今井さつきの経歴等を記載しています。 Satsuki's biography CV photo: Tatsuhiko Nakagawa Satsuki Imai Satsuki Imai creates participatory and communication-based artworks that explore PLAY GROUND, co-creation, and reciprocity, developing spaces in which viewers and artist collaboratively shape the work. Her artistic practice is deeply influenced by her background in video games. Having grown up immersed in games, she came to believe that play fosters personal growth and builds connections between people. She initially aspired to become a game designer, but during her studies in a specialized program, she encountered contemporary art. She found strong affinities between games and art—both offer opportunities to think, experience, and exist slightly apart from everyday roles. This discovery sparked her interest in creating such experiences within public spaces. Drawing on foundational concepts from game design—the viewer as protagonist, the possibility of altering the future through participation, and play as a medium connecting people—Imai developed a practice in which the audience becomes an active agent within each work. Her installation Raybox transforms visitors’ personal belongings into kaleidoscopes, enabling them to generate unique visions rooted in their own lives. In Hajimari no Daichi, flowers made by participants gradually alter the rocky, cave-like landscape of the installation, suggesting the potential for collective action to reshape a shared environment. In Human Norimaki, participants become the “ingredients” of a giant sushi roll, collaboratively constructing the norimaki with the artist while experiencing a new form of embodied creativity. Across these works, Imai invites viewers to become protagonists who co-create the artwork through a process akin to play. Her installations function as playgrounds, places where she connects with others through the medium of art and welcomes them into a space of shared creation. Embedded within her practice is a simple and sincere message to participants: a desire for friendship and connection. Biography 2022 Completed Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts (PhD, Fine Arts) 2017 Completed Master’s Program, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Department of Intermedia Art, Tokyo University of the Arts 2013 Completed Master’s Program, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Department of Design, Aichi University of the Arts 2011 BA, Department of Animation (Game Course), Tokyo Polytechnic University Exhibition history 2025 Biennale Jatim XI (Pudak Gallery Gresik / Gresik, Indonesia) 2024 hacchi Artist-in-Residence Activity Archive Exhibition (Hachinohe Portal Museum hacchi / Aomori) 2024 Hajimari Art Center 10th Anniversary Exhibition “Ki・Ten・Ki・Ten” — Summer Season (Hajimari-no-Museum / Fukushima) 2023 Former Kamino elementary school Residence Program Exhibition (Former Kamino Elementary School / Fukuoka) 2022 IN : ACT Bến Ngọc Thụy by Nhà Sàn Collective (WH22 Nha San Queer House / Kassel, Germany) Just Rolllllll (Museum Fridericianum, Gudkitchen Backyard / Kassel, Germany) Let’s Get Rolled in Human Sushi! — Asahikawa “Makasa-ru-kai” (Heiwa-dori Kaimono Park / Hokkaido) 2021 Tokyo University of the Arts Doctoral Thesis Exhibition (The University Art Museum / Tokyo) 2020 INSIDE DIVERSITY (Ueno Station Break Gallery / Tokyo) Making is Praying (OIL by Bijutsu Techo / Tokyo) The Struggle for Tomorrow (3331 ART FAIR / Tokyo) 2019 Precious Situation (Digital Hollywood University / Tokyo) 2018 ATLAS Exhibition (The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts / Ibaraki) TURN Festival 4 (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum / Tokyo) Kodomo Collabo Lab (Art Tower Mito / Ibaraki) Muimi no Youna mono (Hajimari-no-Museum / Fukushima) 2017 TURN Festival 3 (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum / Tokyo) FELT STÄRKE — East Asian Capital of Culture 2017 Public Presentation (Kyoto Art Center / Kyoto) TURN Festival 2 (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum / Tokyo) Graduation & Completion Exhibition, Tokyo University of the Arts (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum / Geidai Campus) 2015 TURN Festival (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum / Tokyo) Solo Exhibition Irasshaimase—Welcome (gallery bonun / Seoul) Me and Nature — Tokyo University of the Arts × École des Beaux-Arts International Collaborative Project (Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale / Niigata) 2014 Human Sushi Guerrilla Performance (Centre Pompidou forecourt / Paris) 2013 Aichi University of the Arts Graduation & Completion Exhibition (Aichi Prefectural Arts Center / Aichi) TETSUSON 2013 (BankART Studio NYK / Kanagawa) Artist-in-Residence 2024 Hacchi AIR (Hachinohe / Aomori) 2022 Former Kamijo Artist-in-Residence (Miyama / Fukuoka) Artist-in-Residence Asahikawa (Asahikawa / Hokkaido) Grants 2022 Ogasawara Toshiaki Memorial Foundation — Travel & Research Grant (First Term)

メディアなどの記事を掲載しています。 Media MEDIA MEDIA I was interviewed by Tobira, who is an art communicator at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, when he completed graduate school work at the Tokyo University of the Arts.

Rayboxの作品説明です。 The information of "Raybox" Human Kikumaki (Chrysanthemum Roll) Year of Production: 2025 Format: Participatory Artwork Size: Kikumaki (including fillings): W2000 × H100 × D1800 mm Materials: Fabric, cotton A viewer-participation-type work where you can see the kaleidoscope when you put your belongings inside the work and look into it. Viewers put their watches, glasses, and other belongings in black, white, and transparent-looking box drawers. And when I look through the upper peephole, the belongings in the drawer are transformed into a kaleidoscope. Not all belongings are unique, but the combination of belongings is a part of each viewer, and we try to use it to create a figure that only that person can make. By arranging the inside of the drawer and turning the handle attached to the work, a figure that can only be seen in that moment and that is constantly changing appears every moment. Its beauty seems to praise the viewer themselves. This work was made when the writer was still studying at university with the aim of becoming a game creator. He came across contemporary art when he began to question the commercial games he produced over the years. However, because I didn't understand contemporary art well at that time, I didn't have much to touch, unlike toys and games, and I felt like someone else's affairs. If I make a work, I thought it would be good if I could think of it as my own. This work gave birth to the future writer's life. ・ January 2013 ... " etteda7th-etteda Korea-Japan Creators Joint Exhibition 2012- " (TEMPORARY CONTEMPORARY / Tokyo)

satsukiimai.comは、今井さつきのwebサイトです。作品やプロジェクト等を紹介しています。 Human sushi Human sushi To make is to pray Human sushi 1/19 アンカー 1

はじまりのだいちについての作品説明です。 about The beginning from ground Beginning your ground Production year: 2017- Format: Installation Size: φ4000 × H2500 (mm) Material: Wood, Styrofoam, Artificial turf, Flower paper This participatory installation is designed as a mountain on the outside and a cave on the inside. Visitors enter the work and create flowers while sharing memories or stories about important people in their lives with the artist or with others present. Inside the space, participants layer thin hanagami (flower paper) sheets to create their own unique flowers. There are no specific rules for how the flowers should be made; each visitor relies on their own memories and imagination to shape their creation. The artist remains present in the space, making flowers together with visitors and listening to their stories. Completed flowers are placed inside the cave or inserted into the mountain outside. When participants feel ready to “leave the cave,” they climb a ladder, breathe in the outside air, and step out of the space. The installation gradually transforms as more flowers are added through visitors’ participation. The work was created from the idea that the landscape—both literal and metaphorical—can be changed through the small actions of individuals. Approximately 200 people participated in this work, creating flowers while sharing memories of making flowers in their childhood or stories of people to whom they wished to give a flower. Because there were no rules for how the flowers should be made, some participants created their works freely, responding to the materials with their hands and following their own curiosity. Care was taken not to set a clear goal or time limit, allowing each person to spend as much time as they wished until their flower felt complete. The space was intended to offer the comfort and safety of a park-like environment, while providing a gentle theme—“making a flower”—through which participants could think and reflect as they worked with their hands. As time was shared with the visitors, it became clear that the feelings they expressed—making a flower while thinking of someone, or wishing to give it to someone dear—were themselves a form of art. Exhibition History Feb 26 – Mar 3, 2017 The 65th Graduation and Completion Works Exhibition Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum / The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts / Geidai Campus, Tokyo October 2019 Precious Situation NEWTOWN / Digital Hollywood University, Tokyo

今井さつきの作品紹介をしています。 This page present art works of Satsuki IMAI. どんな風に生きていたのか how did I survive in documenta fifteen? 美術館に暮らす living in Fridericianum museum 色を通して交流すること make friends with food イベントに参加する joining friends's event WORKS はじまりのだいち Hajimari no Daichi ひと包み Hitotsutsumi 人間菊巻き Human Kikumaki Atarashii Historia

人間ノリ巻きの作品説明です。 about Human sushi in Asahikawa Human Sushi in Kassel Production year: 2013- Format: Installation Size: Sushi (including ingredients) ... W2000 x H100 x D1800 Sushi clogs ... W3000 × H450 × D2000 (mm) Material: mixed media The work Human Sushi was presented during a half-month stay at the “Former Kamijo Elementary School Residence,” an artist-in-residence program held at the former Kamijo Elementary School building in Miyama City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Organizer: Kyushu Geibunkan Art Exhibition Executive Committee (Fukuoka Prefecture Cultural Promotion Division) Human Sushi Experience (12/16–12/24) For approximately one week, a Sushi-shop-style setup was installed, and visiting residents were “rolled” into a Human Sushi each time they came.

人間ノリ巻きの作品説明です。 about Human sushi documenta 15, Kassel, Friedericianum museum, Gudkitchen, backyard, Germany, Nha san collective, ba bau air, queer house, WH22 Production year: 2013- Format: Installation Size: Sushi (including ingredients) ... W2000 x H100 x D1800 Sushi clogs ... W3000 × H450 × D2000 (mm) Material: mixed media Human Sushi in Kassel She was invited to present "JUST ROLLLLLLLLLLLL BY NHÀ SÀN COLLECTIVE", an event within the 15th edition of documenta, a five-yearly art festival in Germany, where she presented "Human Sushi". The event was organized by the Vietnamese collective and Hanoi-based Nhà Sàn Collective, ba-bau AIR, and Jakarta, Indonesia-based Gudskul, together with invited artists. The event created an opportunity to involve people and share fun by rolling tobacco, making rolled food and presenting works of art that are rolled. JUST ROLLLLLLL BY NHÀ SÀN COLLECTIVE Credit：d15_Just_Rolllllll_Kassel_2022_Foto_Martha_Friedel documenta fifteen_ Meydan Weekend 2, Just_Rolllllll, Nhá Sán Collective, Gudskul Fridericianum, August 13, 2022, photo_ Martha Friedel She was invited to present "JUST ROLLLLLLLLLLLL BY NHÀ SÀN COLLECTIVE", an event within the 15th edition of documenta, a five-yearly art festival in Germany, where she presented "Human Sushi". The event was organized by the Vietnamese collective and Hanoi-based Nhà Sàn Collective, ba-bau AIR, and Jakarta, Indonesia-based Gudskul, together with invited artists. The event created an opportunity to involve people and share fun by rolling tobacco, making rolled food and presenting works of art that are rolled. IN : ACT BẾN NGỌC THỤỴ VON NHÀ SÀN COLLECTIVE https://documenta-fifteen.de/en/calendar/in-act-ben-ngoc-thuy/ The performance event IN : ACT BẾN NGỌC THỤỴ BY NHÀ SÀN COLLECTIVE within the wedding party organized by the Nhà Sàn Collective as a public event for the Farewell party at Queer House ưhưh22, which was their accommodation and part of their work, and I performed 《Human Sushi》 in the event. Visitors could take part in the celebration of the ưhưh22 Queer Wedding Party. Encouraged to marry as many times and with as many partners as possible on this special day, around 20 couples asked for a marriage certificate and took the vows, which were recognized by the artist Thao-Linh Dinh. The event was also a public farewell event for the Queer House. The event was held not only in Kassel but also in Hanoi a few days later (event link ). She was invited to present "JUST ROLLLLLLLLLLLL BY NHÀ SÀN COLLECTIVE", an event within the 15th edition of documenta, a five-yearly art festival in Germany, where she presented "Human Sushi". The event was organized by the Vietnamese collective and Hanoi-based Nhà Sàn Collective, ba-bau AIR, and Jakarta, Indonesia-based Gudskul, together with invited artists. The event created an opportunity to involve people and share fun by rolling tobacco, making rolled food and presenting works of art that are rolled.

人間ノリ巻きの作品説明です。 about Human sushi in Asahikawa Human Kikumaki (Chrysanthemum Roll) Year of Production: 2025 Format: Participatory Artwork Size: Kikumaki (including fillings): W2000 × H100 × D1800 mm Materials: Fabric, cotton This participatory work was produced as part of the Artist-in-Residence program at Hachinohe Portal Museum hacchi in Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture, during the 2024 residency cycle. During research in Hachinohe, the artist encountered “Abo-kyū,” an edible chrysanthemum traditionally grown in the region, as well as “Kikumaki,” a local rolled dish unique to the area. Recognizing its affinity with one of her representative works, Human Norimaki, she conducted interviews with local residents. Through this process, she discovered that the culture of cultivating and eating chrysanthemum—once deeply rooted in the region—has become far less familiar to the younger generation. Within Hachinohe City, only one chrysanthemum farm remains, and just two people were found who still knew how to make Kikumaki. Because Kikumaki is a dish that can only be truly appreciated when made and eaten with ingredients grown locally, the artist sought to share its value with the community. She created a large-scale participatory artwork in the shape of Kikumaki and, alongside the installation, organized a cooking workshop with local residents to celebrate and help preserve this important regional culture. Presentation of Human Sushi (30th June 2024) As this was the artist’s first presentation in Aomori Prefecture, Human Norimaki was introduced to local residents of Hachinohe. In Hachinohe, a recurring event called “Hachinohe Hokoten” transforms the street in front of hacchi into a pedestrian zone during spring, summer, and autumn. The artist joined this event to share information about the residency and conduct interviews about local norimaki ingredients unique to Hachinohe. Public Production / Interviews A space adjacent to the first-floor radio booth at Hachinohe Portal Museum Hacchi was used to host a workshop for creating the “rice” component of Human Norimaki. While participants engaged in the workshop, the artist collected their memories and stories about Kikumaki and chrysanthemums. Additional interviews were conducted in the large first-floor hall, gathering local stories and personal recollections about Kikumaki and chrysanthemums. Research on Kikumaki Research activities included public interviews at hacchi, visits to the city’s remaining chrysanthemum farm—where the artist experienced harvesting firsthand—and interviews with the few individuals who still possess the skills to prepare Kikumaki. Load More Human Kikumaki & Human Sushi (Hachinohe Ingredients Version) Based on the research conducted in Hachinohe, the newly created work Human Kikumaki was presented alongside a new Hachinohe-themed version of Human Norimaki, incorporating ingredients unique to the region. Human Kikumaki & Human Sushi — at YS Arena The project also expanded outside the museum, with mobile presentations of Human Kikumaki and Human Sushi held at YS Arena, the skating rink located within Nagane Sports Park in Hachinohe City. Photographed by Hiroki Azuma and Yukiya Meguro

人間ノリ巻きの作品説明です。 about Human sushi in Asahikawa Human Sushi in Kassel Production year: 2013- Format: Installation Size: Sushi (including ingredients) ... W2000 x H100 x D1800 Sushi clogs ... W3000 × H450 × D2000 (mm) Material: mixed media During a one-month stay at the Artist-in-Residence Asahikawa, the artists created rice cushions, part of "Ningen Nori Maki", in a workshop format with Asahikawa residents and gave a final presentation and performance while parading through Heiwadori Shopping Park in Asahikawa, the first permanent pedestrian mall in Japan that stretches about 1km. Organized by: Artist in Residence Asahikawa supported by: Asahikawa City, Asahikawa City Board of Education special thanks: Machinaka Bunka Hut, Ichinichi-Ju-Asahi Cafe Sunao, Asahikawa City Workshop (May 1 - May 13) Workshops were held at "Ichiju Asagohan Cafe Sunao" in Asahikawa City's Ginza-dori shopping street and "Machinaka Bunka Hut" in Kaimono Park (one day of which was co-hosted with Cha Cha Cha World), for a total of 7 days. During the 7-day workshop, workshop participants drew shapes and laid out nearly 400 rice cushions filled with cotton to complete Asahikawa's version of "Human Sushi". In addition to the already existing ingredients (tuna, egg, salmon, and cucumber), this work also included the creation of ingredients from the places visited, and in Asahikawa, they chose to use Gyoja garlic. Gyoja garlic is a wild vegetable harvested in early spring in Hokkaido. I often see it on restaurant menus and in stores during this season, and I have had the pleasure of eating it in various ways, such as marinated in soy sauce and on Genghis Khan, and I have even tried marinating it in soy sauce myself. Load More Let's get wrapped up in "Human Sushi"! 〜 in Asahikawa, Japan! On the day of the presentation on May 14 (Sat.), we started from Asahikawa Station (Miyashita) a little after 11:00 a.m., and held "Makasaru party" in front of Marukatsu (street 2), OKUNO (street 3), Food Terrace (street 5), and Machinaka Bunka Hut (street 7). 　In a little over two hours, 31 people completed 24 rolls (including me) of human Nori-maki. "Makasaru" is a Hokkaido word that has a mixed meaning of passive and active. Through the experience of being rolled by various people in Asahikawa from the time of making rice to the final presentation, we were able to make the final presentation. Load More Photographed by Hiroki Azuma and Yukiya Meguro

about To make is to pray Human Kikumaki (Chrysanthemum Roll) Year of Production: 2025 Format: Participatory Artwork Size: Kikumaki (including fillings): W2000 × H100 × D1800 mm Materials: Fabric, cotton A participatory art work. I, who am the artist and participant, make a face mask together while listening to the viewer's story of "a person who wants to pray for their health" and praying for their health. This work was created based on the artist's own experience. Around February 2020, when COVID-19 was gradually spreading, I came up with the idea of making something by printing it while looking at the photographs I had taken with people from various countries. At that time, I sewed the face mask I wore as a talisman when I went out and started praying for the health of the people in the photo, and I shared it in the form of a work. Ask the viewer to select two photos of a person who wants to pray for health in the current situation, and send them to the writer's PC. Then, print the photo selected on the spot on a cloth and ask them to cut it while talking about their memories and future stories. I prayed for the health of the person for whom the viewer wanted to pray while sewing the cloth on which the cut photo is printed, and when the face mask was made, I gave it to the viewer. Load More ・ March 2020 ... " The Struggle the Tomorrow " (3331 ART FAIR / 3331 Arts Chiyoda / Tokyo) ・ July 2020 ... "Making is praying" (OIL by Art Notebook / PARCO Shibuya / Tokyo)

今井さつきの作品紹介をしています。 This page present art works of Satsuki IMAI. 人間ノリ巻き Human Sushi 人間ノリ巻き（旭川） Human Sushi(Asahikawa) 人間ノリ巻き in Kassel Human Sushi in Kassel 人間ノリ巻き（みやま） Human Sushi (Miyama) WORKS 人間ノリ巻き Human Sushi 人間ノリ巻き（旭川） Human Sushi(Asahikawa) 人間ノリ巻き in Kassel Human Sushi in Kassel 人間ノリ巻き（みやま） Human Sushi (Miyama) 人間ノリ巻き（秩父） Human Sushi(Chichibu) はじまりのだいち(磐梯山） Hajimari no Daichi(Mt.Bandai) 作ることは祈ること Making is Prayng Raybox はじまりのだいち Hajimari no Daichi ひと包み Hitotsutsumi 人間菊巻き Human Kikumaki Atarashii Historia WORKS