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

about To make is to pray Making is Praying Year: 2020–ongoing Format: Installation Dimensions: Variable Materials: Fabric, wood, string, thread a participatory artwork developed during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, when physical contact and social interaction were severely restricted. In the work, the artist and the viewer create a mask together while talking about someone whose health they wish to pray for. Through the act of making a mask—an object that functioned not only as protection during the pandemic, but also as a personal charm for safeguarding oneself—the work creates an intimate space for sharing memories, care, prayer, and personal relationships. Presented in an exhibition held under the limitations of the pandemic, the work was also an attempt by the artist to explore how she could meet, communicate with, and form connections with visitors at a time when direct interaction was constrained. Participants are invited to choose two photos of someone whose health they wish to pray for in the current situation, and send them to the artist’s PC. The selected photos are printed onto fabric on site. While talking freely about their memories with that person, their relationship, and their hopes for the future, the participant cuts out the printed fabric. The artist then sews the fabric into a mask while praying together with the participant for the person’s health. Once completed, the mask is given to the participant. 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)

NEWSは今井さつきの最新情報(展覧会、イベント等)を掲載しています。 The latest information NEWS 2025 Exhibiting at “Civic Hall Open! DAY♪ Exhibition Date: Saturday, December 20, 2025 Time: 11:00–16:00 Venue: Hall Foresta Stage, Keyaki Forum, Meeting Rooms, Entrance Area Admission: Free More details here 2025 Exhibiting at Biennale JatimⅪ Exhibition Date: Sunday, August 24 – Saturday, September 20, 2025 Time: 10:00–21:00 Venue: Pudak Gallery Gresik Admission: Free More details here ※Click the visual on the left to access the artwork page within the website. 2025 2024 Hacchi Artist-in-Residence Activity Archive Exhibition Exhibition Date: Saturday, January 25 – Tuesday, February 11, 2025 Time: 9:00–21:00 Venue: Hachinohe Portal Museum hacchi, 3F “Wa no Studio” Admission: Free More details here ※Click the visual on the left to access the artwork page within the website. 2024 Exhibiting at Hajimari Art Center 10th Anniversary Exhibition “Ki・Ten・Ki・Ten” — Summer Season Exhibition Date: Saturday, August 3 – Sunday, October 20, 2024 Time: 10:00–18:00 Venue: Hajimari-no-Museum Admission: General: 500 yen Ages 65+: 250 yen High school students and under: Free Visitors with a disability certificate and one accompanying person: Free More details here ※Click the visual on the left to access the artwork page within the website. 2023 Participating in the Former Kamino Elementary School Residence Exhibition Performance Date: Saturday, December 16 – Sunday, December 24, 2023 Time: 13:00–17:00 Venue: Former Kamijo Elementary School Admission: Free More details here ※Click the visual on the left to access the artwork page within the website. 2023 A doctoral thesis has been released on the website. Exhibition detail：Click here 2022 IN : ACT BẾN NGỌC THỤỴ BY NHÀ SÀN COLLECTIVE Performance Date：1. September 2022 Time：16:00-20:00 Location：WH22 Nha San Queer House Admission：free detail：Click here 2022 Just Rolllllll Performance Date：13. August 2022 Time：16:00-20:00 Location：Fridericianum Gudkitchen (Backyard) Admission：free detail：Click here 2021 Doctorate degree Exhibition Exhibition Date：10. December 2021 Time：10:00-17:00 Location：Tokyo University of the Arts museum Admission：free detail：Click here 2021 BankART AIR 2021 WINTER OPEN STUDIO Exhibition Date： 5-7,12-14.February 2021 Time：11: 00-19: 00 Place： BankART Station & R16studio Admission: Free detail： Click here 2020 INSIDE DIVERSITY Inner diversity Exhibition Schedule:26.Dec 2020,-4.February Time：7: 00-23: 00 Location：JR Ueno Station Main Exit "Galleria" 2F Break Station Gallery Admission：Free 2020 To make is to pray workshop Exhibition Date： 4.July 2020 Time：11: 00-21: 00 Location：Shibuya PARCO OIL by Art Notebook Store Participation fee：One drink order

今井の新作である『ひと包み』の特別ページです。 HUMAN FUROSHIKI "Human Furoshiki" is a participatory work in which the author, Imai, and the participating viewers work together to create an important gift, "Human Furoshiki" wrapped in a single furoshiki. It is the participating viewers who are wrapped in the furoshiki. Imai, the author, will wrap you in your favorite pose. When we are born, we are carefully wrapped in cloth, and when we die, we are carefully wrapped in cloth. What kind of experience is it to be wrapped up in the meantime, and even to be wrapped up in others? While talking and communicating with the viewers, who are important gifts that the author can meet through the work, we will change the object of "furoshiki" into a work of "Hitotsutsumi-ひと包み-" together. It is a work that tries to do that. Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Fine Arts Doctoral Examination Exhibition 2021 December 10th (Fri) -19th (Sun), 2021 Tokyo University of the Arts University Museum Load More

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)

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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

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)

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 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)

博士論文を紹介しています。 MEDIA Doctoral Thesis 2021 Doctoral Thesis, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts Research on the experience of appreciation created together by the viewer and the artist: the practice of communion and co-creation and the construction of the concept of <PLAY GROUND＞". (Part of the work is available on a limited basis. It will soon be open to the public at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music). Viewing environment: PC and iPad are recommended. by Tokyo University of Arts Repository The summary is here(Japanese only) The thesis is here(Japa nese only) Handouts at the time of the doctoral research presentation (Japanese only) Doctoral Thesis 2021 Doctoral Thesis, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts Research on the experience of appreciation created together by the viewer and the artist: the practice of communion and co-creation and the construction of the concept of <PLAY GROUND＞". (Part of the work is available on a limited basis. It will soon be open to the public at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music). Viewing environment: PC and iPad are recommended. by Tokyo University of Arts Repository The summary is here(Japanese only) The thesis is here(Japa nese only) Handouts at the time of the doctoral research presentation (Japanese only)

人間ノリ巻きの作品説明です。 about Human sushi Human Sushi Year: 2013–ongoing Format: Installation / Participatory performance Dimensions: Sushi roll, including fillings: W2000 × H100 × D1800 mm Sushi geta display stand: W3000 × H450 × D2000 mm Materials: Fabric, cotton, urethane foam, polyethylene sheet Human Sushi is a participatory artwork in which participants can become a giant sushi roll. Participants choose several fillings—such as tuna, egg, denbu, or kanpyo—to be rolled together with them. Holding the selected ingredients, they lie down on a giant mat of rice grains. The artist, dressed as a sushi chef, then energetically rolls them up, transforming them into a giant “Human Sushi.” After becoming a sushi roll, each participant is photographed on site. The printed photograph is attached to a wooden menu board, where the participant writes their own menu name, such as “___ Roll.” The completed menu board is then displayed in the exhibition space, allowing the participant’s experience to remain as part of the artwork. The work invites participants to enjoy unusual actions that rarely occur in everyday life, such as rolling in front of others or becoming food. Beyond the physical experience itself, participants also become part of the work through the menu boards, which can create moments of communication between those who have been rolled. Using the familiar motifs of sushi rolls and cooking, Human Sushi explores how participation can playfully transform relationships: between viewers and artworks, viewers and the artist, and viewers themselves. Rather than simply looking at an artwork, participants enter into it, become part of it, and share the experience with others. To date, approximately 2,500 people have participated in Human Sushi in Japan, Korea, and France. ・ February 26-March 3, 2013 ... "2012 Aichi Prefectural University of the Arts Graduation / Completion Exhibition" (Aichi Museum of Art Gallery Exhibition Room / Aichi) ・ August 2013… etteda7th (Seoul) ・ August 2014 ... Guerrilla Performance in Paris (Plaza in front of Pompidou Center / Paris) ・ March 2015 ... Solo exhibition "이랏 샤이 마세 ~ Welcome ~ Exhibition" (gallery bonun / Seoul) ・ April 7, 2018 ... "Meaningless, something like" (Beginning Museum / Fukushima) ・ August 2018 ... "Children's Korabo Lab" (Art Tower Mito / Ibaraki) ・ August 2018 ... " TURN Festival 4 " (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum / Tokyo) ・ Scheduled to be exhibited in 2020 (postponed after 2021)