Winter Sapporo-Hosted "Sapporo International Art Festival 2027": All 34 Participating Artists and Each Venue's Concept Revealed
The Sapporo International Art Festival 2027 has revealed all 34 participating artists, venue concepts, exhibition details, and nighttime programs.Summary
The Sapporo International Art Festival 2027 (SIAF2027), to be held from January 16 to February 21, 2027, primarily across 11 venues in Sapporo, has announced all 34 participating artists, each venue's concept, exhibition details, and nighttime programs. Under the theme "PLANET SNOW—upas mintar / upas nociw," the festival reimagines the city of Sapporo as a "snow planet," assigning each of the 11 venues a role such as "information center," "museum," "underground passage," or "school." The director team—Hideaki Ogawa, Masami Hosokawa, Takahiro Urushi, and Tomoaki Maruta—commented that they aim to "use the 'multiplication' of art and diverse fields as a driving force, starting from snow to transcend the Earth and expand imagination into space." Exhibits include a giant robot narrating human history, an android questioning human nature from the future, haute couture inspired by harsh natural environments, creatures born from driftwood and animal bones, and glowing rocks appearing in a snow plaza.
(Source：Tokyo Art Beat)