Nakai You

Nakai You makes music, dance, theatre, haunted mansions, and other forms of performance as a member of No Collective, and also conducts research on experimental electronic music, performance, influentology, and habits. His publications include Reminded by the Instruments: David Tudor’s Music (Oxford University Press, 2021). Recent artistic endeavors include bringing to life Island Eye Island Ear, a speculative plan conceived by Tudor in the mid-1970s to turn an entire island into a giant musical instrument. Nakai’s translations include Investigative Aesthetics: Conflicts and Commons in the Politics of Truth (2021) by Eyal Weizman and Matthew Fuller. He is currently affiliated with the University of Tokyo, where he hosts the Side Effects Lab and chairs the Department of Avant-Garde Arts.Last Updated: 2025.07