto. His practice is both music-centered and located on the fringes of music, pursuing the creativity of listening through humorous approaches and prompting us to rethink contexts and effects. He constructs sound fields via unique interpretations and processes, which he presents in a wide range of formats, including theater pieces, installations, performances, tours, and recordings. His recent performance works include Vacant TT (Sound Around 004 Genshi, ROHM Theatre Kyoto, 2024), Soundtrack for Midnight TAMURO (Kyoto Experiment 2021 Autumn, Mountaintop Parking Lot, Hieizan Driveway, 2021), Public Address-Sound of Place (Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brussels, 2021) and Zombies and Soundtracks (Lecture Room, Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, 2021). Solo exhibitions include “Why don’t you dance?” (Nagano Prefectural Art Museum Art Lab Ⅲ, 2022), “The Breeze and You” (gallery αM, Tokyo, 2022) and “Zombies and Me” (The Triangle, Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, 2020). Araki is also a member of the music group NEW MANUKE.