Nobuyuki Sugihara x Ayaka Nakamura

The Kotatsu of Boro – The Lion Dnce Cloth / Co-production with Ayaka Nakamura
Old Kimono, flag, band, thread, wood, horsehair, glue, bell / H2.7m x W3.7m x D4m / Takamatsu Artist in Residence 2020 / Kagawa / 2021

We sewed the old cloth that Takamatsu people gave me to the visitors, steched it, and made a big kotatsu table cloth. Create a place to talk while
warming in the kotatsu and sewing by hand. At the end of my stay, We wore a kotatsu cloth as a lion dance cloth and performed a lion dance ritualwith the locals praying for good health and the end of plague.

The Kotatsu Beast - Chikiri / Cast: Nobuyuki Sugihara, Ayaka Nakamura, Sakiko Ando, Hiromu Sato, Mina Sasaki / Guest: Kazunori Mizuno (Gong),Masato Ono (Drum) / Takamatsu Artist in Residence 2020 / Kagawa / 2021 / Movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hu4XY_o-HQ&t=1s

The Ship of Salmon Skins – Shinano, marapto-ne / Co-production with Ayaka Nakamura
Salmon skin, waxed cotton linen thread, fishing line / H0.8m×W0.5m×D8m / YUI-PORT 2020 Autumn AIR Invitation Program / Sakyukan / Niigata / 2020

Based on the intuition that the Jomon flame pottery was modeled after tens of thousands of salmon that traced the Shinano River during the Heianperiod, we stayed in Niigata for 3 months and researched in Jomon pottery and Shinano river. We tanned and sewed salmon skins from theShinano River, and made the shape of a boat. It's a boat that awakens the memory of the salmons and lost river road.
Movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m66coXN2B4

The Ark of Waves - Weaving between the Tides / Coral, stone, lime, sand, sticky rice powder, brown sugar, oyster shell, seaweed powder
Co-production with Ayaka Nakamura / H2m×W2m ×D8m / Taiwan East Coast Land Art Festival / Taitung, Taiwan / 2020

I conducted 8 months Taiwanese Indigenous Cultures research by the ACC fellowship, and I was impressed by their culture living between the sea and mountains.
I created the shape of a ship that using Taiwan east coast coral stones, mountain stones and traditional Taiwanese natural cement to represent the white wavesthat hit the Jialulan (kararuan), where means a place to wash hair in the Amis language. Its shape is also the traditional boat of the Tao tribe in Orchid Island, andit looks like strange rocks in the form of waves in the east coast. It expresses the rich Indigenous culture of the Ami tribe living with the sea on the east coast whereart, craft, singing, dancing, fishing, living and myths are inseparable. It is an ark that expresses the Taiwan island singing between the sea and the island.

The Ship of Shells - The Great Wave off Kanagawa
Shells, coral, resin, stone, iron bar / H2.3 m×W0.6 m×D1.9 mTokyo Midtown Award Art Competition / Tokyo Midtown, Japan2019
Co-production with Ayaka Nakamura

Since just after the 2011 Great Earthquake and Tsunami, I often
thought about Hokusai Katsushika’s “Great Wave off Kanagawa”
until I finally created a boat with wave-like seashells like the great
waves in the artwork. A great-wave boat is born from the moving
crowd of people in Tokyo Midtown and its architecture surroundedby water.

Chenlong Ship of Shells – Weaving between Tides
Oyster shell, brick, sand, lime, oyster shell ash, volcanic ash, sticky rice powder, brown sugar, seaweed powder / H1.5m×W2m×D9m
Co-production with Ayaka Nakamura / Chenglong Wetland International Environmental Arts Festival / Chenglong Wetland / Yunlin, Taiwan / 2019I made a shape of a ship with the Taiwanese traditional ancient cement and old bricks between the tide in the Chenglong Wetland where the rice fields wereimmersed in tidal water by the big typhoon. And I pasted oyster shells with villagers, volunteers, elementary school students at the workshops.
Taiwanese traditional ancient cement mixed with seaweed powder that to paste for traditional Taiwanese tiles taught by local person was very powerful and it
was a great learning for us. It was like an ark that was woven together by many people in the light of tides.

Nobuyuki Sugihara

The Drift Wood House
Driftwood, wood, stone, metal / H3m×W9m×D6m / Cooperation: Ushikoshi Architecture, NPO Primitive Sense Company
Shinano Primitive Sense Art Festival 2020 - The purification of mountain, the mask of water / Nishimaru Shinya Memorial Hall / Nagano / 2020The Ship of Coal - Sigillaria
Coal, resin, asphalt / H0.5m×W0.5m×D3m / Moji Port Art Wharf / Dalian Friendship Memorial Hall / Fukuoka / 2020

Confession of Trees, Response of Stones
Stone, wood, resin, light, iron, cloth / H6m×W4m×D12m
Co-production with Architect Xie Keanu
Taiwan Lantern Festival 2020 in Taichung
Taichung Houli Forest Park / 2020
I met the culture at the Tuniu Hakka Cultural Center. It was a trace of thefaith that connects the stones and trees of Hakka culture. I will makestone light objects on the theme of Blue dragon stream, White tiger Road,
Vermilion Bird Plaza, Black Tortoise Hill, arranged in four directions, fromspatial modeling of Feng Shui. And I will connect four stone light objects
and four kinds plants.
The shadows of the trees will be reflected in the dome and the light ofthe stones express the culture of ancient lands where trees and stones
are responsive.

The Ship of Shells – Blue of Edge / Blue shells, mussels, glue, volcanic ash / H0.4m×W0.5m×D4m / Fresh Winds / Iceland / 2020

In the sea with volcanic stones at the edge of the world, I met deep icy blue shells. I connected the shells to make two ships. It overlaps
the memories of the Nordic ship burial, and the blue was the color of the edge of the world. Like a drop of ice shining at the bottom ofthe dark sea in Iceland.

Mountain and Pot, Snake and Feather
Stone, sand, lime, sticky rice, brown sugar, seaweed powder / H7m×W50m×D50m / kaclician Art Festival / Pingtung, Taiwan / 2019I was impressed by the beauty of the stone house of Taiwan Aboriginal Paiwan tribe. I visited the Paiwan old village and saw a beautiful stone river wrappedaround the mountain. We felt two snakes which are symbols of the Paiwan tribe wrapping the pot. I think the mountain is a pot and the river is a snake. The pot
was a metaphor of the womb and we seemed to meet the source of the image of the Paiwan tribe who live in the mountains and rivers. I made this artwork withPaiwan tribe family and their traditional way.

The Ship of Shells – Cip Ayoro
Shell, resin / H0.6m × W0.6m × D8m / Tobiu Art Festival 2019 / Hokkaido, Shiraoi Japan / 2019

A shell boat created by overlapping the scenery of the Ayoro coast in the morning when steam rises, the beautiful pale pink color of the surf clams, andthe shape of the Ainu dugout canoe.

The Rock of Heavenly Eye / Stone, lime, sticky rice powder, brown sugar, sand, seaweed powder / H2m×W1.5m×D1.8m
Art Bridge on Kasaoka Islands 2019 / Permanent / Takashima island / Okayama / 2019

The Ship of Shells – Nonno / Oyster shell, resin / H0.5m×W0.9m×D4.5m / ONE DREAM / Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima / 2019
At the Motoyasu river in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome, I created a ship at the ONE DERAM which held a peace concert on the day
before the atomic bombing day. Using oyster shells collected at Miyajima island, I made the shape of a damaged ship and dedicated it.

The story of the village of Tono / Kimono, thread / H7m × W14m / Tono school performance stage art / to know AIR / Tono citizen center / 2018

I made the stage art of Tono elementary school expression activities with 37 years of history, about 100 Kimono clothes were sewn into the big curtain withTono people as the workshop. Tono was born in Japanese folklore study. It is a village of folktales and stories of specter.

Sugar Stone Ship - Weaving Myth, Mattau / Bricks, stones, sugar stone, tree, lime, sand, shell, sticky rice water, sugar water /H1.2m×W5m×D14m Daofeng Lagoon Musuem / Madou Cultural Park of Ancient Port / Madou Sugar Industry Art Triennale / Taiwan / 2019

There is the Historical Site of old port made in the 17th century in Madou. Madou (Matta=eye, au=port, by Siraya language) flourished as a port of sugar and it
was the place of faith of the local people. But now the lagoon was lost and it is inland. The old port was made from Taiwanese ancient cement, oyster shellash, sand, brown sugar and sticky rice.
I got this inspiration of the ship from the burning ship festival held once every three years in Donggang and wave-like women's dancing in the circle at the Alizu
Night Festival of the Siraya tribe. By making the ships symbolizing these two, We revive the sacred place in Madou. I dug up the old red bricks that are also
included sugar factory's bricks 100 years ago from the forest and made a ship that has a sugar making stone and a banyan tree as a stern using old bricks andthe ancient cement. The red brick is a material that symbolizes the history of the sugar industry in Madou.

The Ship of Shells – Guandu, Weaving Water
Shell, sticky rice flour, rice flour, lacquer, ash, shell powder / H0.5m × W0.3m × D4m / Guandu International Nature Art Festival / Taiwan / 2018

The freshwater shells collected by the volunteers from the mud in the pond of Guandu Nature Park were like shining treasures, these well-protected shells inGuandu Nature Park are a symbol of water purification. I used rice glue, as it can be touched with bare hands freely. I felt like weaving the shells with water.

The Ship of Scales – Weaving Myth, Hualien
Fish scale, epoxy risen, glue / H0.2mxW0.2mxD6m / ArtMeGo AIR / Good underground gallery, Hualien, Taiwan / 2018

I made a ship using Hualien's fish scales. Its shape is like the marble cave dug and scraped by the river in Taroko Valley, l ike the undulating
whitewaves in the Hualien east coast, it is tracing the great natural form in Hualien. It is the ship by the fish scales like petals of ice crystals.

The Ship of the Moon / stones, bones, antlers, resin / H1m×W4.5m×D2m / Forest Art Path– Art Ecology / Darmstadt / Germany / 2018

A moon that changes from a new moon to a full moon is connected with women's menstruation, pregnancy and childbirth.
Deer antlers which during winter lose it and begin to regrow new once a year is a symbol of the regeneration. And a bone which symbolizes
death. It is a ship of prayer in ecology that repeats death and regeneration. It is a crescent shaped ship like an altar witha life tree as a mast.

The Weaving Ship – Reflected Yangming Mountain / Bamboo, stone, cloth
Bamboo Lake / Yangmin Mountain Bamboo Lake International Environmental Art and Pith Paper Revival Project / Taipei / 2018

The Ship of Shells – Azul, Weaving / Oyster shell, resin / H0.3m×W0.5m×D4.7m / Maumau gallery / Recife, Brazil / 2018

The Ship Making Workshop
Oyster shell, resin / Maumau gallery / Recife, Brazil / 2018

The Ship of Shells – Madou, Weaving MythShell, epoxy resin / H0.5m×W0.5m×D3m
Daofeng Lagoon Museum / Taiwan / 2018

I met river mussels at the pond of ancient pier ruins in the Daofeng
Lagoon Museum. And I collected them and made a boat withthem. The outside of the shell is mud color in Madou, but the insideis shining like a pearl. I feel it symbolizes that the Madou people
have a rich culture like a pearl in the living with the earth byagriculture.

The Ship of Shells – Siraya, Weaving Myth / Shell, epoxy resin / H0.6m×W0.5m×D8m / AIR In Tainan / Taiwan / 2017

Tsung Yeh Art and Cultural Center was a head office of the Meiji Sugar
factory during Japanese era. The sound of Siraya tribe “Shira” means
white in Japanese. The origin of the geographical name of the Madouis Matta (eyes) and au (port) of Siraya plains aborigine tribal language. I
visited the ancient pier ruins of the Madou Port Cultural Park and I
learned that there was an ancient sea. I collected oyster shells in oyster
farms in Tainan and I made white ships imagined the sugar
confectionery.
A shell is a living trace of shellfish, it is also like trace of waves. The act ofpasting shells to make a ship seems to weave the myth of that land.

The Ship of Shells – Siraya, Weaving Myth / Shell, epoxy resin / H0.9m×W0.5m×D9m / AIR In Tainan / Taiwan / 2017

The Ship Making Workshop
AIR In Tainan / Taiwan / 2017

The Shell flower boat / Shell, epoxy resin, boat, oar / H0.6m×W1.2m×D2.2m / Rokko alpine botanical garden / Rokko Meets Art 2017 / 2017

I covered the boat with shells and made a ship that people can ride.
The ship looks like a water lily flower. People who board the ship can take a piece of shellfish as a petal.

Stone Circle Dancing with Pine Tree / Stone / H0.8m×W3m×D2m / SU-EN Butoh Company Haglund Skola 20th anniversary / 2017 / Sweden

I saw the image of the stone circle dancing with the pine tree that withered lower branch without rain. The pine tree grows
on a big rock. I made a stone circle using the fragments of the rock broken by the icy water that soaked in the rock.

Vortex Tree Boat / Tree, stump / TSUMUGU-Project residency / Iwaki, Fukushima / 2017

Lake Boat In the Alps / Old rice, hemp mosquito net, glue / H3mxW0.5mxD30m / Japan Alps Art Festival / Shinano Public Hall / Nagano / 2017

Using the rice and mosquito nets on the shores of Lake Kizaki, I create a boat that models the image of the Alps reflected on
the lake surface between the mountains. The snow-white color of Alps are created with the rice.

Chaotic Palace / Bamboo, branch, cotton yarn, hemp, pipe chair, paper, light / Omachi Winter University of the Arts Installation course
workshop work / H4m×W15m×D45m / Kim Ito directed work “Chaotic Palace" stage art / Omachi Cultural Center / Nagano / 2017

Participants of the workshop have shaped the memories of the area where sericulture was popular.
Creating a cocoon and snowing in this snowy land is a symbol of regeneration.

The Ship of Shells / Shells, fishing net, bamboo, glue, Fossil of Nauman / H0.5mxW0.3mxD9m / Setouchi Triennale 2016 / Soko Labo / 2016

The distorted view on the window of hand-made glass in the classroomof Japan's first seafarers school seemed to be in the sea. I saw animage of a shell ship floating there. The ship of shells is buried with thefossil of Nauman pulled up from the bottom of the Seto Inland Sea on
the theme of an undersea relic to be pierced into the classroom.

The Stone Ship Wreath / stone, reindeer lichen / H1m×W4m×D7m / “The Stone Project” / Köttinspektionen Art Space / Uppsala, Sweden / 2016
The reindeer lichens are like snow flowers on the stone of the forest. The wreath dedicated to a stone ship is like white waves.SHIRAYU / New Zealand hemp, rice paste / Kasaoka Islands Art Bridge / Shiraishi island, Okayama / 2016

Utsu-tsu Dream / Bark, wood, stone, moss / H9m×W18m
Omachi Winter University of the Arts installation course workshop work / Omachi cultural hall / Nagano / 2016

Utsu-tsu Dream / Kim Ito directing and choreography-stage installation art workshop work
Omachi Winter University of the Arts installation course workshop work / Omachi cultural hall / Nagano / 2016

Hantomari Stone Boundary / Stone / Goto Maritime Silk Road Art Festival / Nagasaki / 2015

Kanita Stone Circle / 7700 stones, shark bones, salmon bones / maximum diameter 50m / Ohyama Lcal Museum / Stone Circle Festival / Aomori / 2011

Planning by Yamada Switch (Jomon Friends meeting) / Advisor Randy Taguchi / Co-production Yoshika Yamagata

Placental Boat
Plant fiber, lacquer, red ocher, wild rice
30cm in diameter
Urushi Art Festival of Aizu
2011

The Earthen Floor of the Stone Mosaic / Stone, plant fiber, shell, walnut / H2.5m×W4m×D4m / Primitive Sense Art Festival 2011 / 2011

Tomb House
Stone, wood, grass, rice straw
Lakeside Primitive Sense Art ExhibitionNagano
2010Kamuy-mintar / material:rice straw, shell, seaweed, coral / 2009 / "Ayagomori" site / Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

Round Stone Constellation / stone, moss, driftwood, movie other / 2008 / site / Tokyo Ebisu

Round Stone Constellation / stone, moss, driftwood, movie other / 2008 / site / Tokyo Ebisu

Moss of the hermitage - cavity boat / material:moss, wood, rice straw / 2007 / "The surface layer of the inner III Tokyo - Daegu" Gokoku-in temple / Ueno

Tomb House / Stone, wood, grass, rice straw / 2007 / Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music / Tokyo Ueno

Tomb House / Stone, wood, grass, rice straw / 2007 / Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music / Tokyo UenoAyaka Nakamura

Kamui-Chikap Mask / Cowry, rush, sisal hemp
Drift Wood Water House
Shinano Primitive Sense Art Festival2020 / 2020

The Pupa of the Moon / Sisal hemp
Taitung Craft Material Renaissance Project 2020 / Taitung Museum
Taitung, Taiwan / 2020

Waterdrop Dancing Hat - kilakil
Paper string, thread, bamboo, rush, sugar cane paper, wire, redbeans
H15m×W2m ×D2m
The Art of Transformation / National Craft Museum / Nantou, Taiwan
2020

There is a company that makes materials for paper hats in Nantou
Puli. So we decided to use it for the main material of this exhibition.
And we think the organic form that Ayaka make has the image ofwaterdrops. Water is an image that connects everything.
We saw the Saisiyat tribe's special hat (kilakil) at thier museum inTaiwan. It was the dancing hats for their festival that is 2 meters
high, made of branches and cloth. The hat is the place whereDwarf spirits rest. The hat is placed on the head that connects theheavens and the people. It is passages of spiritual things andcradle of spirit. It is like a bridge trying to reach to the sun, thesource of life. We used the local paper to represent a pillar of hatsthat connects spirits and humans.

Hidden Bubbles / Paper string, thread / 15th Matsushiro Contemporary Art Festival / Nagano / 2019

Apricot Hat / Fiber, thread / Matsushiro Contemporary Festival / Nagano / 2018

Mask of Ravenshells, feathers, glue / 2018
Shinano Primitive Sense Art Festival 2018Nagano, Japan

Strawberry Hat
Paper, thread / 2017 / Taiwan

Pomelo Hat
Paper, thread / 2017 / Taiwan

Untitled
Agricultural tape, thread
Next for Millennium Forest / Shinano Primitive Sense Art Festival 20162016