The Path by S. Mauck
A listening event for Tomoya Matsuzaki
Thursday, November 19, 2026
Listening 11 am-7 pm
Reception 5-7 pm
Refreshments provided
Adams and Ollman
418 NW 8th Ave, Portland, OR

Upon the occasion of Tomoya Matsuzaki's solo exhibition on view at Adams and Ollman, the gallery invited experimental musician S. Mauck to respond to Matsuzaki's work. Mauck, a Portland-based composer, pianist, cellist and field recordist, makes ambient music from acoustic instruments, synthesizers and a Tascam microphone he takes with him, compiling what it hears into a growing sound library. His first release, Break Rooms, set six pieces in six real places, with recorded water carrying the listener from one to the next.

The Path will be available for listening at the gallery from 11 am to 7 pm on Thursday, November 19 and includes: airplanes, birds, cello, honey bees, city sounds, crowds, doors opening, footsteps in dirt, laughter, lawnmower, leaves rustling, ocean, piano, rain, rivers, stepping in snow, swimming, swinging twigs, modular synthesizer, tide pools, wind and woodpecker.

Please join us throughout the day or at 5 pm for an intimate reception.

Tomoya Matsuzaki closes November 21 and is on view by appointment until December 12.