SENSE ISLAND / LAND 2024: Experience and enjoy a new side of Yokosuka through art Oct. 26-Dec. 15

(Sense Island)

The first “Sense Island - Sarushima Dark Museum” was held in 2019 on the uninhabited island of Sarushima. This event has since been held under the cover and stillness of night with the aim of reawakening visitors’ true human senses through artwork installed throughout the island. Last year we did the groundwork with our “Research Events,” and now, as this year’s Sense Island takes place not just on Sarushima but also throughout the city, the name has been updated to “SENSE ISLAND LAND.” With this new expansion, visitors can also enjoy art during the daytime as well as night.

Yokosuka is where Commodore Perry first arrived in Japan, it played a vital role protecting territory during WWII, and is known nowadays for its blend of American culture. “SENSE ISLAND LAND” is an experiment that seeks to visualize and recontextualize both time and land through art, by bringing our attention to the “geological strata” of Yokosuka as an accumulation of history, culture, and industry.

Yokosuka is home to Sarushima, the largest uninhabited island in Tokyo Bay; Kannonzaki Park, known for having the first western-style lighthouse in Japan; and Mikasa Park, home to the historical battleship Mikasa, the oldest steel battleship still in existence. In addition to these important historical locations, there are also many culturally significant locations which we are considering for new venues for SENSE ISLAND LAND, such as streets lined with nostalgic Showa-era shops, and the Yokosuka Museum of Art, designed by 2024 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate Riken Yamamoto.

We welcome you to SENSE ISLAND LAND to experience and enjoy a new side of Yokosuka through art, different from the everyday.

(Sarushima)

(Yokosuka)

Event Overview

Title | SENSE ISLAND LAND 2024

Exhibition period | Saturday, October 26 to Sunday, December 15

Sarushima Island will be open after sundown every Sat-Sun and national holiday. It will also be open for events held on Fridays.
All locations except Sarushima Island will be open every day. (hours vary depending on the exhibition facility)

Special Preview | Friday, October 25

*Will be cancelled in the event of severe weather, in which case a special tour will be held the following day on October 26 for everyone who was invited to the special preview.

Location | Sarushima and various locations throughout Yokosuka (Kanagawa Prefecture)

Organizers | City of Yokosuka, Sense Island Executive Committee (Yokosuka Visitor Promotion and Attraction Committee, Abstract Engine Co., Ltd., TRYANGLE Inc.)

Producer | Seiichi Saito, Panoramatiks Principal

Curator | Akira Aoki, Independent Curator

Artists | ARu (Kosuke Matsushima / Ryoji Yukino / Masashi Fujimoto), Yui Usui, Hiroko Kikuchi, KYUN-CHOME, Seiichi Saito, SIDE CORE, Takuro Tamayama, Choi Jeong Hwa, TOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH (Kanade Hamamoto / Rina Maeda / Mari Matsubara / Hana Yamamoto), Haruna Mitobe, Soichiro Mihara, Taichi Yakuoji, Aiko Yamamoto, and others

Performing artists | asamicro, Ichinosuke Umekawa, OLTA, Saho Terao, Keiji Haino&Shuta Hasunuma

Related events | TBA

Tickets | On sale in mid to late September

Fees | TBA in September Artworks on display on all locations except Sarushima are free to the public, no tickets necessary.

Website | https://senseisland.com/