Japan’s first live streaming studio/channel DOMMUNE comes to Sado for the Sado Galaxy Art Festival.
※The third stream will be of “SADO INFINITY 88 Cymbal”.
Ticket receipts can be purchased at Loppi ticket machines found in Lawson stores, or on the Lawson ticket website (l-tike.com). These can then be exchanged for a Passport Ticket.
“Now” artist. Born in 1968. A native of Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture.
Professor at the Kyoto University of Art and Design, Department of Information Design.
Ukawa is an omnidirectional artist whose broad range of work is truly multifaceted. He is at once a filmmaker, graphic designer, VJ, writer, and “now” artist.
Shows by Deaf Puppet Theater Hitomi, a puppet troupe made up of deaf and hearing members.
Ticket receipts can be purchased at Loppi ticket machines found in Lawson stores, or on the Lawson ticket website (l-tike.com). These can then be exchanged for a Passport Ticket.
Artist ∈Y∋ will conduct an 88-person cymbal band, using the terraced rice fields as a stage. (Cymbal players wanted!)
Please present your Exhibition Pass to enter the exhibition space.
※The information counter will be open from Wednesday May 16th (Wed) to Oct 14th (Sun). From August 10th (Fri) to the 26th (Sun), the information counter will also be open during weekends and national holidays.
A Passport Ticket will gain you admission.
Perk: Show your Passport to receive a complementary glass of juice made on Sado Island.
“There is gold and silver buried under the tree lit by morning light. If ever you face a series of hardships, dig under that tree.”
In Mushizaki, a marginal village with a population of 17, is the legend of “The Tree of Akebono.” Based on this legend, the people of the region gathered during the Showa Period for the “Avec” Dance and the Edo Period for the Sado Bon Odori Festival Dance. A modern day version of these dances will be re-enacted, including a dance by the incarnation of the Japanese crested ibis.
Improvisational dancer. From a young age, Matsuzaki grew up around the local arts of her hometown of Sado. In 2001, Matsuzaki studied drama at the performing arts college Butai Geijyutsu Gakuin, and learned modern dance under Bonjin Atsugi, going on to perform in the 2007 film Neontetra directed by Macoto Tezuka. Matsuzaki then began improvisational dance, and played the leading role in Tezuka’s OKUAGA shown at the 2017 Image Forum Festival.
Create a PET bottle windmill with artist Deki Yayoi!
A fun workshop for children and adults alike—decorate your creations with fingerprint painting.
The bamboo creates beautiful silhouettes that transform throughout the day, leaving beholders with a lasting impression of Sado’s changing scenery. Parasol is a work created with the local residents, using bamboo harvested from the village forest in Sado. It can be viewed at festival venues, as well as on Tassha Beach. Technical guidance and production assistance was provided by the Kuroyanagi Research Office at Nihon University’s College of Science and Technology, Department of Oceanic Architecture and Engineering.
Journey over
onto Sado Island.