Yoshi Sodeoka

Yoshi Sodeoka
Sodeoka in 2024
Born	Hiroshima, Japan
Other names	Yoshihide Sodeoka
Occupation	Artist
Known for	Digital video art
Website	sodeoka.com

Yoshi Sodeoka is a Japanese-born multimedia artist and musician based in New York City. His work spans digital video, animation, print, and music, and often incorporates techniques such as video feedback, generative processes, and experimental sound. ^[1] His projects have been presented by museums, galleries, and media platforms internationally, and his work is held in the permanent collections of the Museum of the Moving Image in New York City and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. ^[2]

Biography

Yoshi Sodeoka was born in Hiroshima, Japan, and later relocated to New York City in the 1990s, where he studied at Pratt Institute. He has lived and worked in New York since that time. ^[3]

Sodeoka’s artistic practice spans digital video, animation, print, and music, and frequently incorporates techniques such as video feedback, generative systems, and experimental sound. His work has been presented in museum and gallery contexts internationally, as well as through media and cultural platforms. ^[4]

His work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of the Moving Image in New York City and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. ^[5]

Notable projects

Prototype #31: C404.40.40.31 (2001)

Released in 2001, Prototype #31: C404.40.40.31 is a 31-minute audiovisual work combining animated graphics with found television footage and an original experimental electronic noise score composed by Sodeoka. The project premiered at Digital Dumbo in September 2001. ^[6]

ASCII BUSH (2004)

An ASCII-based video work presenting U.S. political speeches as digital abstraction, first showcased via Turbulence.org. ^[7]

Noise Driven Ambient Audio And Visuals (2005)

A collection of experimental video feedback compositions released on DVD. ^[8]

Video Metal (2009)

A limited-edition audiovisual DVD publication reviewed by Neural magazine. ^[9]

#46 — 35.23N 139.30E [FAC 3097] E5150xx – Digital/Analog Intermix (2012)

A telecommunications-themed audiovisual project developed through Turbulence.org. ^[10]

Midnight Moment (Times Square, 2025)

Sodeoka’s work was presented across Times Square’s digital billboards as part of the Midnight Moment public art program. ^[11]

Kinomural (Wrocław, Poland, 2025)

Large-scale projection works shown at the Kinomural new-media festival in Poland. ^[12]

Akari (Mexico City, 2025)

Participation in the immersive digital art exhibition Akari in Mexico City. ^[13]

Prism Break – Ambient Swim (2021)

An immersive audiovisual series premiered on HBO Max as part of Adult Swim Festival. ^[14]

Wetware – Bacteria (2021)

A generative NFT project released on Foundation.app. ^[15]

Wind Flags #4 (2023)

A mural commissioned for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center composed from algorithmic video stills. ^[16]

The Flood (2024)

A generative NFT series exploring predator-prey simulations released on Verse Works. ^[17]

Undervolt & Co.

An experimental video art collective founded by Sodeoka in 2013 focused on abstract audiovisual publishing. ^[18]

Music video projects

In addition to his multimedia art practice, Yoshi Sodeoka has directed music videos for a range of international recording artists, often incorporating generative and abstract visual systems.

• The Presets – "Youth in Trouble" (2012) ^[19]

• Tame Impala – "Elephant" (2012) ^[20]

• Yeasayer – "PSCYVOTV" (2012) ^[21]

• MYMK – "Drag" (2015) ^[22]

• Digitalism – "Utopia" (2016) ^[23]

• Mark Stoermer – "39 Steps (Shannoncut Remix)" (2017) ^[24]

• Oliver Coates – "Norrin Radd Dreaming" (2018) ^[25]

• Oneohtrix Point Never – "Magic OPN" (2020) ^[26]

• Max Cooper – "Spike" (2020) ^[27]

• Genghis Tron – "Pyrocene" (2021) ^[28]

• Metallica – "You Must Burn!" (2023) ^[29]

• Max Cooper – "Fibonacci Sequence" (2024) ^[30]

• Oneohtrix Point Never – "Measuring Ruins" (2025) ^[31]

Illustrations and animations for publications

Sodeoka has contributed animated and digital visual works to major international publications, frequently integrating motion-based graphics into editorial storytelling.

• The New York Times – Addicted to Distraction (2015)
• The New York Times Sunday Review – Do You Believe in God, or Is That a Software Glitch (2016)
• Wired – How One Woman's Digital Life Was Weaponized Against Her (2017)
• MIT Technology Review – Paying with Your Face (2017)
• Wired – The Dawn of Twitter and the Age of Awareness (2018)
• The Atlantic – How to Put Out Democracy’s Dumpster Fire (2021)
• ProPublica – Why It’s Hard to Sanction Ransomware Groups (2022)
• The New Yorker – Cory Doctorow Wants You to Know What Computers Can and Can’t Do (2022)
• The New York Times – Starfield’s 1,000 Planets May Be One Giant Leap for Game Design (2023)

References

1. "Digital artist Yoshi Sodeoka's work cannot be categorized". It’s Nice That. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
2. "Sodeoka, Yoshi". San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
3. "Digital artist Yoshi Sodeoka's work cannot be categorized". It’s Nice That. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
4. "The Creators Project At The Gaîté Lyrique: The Installations". Vice. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
5. "Sodeoka, Yoshi". San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
6. "C404.40.40.31" . Retrieved 27 February 2024.
7. "ASCII BUSH – Rhizome Artbase" . Retrieved 27 February 2024.
8. "Noise Driven Ambient Audio and Visuals" . Retrieved 28 February 2024.
9. "Yoshihide Sodeoka – Video Metal" . Retrieved 27 February 2024.
10. "Prototype #44: Net Pirate Number Station" . Retrieved 28 February 2024.
11. "Midnight Moment" . Retrieved 29 January 2026.
12. "Yoshi Sodeoka in Poland for the First Time!" . Retrieved 29 January 2026.
13. "Akari immersive digital exhibition" . Retrieved 29 January 2026.
14. "Watch Ambient Swim" . Retrieved 27 February 2024.
15. "Wetware – Bacteria" . Retrieved 28 February 2024.
16. "Wind Flags #4" . Retrieved 27 February 2024.
17. "Gorilla Newsletter 40" . Retrieved 27 February 2024.
18. "Experimental Label Undervolt & Co Creates Online Video Art Party" . Retrieved 27 February 2024.
19. "The Presets – "Youth in Trouble" Video" . Retrieved 27 February 2024.
20. "Video: Tame Impala – "Elephant"" . Retrieved 27 February 2024.
21. "Yeasayer – PSCYVOTV visuals" . Retrieved 27 February 2024.
22. "MYMK – Drag" . Retrieved 28 February 2024.
23. "Digitalism – Utopia" . Retrieved 27 February 2024.
24. "Mark Stoermer – 39 Steps Remix" . Retrieved 28 February 2024.
25. "Oliver Coates – Norrin Radd Dreaming" . Retrieved 27 February 2024.
26. "Magic OPN teaser" . Retrieved 28 February 2024.
27. "Max Cooper – Spike visuals" . Retrieved 29 February 2024.
28. "Genghis Tron – Pyrocene" . Retrieved 27 February 2024.
29. "Metallica: You Must Burn!" . Retrieved 27 February 2024.
30. "Max Cooper and Kwake Bass – Fibonacci Sequence – Official Video". MG25. 2024-08-31. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
31. "Oneohtrix Point Never searches for the soul among AI slop". Dazed Digital. 2025-11-05. Retrieved 2026-01-29.

External links

• Yoshi Sodeoka's portfolio site
• Interview with Yoshi Sodeoka: Infinite Cycles - Sedition
• IN DIGITAL: BEHIND THE SCREEN WITH YOSHI SODEOKA
• Yoshi Sodeoka Interview by Mâché Studio
• FACT Magazine: Shiva Feshareki & Yoshi Sodeoka share spirallic collaboration, Vapour
• It's Nice That: Digital artist Yoshi Sodeoka’s work cannot be categorized
• Massage Magazine: Interview with Yoshi Sodeoka (In Japanese)
• Pen Magazine: Yoshi Sodeoka’s Digital Distortions
• Redefine Mag: Yoshi Sodeoka Video Artist Interview: Psychedelic Apocalypse in the Digital Realm
• Niio Editorial: Yoshi Sodeoka: human audio visualizer
• The Interface is the Massage: Yoshi Sodeoka by Curt Cloninger