Period｜Friday, October 17, 2025 – Sunday, December 14, 2025
Venue｜Ueno/Okachimachi Area, Kanda/Akihabara Area, Yaesu/Kyobashi Area
Organizer｜General Non-Profit Incorporated Organization Tokyo Biennale
https://tokyobiennale.jp/tb2025/?lang=en
Author: webmaster
”Sha Butsu Sei Sei”【Obu city】
Aichi Triennale 2025 Partnership Program ”Sha Butsu Sei Sei”
【Obu city】
As part of the Artobuist 2025, artist Eiji Watanabe will recreate the hut “Mondori-an,” originally designed by Akio Suzuki. The performance “Mondori-an: WANA-Show” will take place in Obu, featuring Suzuki, who was invited as an artist in 2021, and Miyakita, who also participated in the dance performance, with the hut as the starting point.
Date | Saturday, November 15, 2025, Start at 2:00 PM (Free admission / Advance registration required) Venue | Okura Park Rest House Courtyard (5-74 Momoyama-cho, Obu City, Aichi Prefecture) ※Registration is available from October 10 (Fri) via phone, the registration form on the website, or directly at the Cultural Exchange Division office on the 3rd floor of Obu City Hall.
Date | Saturday, November 15, 2025, Start at 2:00 PM (Free admission / Advance registration required)
Venue | Okura Park Rest House Courtyard (5-74 Momoyama-cho, Obu City, Aichi Prefecture)
※Registration is available from October 10 (Fri) via phone, the registration form on the website, or directly at the Cultural Exchange Division office on the 3rd floor of Obu City Hall.
https://artobulist.jimdofree.com/
【Obu city】
As part of the Artobuist 2025, artist Eiji Watanabe will recreate the hut “Mondori-an,” originally designed by Akio Suzuki. The performance “Mondori-an: WANA-Show” will take place in Obu, featuring Suzuki, who was invited as an artist in 2021, and Miyakita, who also participated in the dance performance, with the hut as the starting point.
Date | Saturday, November 15, 2025, Start at 2:00 PM (Free admission / Advance registration required) Venue | Okura Park Rest House Courtyard (5-74 Momoyama-cho, Obu City, Aichi Prefecture) ※Registration is available from October 10 (Fri) via phone, the registration form on the website, or directly at the Cultural Exchange Division office on the 3rd floor of Obu City Hall.
Date | Saturday, November 15, 2025, Start at 2:00 PM (Free admission / Advance registration required)
Venue | Okura Park Rest House Courtyard (5-74 Momoyama-cho, Obu City, Aichi Prefecture)
※Registration is available from October 10 (Fri) via phone, the registration form on the website, or directly at the Cultural Exchange Division office on the 3rd floor of Obu City Hall.
https://artobulist.jimdofree.com/
”Sha Butsu Sei Sei”【Ichinomiya city】
Aichi Triennale 2025 Partnership Program ”Sha Butsu Sei Sei”
【Ichinomiya City】
Using products found at the former woolen factory site and motifs inspired by the uniqueness of the location, Suzuki will present “o to da te” and a new work titled “Simulacra-chan,” while Miyakita will unveil new paintings. During the exhibition period, there will be performances by the two artists and an artist talk.
Exhibition｜Friday 19 September 2025年 – Sunday 16 November 10:00〜18:00
Performance | Monday/Holiday 13 October 2025 Start at 13:00
Artist Talk | Start at 14:00
Venue | mh PROJECT_nokogirini (4-11-3 Kagoya, Ichinomiya-shi, Aichi 494-0002)
Organize｜mh PROJECT_nokogirini mhprojectnyc_(at)_gmail.com
* Replace “_(at)_ ” with “@”.
Sponsored | Aichi FG Educational and Cultural Foundation
Collaboration | Nokogirini, Hiramatsu Keori Co., Ltd.
https://mhprojectnyc.com/
【Ichinomiya City】
Using products found at the former woolen factory site and motifs inspired by the uniqueness of the location, Suzuki will present “o to da te” and a new work titled “Simulacra-chan,” while Miyakita will unveil new paintings. During the exhibition period, there will be performances by the two artists and an artist talk.
Exhibition｜Friday 19 September 2025年 – Sunday 16 November 10:00〜18:00
Performance | Monday/Holiday 13 October 2025 Start at 13:00
Artist Talk | Start at 14:00
Venue | mh PROJECT_nokogirini (4-11-3 Kagoya, Ichinomiya-shi, Aichi 494-0002)
Organize｜mh PROJECT_nokogirini mhprojectnyc_(at)_gmail.com
* Replace “_(at)_ ” with “@”.
Sponsored | Aichi FG Educational and Cultural Foundation
Collaboration | Nokogirini, Hiramatsu Keori Co., Ltd.
https://mhprojectnyc.com/
”Sha Butsu Sei Sei”【Toyohashi city】
Aichi Triennale 2025 Partnership Program ”Sha Butsu Sei Sei”
【Toyohashi city】
After the museum closes, a one-night-only performance will be held in Seiji Kunishima’s “Garden of Light” at the Museum. Prior to the performance, a documentary film about the two artists will be screened free of charge.
Toyohashi city — Toyohashi city museum of art and history
After the museum closes, a one-night-only performance will be held in Seiji Kunishima’s “Garden of Light” at the Museum. Prior to the performance, a documentary film about the two artists will be screened free of charge.
Date | Saturday, October 11, 2025
Venue | Toyohashi city museum of art and history (3-1 Imabashi-cho, Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture)
Performance | 6:00 PM (Doors open at 5:30 PM)
Admission | General 3,500 yen, Free for high school students and younger
*Tickets can be reserved by email to Mizunoue Cultural Center for on-site payment, or purchased in advance via Peatix.
https://syabutsuseisei-toyohashi.peatix.com/
Film | ‘Sorane: The Child Born Wearing a Hat of Happiness’
Director: Hideyuki Miyaoka | Cast: Akio Suzuki, Hiromi Miyakita | Production: LE PETIT NOMADE
(Free admission / No reservation required) 1:00 PM Doors open / Part 1: 1:30 PM (56 minutes) / Part 2: 2:45 PM (106 minutes) Venue:1st Floor Lecture Hall
Organized | Mizunoue Cultural Center (Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture, Ekimae-dori 3-118, Daifuku Building B-2)
yukihiguchi_(at)_aozora-ltd.com [* Replace “_(at)_ ” with “@”] 070-8557-5610
Co-hosted | Toyohashi City Board of Education
https://daihou-mizunoue.com/
【Toyohashi city】
After the museum closes, a one-night-only performance will be held in Seiji Kunishima’s “Garden of Light” at the Museum. Prior to the performance, a documentary film about the two artists will be screened free of charge.
Toyohashi city — Toyohashi city museum of art and history
After the museum closes, a one-night-only performance will be held in Seiji Kunishima’s “Garden of Light” at the Museum. Prior to the performance, a documentary film about the two artists will be screened free of charge.
Date | Saturday, October 11, 2025
Venue | Toyohashi city museum of art and history (3-1 Imabashi-cho, Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture)
Performance | 6:00 PM (Doors open at 5:30 PM)
Admission | General 3,500 yen, Free for high school students and younger
*Tickets can be reserved by email to Mizunoue Cultural Center for on-site payment, or purchased in advance via Peatix.
https://syabutsuseisei-toyohashi.peatix.com/
Film | ‘Sorane: The Child Born Wearing a Hat of Happiness’
Director: Hideyuki Miyaoka | Cast: Akio Suzuki, Hiromi Miyakita | Production: LE PETIT NOMADE
(Free admission / No reservation required) 1:00 PM Doors open / Part 1: 1:30 PM (56 minutes) / Part 2: 2:45 PM (106 minutes) Venue:1st Floor Lecture Hall
Organized | Mizunoue Cultural Center (Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture, Ekimae-dori 3-118, Daifuku Building B-2)
yukihiguchi_(at)_aozora-ltd.com [* Replace “_(at)_ ” with “@”] 070-8557-5610
Co-hosted | Toyohashi City Board of Education
https://daihou-mizunoue.com/
Aichi Triennale 2025 Partnership Program ”Sha Butsu Sei Sei”
Aichi Triennale 2025 Partnership Program
Akio Suzuki and Hiromi Miyakita Sha Butsu Sei Sei
https://aichitriennale.jp/collabo/va012.html
Modern urban life forces us to live within artificially constructed structures. Some people may find themselves suppressing their sense of comfort and spatial awareness in order to survive. However, the number of people who can choose to change their current lifestyle and move to a more natural environment is limited. “ Sha Butsu Sei Sei ” is a program designed to help people regain their physical senses that are in danger of being lost, while still enjoying the benefits of modern life, and to make their daily lives more relaxed.
Organize｜mh PROJECT_nokogirini, Mizunoue Cultural Center, Toyohashi City Board of Education, Artobulist Executive Committee, Obu City
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A journey along the Tokaido Road revisiting the three cities in Aichi Prefecture where Akio Suzuki and Hiromi Miyakita once formed artistic connections. Their capacity to transform chance into opportunity, which can be said “Chance Operation”, connected three projects in three cities, resulting in a journey of sound and dance imbued with the spirit of Sha Butsu Sei Sei.
【Ichinomiya City】
Using products found at the former woolen factory site and motifs inspired by the uniqueness of the location, Suzuki will present “o to da te” and a new work titled “Simulacra-chan,” while Miyakita will unveil new paintings. During the exhibition period, there will be performances by the two artists and an artist talk.
Exhibition｜Friday 19 September 2025年 – Sunday 16 November 10:00〜18:00
Performance | Monday/Holiday 13 October 2025 Start at 13:00
Artist Talk | Start at 14:00
Venue | mh PROJECT_nokogirini (4-11-3 Kagoya, Ichinomiya-shi, Aichi 494-0002)
Organize｜mh PROJECT_nokogirini mhprojectnyc_(at)_gmail.com
* Replace “_(at)_ ” with “@”.
Sponsored | Aichi FG Educational and Cultural Foundation
Collaboration | Nokogirini, Hiramatsu Keori Co., Ltd.
https://mhprojectnyc.com/
【Toyohashi city】
After the museum closes, a one-night-only performance will be held in Seiji Kunishima’s “Garden of Light” at the Museum. Prior to the performance, a documentary film about the two artists will be screened free of charge.
Toyohashi city — Toyohashi city museum of art and history
After the museum closes, a one-night-only performance will be held in Seiji Kunishima’s “Garden of Light” at the Museum. Prior to the performance, a documentary film about the two artists will be screened free of charge.
Date | Saturday, October 11, 2025
Venue | Toyohashi city museum of art and history (3-1 Imabashi-cho, Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture)
Performance | 6:00 PM (Doors open at 5:30 PM)
Admission | General 3,500 yen, Free for high school students and younger
*Tickets can be reserved by email to Mizunoue Cultural Center for on-site payment, or purchased in advance via Peatix.
https://syabutsuseisei-toyohashi.peatix.com/
Film | ‘Sorane: The Child Born Wearing a Hat of Happiness’
Director: Hideyuki Miyaoka | Cast: Akio Suzuki, Hiromi Miyakita | Production: LE PETIT NOMADE
(Free admission / No reservation required) 1:00 PM Doors open / Part 1: 1:30 PM (56 minutes) / Part 2: 2:45 PM (106 minutes) Venue:1st Floor Lecture Hall
Organized | Mizunoue Cultural Center (Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture, Ekimae-dori 3-118, Daifuku Building B-2)
yukihiguchi_(at)_aozora-ltd.com [* Replace “_(at)_ ” with “@”] 070-8557-5610
Co-hosted | Toyohashi City Board of Education
https://daihou-mizunoue.com/
【Obu city】
As part of the Artobuist 2025, artist Eiji Watanabe will recreate the hut “Mondori-an,” originally designed by Akio Suzuki. The performance “Mondori-an: WANA-Show” will take place in Obu, featuring Suzuki, who was invited as an artist in 2021, and Miyakita, who also participated in the dance performance, with the hut as the starting point.
Date | Saturday, November 15, 2025, Start at 2:00 PM (Free admission / Advance registration required)
Venue | Okura Park Rest House Courtyard (5-74 Momoyama-cho, Obu City, Aichi Prefecture)
※Registration is available from October 10 (Fri) via phone, the registration form on the website, or directly at the Cultural Exchange Division office on the 3rd floor of Obu City Hall.
https://artobulist.jimdofree.com/
Inquiries about the entire program | “Sha Butsu Sei Sei” Executive Committee Office
information.ashm_(at)_gmail.com [* Replace “_(at)_ ” with “@”]
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Movie “Sorane: The Child Born Wearing a Hat of Happiness”
DATE | Friday 19 September to Wednesday 24 September
Venue｜Toyooka Theater (10-18 Motomachi, Toyooka)
Fee | ¥1,800
https://toyogeki.jp/
Movie “Sorane: The Child Born Wearing a Hat of Happiness”
Cast｜Akio Suzuki, Hiromi Miyakita
Director｜Hideyuki Miyaoka
Part 1: 56 minutes, Part 2: 104 minutes / Color / 2023 / Produced by LE PETIT NOMADE
Directed by Hideyuki Miyaoka, this documentary film was completed after five years of post-production, following the activities of Japanese sound art pioneer Akio Suzuki and artist Hiromi Miyakita from 2011 to 2018. It will be screened at Toyooka Theater.
Venue｜Toyooka Theater (10-18 Motomachi, Toyooka)
Fee | ¥1,800
https://toyogeki.jp/
Movie “Sorane: The Child Born Wearing a Hat of Happiness”
Cast｜Akio Suzuki, Hiromi Miyakita
Director｜Hideyuki Miyaoka
Part 1: 56 minutes, Part 2: 104 minutes / Color / 2023 / Produced by LE PETIT NOMADE
Directed by Hideyuki Miyaoka, this documentary film was completed after five years of post-production, following the activities of Japanese sound art pioneer Akio Suzuki and artist Hiromi Miyakita from 2011 to 2018. It will be screened at Toyooka Theater.
“What the body knows”
MATSUO MEGUMI + VOICE GALLERY pfs/w
What the body knows
DATE | 13 September to 12 October 2025, Open only on Saturday and Sunday between 13:00〜19:00
https://www.voicegallery.jp/exhibition_event.php
What the body knows
DATE | 13 September to 12 October 2025, Open only on Saturday and Sunday between 13:00〜19:00
https://www.voicegallery.jp/exhibition_event.php
Outdoor Sound Sculpture〈ONKAI〉Opening event “Tsunagu”
We will celebrate the completion of ONKAI, an outdoor sculpture created by German sound sculptor Lucas Kühne after nine years of work, by performing at the opening event.
DATE | Saturday, 21 & 22 June 2025
Venue | 237 Takezutsu Totsukawamura Yoshino-gun, Nara
https://www.facebook.com/events/688795997382171
DATE | Saturday, 21 & 22 June 2025
Venue | 237 Takezutsu Totsukawamura Yoshino-gun, Nara
https://www.facebook.com/events/688795997382171
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (Seoul)
MMCA Performing Arts 2024: Space Elevator
Yuko Mohri
Piano for Four Hands and Feet
Performers: Yuko Mohri, Akio Suzuki
Period & Time: February 22 – 23, 2025. 15:00-
Admission fee: 5,000 KRW * Reservation required
Number of people allowed: 100
Reservation: https://booking.mmca.go.kr/product/en/performance/369#none
Yuko Mohri
Piano for Four Hands and Feet
Performers: Yuko Mohri, Akio Suzuki
Period & Time: February 22 – 23, 2025. 15:00-
Admission fee: 5,000 KRW * Reservation required
Number of people allowed: 100
Reservation: https://booking.mmca.go.kr/product/en/performance/369#none
CD”stone” Selected as one of the Wire’s Top 50 Archive Releases of the Year 2024
Album “stone” Akio Suzuki (Room40) which is remastered and published as the 30th anniversary edition is selected as one of the Wire’s top 50 archive releases of the year 2024.
The new album “KA I KI” (Experimental Rooms,2024) (including “Kyurukyuttsu”) is also selected for “Office Ambience 490” (Issue 490) and “On Air – Chris Bohn presents Adventures In Sound And Music”
https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/office-ambience-490
https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air/chris-bohn-presents-adventures-in-sound-and-music-73447
The new album “KA I KI” (Experimental Rooms,2024) (including “Kyurukyuttsu”) is also selected for “Office Ambience 490” (Issue 490) and “On Air – Chris Bohn presents Adventures In Sound And Music”
https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/office-ambience-490
https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air/chris-bohn-presents-adventures-in-sound-and-music-73447
The Listening Academy – Hong Kong
November 2 – 7
Curate & facilitated | soundpocket with Nigel Brown, Budhaditya Chattopadhyay, Catherine Clover, Viv Corringham, Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren, Brandon LaBelle, Law Yuk-mui, Israel Martínez, Hiromi Miyakita, Akio Suzuki
https://www.soundpocket.org.hk/v2/uncategorized/the-listening-academy-hong-kong/
Curate & facilitated | soundpocket with Nigel Brown, Budhaditya Chattopadhyay, Catherine Clover, Viv Corringham, Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren, Brandon LaBelle, Law Yuk-mui, Israel Martínez, Hiromi Miyakita, Akio Suzuki
https://www.soundpocket.org.hk/v2/uncategorized/the-listening-academy-hong-kong/
Art into Life – “A Path Made by Sounds” Vol.1
Date｜ Sat. Oct. 19, 2024
Doors open/Start｜ 17:30 / 18:00
Venue｜ GASBON_METABOLISM – 山梨県北杜市明野町浅尾新田12
Ticket｜3,500yen （only at the door）
https://www.art-into-life.com/news#24
Doors open/Start｜ 17:30 / 18:00
Venue｜ GASBON_METABOLISM – 山梨県北杜市明野町浅尾新田12
Ticket｜3,500yen （only at the door）
https://www.art-into-life.com/news#24
New Album Release ”KA I KI (回帰)”
New Album Release ”KA I KI (回帰)”
This work is a record of the master’s being led to a 40-second otherworldly world of reverberation inside the embankment of Uchinokura Dam, located deep in the mountains of Shibata City, Niigata.
http://www.experimentalrooms.com/label/no5.html
Download available in 24-bit/96kHz.
Limited Edition 12″Vinyle (Edition of 300 copies / Including DL card)
Experimental Rooms (Bandcamp)
https://experimentalrooms.bandcamp.com/album/ka-i-ki
This work is a record of the master’s being led to a 40-second otherworldly world of reverberation inside the embankment of Uchinokura Dam, located deep in the mountains of Shibata City, Niigata.
http://www.experimentalrooms.com/label/no5.html
Download available in 24-bit/96kHz.
Limited Edition 12″Vinyle (Edition of 300 copies / Including DL card)
Experimental Rooms (Bandcamp)
https://experimentalrooms.bandcamp.com/album/ka-i-ki
Energy Fields: Vibrations of The Pacific
Chapman University (CA, USA)
Sep 15, 2024 – Jan 19, 2025
Co-presented by Fulcrum Arts & Chapman University
Supported by Getty
https://www.energyfields.la/exhibition/
https://www.fulcrumarts.org/energy-fields/
Co-curated by Robert Takahashi Novak and Lawrence English, Energy Fields presents a diverse and dynamic collection of works from artists working out of Japan, Australia, Canada, Chile, New Zealand, and the USA.
photo by Lawrence English
Sep 15, 2024 – Jan 19, 2025
Co-presented by Fulcrum Arts & Chapman University
Supported by Getty
https://www.energyfields.la/exhibition/
https://www.fulcrumarts.org/energy-fields/
Co-curated by Robert Takahashi Novak and Lawrence English, Energy Fields presents a diverse and dynamic collection of works from artists working out of Japan, Australia, Canada, Chile, New Zealand, and the USA.
photo by Lawrence English
寂 Sabi – Weaving of the Contemporary Body
Tainan Public Library, Tainan City, Taiwan
2024/7/28(sun) and other weekends
https://www.tnpl.tn.edu.tw/n14711034474389524138/n1Content
Akio Suzuki and Hiromi Miyakita join the Taiwan-Japan Inclusive Arts Promotion Project.
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圖書館的聲音是寂靜的 The sound of the library is silent
文學是編織著思考的無聲喧嘩 Literature is the white noise woven with thinking
在閱讀當中交換生命的體會 Exchange life experiences while reading
身體舞蹈著聲波 The body dances with sound waves
肢體描繪著想像 Body depicts imagination
在知識的海邊、孤寂的當下 On the seaside of knowledge, present of solitary
淨白的石頭輕響藝術的靈光 The pure white stones ring the aura of art
2024/7/28(sun) and other weekends
https://www.tnpl.tn.edu.tw/n14711034474389524138/n1Content
Akio Suzuki and Hiromi Miyakita join the Taiwan-Japan Inclusive Arts Promotion Project.
－
圖書館的聲音是寂靜的 The sound of the library is silent
文學是編織著思考的無聲喧嘩 Literature is the white noise woven with thinking
在閱讀當中交換生命的體會 Exchange life experiences while reading
身體舞蹈著聲波 The body dances with sound waves
肢體描繪著想像 Body depicts imagination
在知識的海邊、孤寂的當下 On the seaside of knowledge, present of solitary
淨白的石頭輕響藝術的靈光 The pure white stones ring the aura of art
CD “Stone” will be reissued for 30th Anniversary
Album “Stone”(1994) will be reissued and remastered from original recordings to celebrate its 30th year anniversary.
[Cyclic Defrost] Listen to Akio Suzuki ‘throwing’ and ‘following’ and drink in the substance of sound
https://www.cyclicdefrost.com/2024/03/listen-to-akio-suzuki-throwing-and-following-and-drink-in-the-substance-of-sound/
“Stone” will be released via Room40 on 7th of June 2024.
https://room40.bandcamp.com/album/stone
[Cyclic Defrost] Listen to Akio Suzuki ‘throwing’ and ‘following’ and drink in the substance of sound
https://www.cyclicdefrost.com/2024/03/listen-to-akio-suzuki-throwing-and-following-and-drink-in-the-substance-of-sound/
“Stone” will be released via Room40 on 7th of June 2024.
https://room40.bandcamp.com/album/stone
