Music…
other things
Obligations futures
A speculative and participatory animated short film about social obligations, in which audience members are invited to reflect on the invisible contracts that bind us to one another.
▸ Role: Original score and sound design.
▸ Directed by: Jonathan Lapalme.
▸ Production: Brique par Brique, November 2025.
▸ Photo: Catherine Juneau.
13’2” Between Us
An immersive multimedia performance combining animation, choreography and audio fiction, exploring the lives of four exiled characters — including Mochizuki's own grandfather — whose stories are separated by the Pacific Ocean and the shadow of WWII.
▸ Role: Original score and sound design.
▸ Concept and creation: Cindy Mochizuki.
▸ Production:Mochizuki Studios, Vancouver, 2025.
▸ Photo: Cindy Mochizuki.
Nyx
An avant-garde independent circus show conceived, directed and choreographed by Johanne Madore, exploring femininity through an all-female cast of aerial and physical performers in a dark and dreamlike universe.
▸ Role: Original score and sound design.
▸ Concept, direction and choreography: Johanne Madore.
▸ Production: Collectif Chimère • Diamant, 2022–2023.
▸ Photo: Stéphane Bourgeois.
Pause MTL
A mobile app featuring 10 Montreal sound artists presenting ambient musical works inspired by as many sectors of Parc Frédéric-Back.
▸ Role: co-artistic direction and concept.
▸ Co-artistic direction: Olivier Girouard.
▸ Production: Ekumen, 2021.
▸ Photo: Gabrielle Godbout.
Obligations futures
A speculative and participatory animated short film about social obligations, in which audience members are invited to reflect on the invisible contracts that bind us to one another.
▶ Role: Original score and sound design.
▶ Directed by: Jonathan Lapalme.
▶ Production: Brique par Brique, November 2025.
▶ Photo: Catherine Juneau.
All the Sex I’ve Ever Had
Six Montreal seniors over 65 share their most intimate memories without filter — a festive celebration of sexuality and desire at every age that challenges the cult of youth, created by Toronto's Mammalian Diving Reflex.
▶ Role : Animation, DJing and sound design.
▶ Directed by: Ryan Lewis.
▶ Production: Théâtre du Prospero, 2025.
▶ Photo : Adil Boukind.
13’2” Between Us
An immersive multimedia performance combining animation, choreography and audio fiction, exploring the lives of four exiled characters — including Mochizuki's own grandfather — whose stories are separated by the Pacific Ocean and the shadow of WWII.
▶ Role: Original score and sound design.
▶ Concept and creation: Cindy Mochizuki.
▶ Production: Mochizuki Studios, Vancouver, 2025.
▶ Photo: Cindy Mochizuki.
Nyx
An avant-garde independent circus show conceived, directed and choreographed by Johanne Madore, exploring femininity through an all-female cast of aerial and physical performers in a dark and dreamlike universe.
▶ Role: Original score and sound design.
▶ Concept, direction and choreography: Johanne Madore.
▶ Production: Collectif Chimère • Diamant, 2022–2023.
▶ Photo: Stéphane Bourgeois.
Best Life
An immersive performance exploring our emotional attachments to domestic machines and the objects that will outlast us on earth.
▶ Role: Original score and sound design.
▶ Text and performance : Maiko Yamamoto.
▶ Production : Theatre Replacement (Vancouver), novembre 2022.
▶ Photo : Chelsey Stuyt.
Caves to Dream
A multimedia installation unfolding as four fictional films set within cave-like structures, exploring the passage of time, life, death and the power of dreams through Japanese folklore and ritual.
▶ Rôle : Musique originale et conception sonore.
▶ Concept et réalisation : Cindy Mochizuki
▶ Percussion : Kage
▶ Chorégraphie : Aretha Aoki
▶ Production : Cindy Mochizuki Studios, Vancouver, 2019.
▶ Photo: Michael Love
Pause MTL
Application mobile impliquant 10 artistes sonores montréalais diffusant des oeuvres musicales ambient inspirées d’autant de secteurs du Parc Frédéric-Back.
▶ Rôle : Co-direction artistique, concept.
▶ Co-direction artistique: Olivier Girouard.
▶ Production : Ekumen, 2021.
▶ Photo : Gabrielle Godbout.
Le jour des 8 soleils
A poetic walk through downtown Montreal inviting passersby to discover eight films by Pascal Grandmaison projected onto building facades in the Quartier des spectacles, accompanied by a soundtrack and narration delivered through a mobile app.
▶ Role : Concep of the mobile app and sound design.
▶ Réalisation : Pascal Grandmaison
▶ Text: Serge Murphy.
▶ Narration: Pierre Lapointe.
▶ Production : Luminothérapie, Quartier des spectacle, Montréal, 2012.
▶ Photo : Pascal Grandmaison.
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▸ Cirk 2.4 — research project, interactive circus performance, Montréal, 2023▸ All The Sex I've Ever Had — directed by Ryan Lewis, Théâtre Prospero, 2025
▸ 13'2" Between Us — dance installation and performance by Cindy Mochizuki, Vancouver, 2025
▸ Best Life — created and directed by Maiko Yamamoto, Theatre Replacement, Vancouver, 2022
▸ PAUSE MTL — original concept and production of a musical mobile app produced by Ekumen, Montréal, 2021
▸ Caves to Dream — multidisciplinary installation by Cindy Mochizuki, Vancouver, 2020
▸ 63 Symbols of Daisen — multidisciplinary installation by Cindy Mochizuki, Daisen, Japan, 2018
▸ Clair-Obscur — sound installation, Musée des beaux-arts, Montréal, 2017
▸ Rock, Paper, Scissors — series of audiovisual installations by Cindy Mochizuki, 2016–2017
▸ Dawn to Dust — audiovisual installation by Cindy Mochizuki, Vancouver, 2015
▸ Yokai and Other Spirits — installation by Cindy Mochizuki, Asian Film Festival, Toronto, 2011
▸ Le jour de 8 soleils — architectural projections by Pascal Grandmaison, mobile app design and original music, Luminothérapie, Montréal, 2012