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Meiro Koizumi, “Altar for Prometheus Unbound”
Japanese original:
小泉明郎「〈解放されたプロメテウス〉のための祭壇」
Meiro Koizumi layers two works in one room: a new sculptural installation, Altar of Prometheus (2026), and the VR sculpture Prometheus Unbound (2021–2023). Working mainly in video, Koizumi has long dealt with the relation between the state and the individual, and between the body and emotion; his VR work Prometheus Bound won the Grand Prize of the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2021. The installation can be seen on every opening day; the VR work runs only on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, by advance booking.
Venue taking part: Sumida Art Festival · Narihira
- Dates
- Sep 19 – Nov 29, 2026
- Venue
- Sumida Park Gallery Sasaya (すみだパークギャラリーささや) · Sumida
- Address
- 東京都墨田区横川1-1-1012 min walk from Tokyo Skytree Station (Tobu Skytree Line); 13 min from Exit A2, Honjo-azumabashi Station (Toei Asakusa Line); 14 min from Exit A2, Oshiage Station; 15 min from the north exit, JR Kinshicho StationOpen in Google Maps
- Hours
- 10:00–17:00
- Admission
- FreeOriginal: 無料
Visit planning
The calendar entry covers the whole run of the exhibition. Please check opening hours and closing days before your visit.
Entry notes
The sculpture installation can be seen throughout the run with no reservation (10:00–17:00; generally closed Mondays and Tuesdays, open when they are holidays). The VR work is held only on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays during the run (28 days in all) and requires a reservation in advance.
- The sculpture installation can be seen throughout the run with no reservation (10:00–17:00; generally closed Mondays and Tuesdays, open when they are holidays). The VR work is held only on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays during the run (28 days in all) and requires a reservation in advance. (Source: すみだ五彩の芸術祭：プログラム, 2026)
From the organizer's announcements and press reports. Arrangements can change; please check the official site before your visit.
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Credits
- Organized by
- 「墨田五彩藝術祭」執行委員會, 墨田區
Knowledge cards
Installation ArtインスタレーションThree-dimensional work that does not sit on a wall or a pedestal but changes how a whole space feels, and that visitors walk into.Read moreClose
01About
Installations are often made for one particular site, and visitors move through them, so where you stand is part of the looking. Materials range from everyday objects and natural materials to video and sound, and a work may be permanent or taken down when the exhibition closes. As the name of an art form, “installation” is first recorded by the Oxford English Dictionary in 1969; in 1958 Allan Kaprow called the indoor spaces he transformed “Environments.” The events the Gutai Art Association staged in Japan from 1954 are counted among early installation art, and they influenced Kaprow. Some artists step inside their own installations: Aki Sasamoto builds spaces from string, tubes, household things and sound, then talks and moves within them, so that the work becomes an event that changes over time.
02In the gallery
Look from the entrance, from the middle and from a corner. Notice how the light, the sound, and the path you take change the work.
Wall label terms in Japanese
- インスタレーション
- Installation
- サイトスペシフィック
- Site-specific
- エンヴァイラメント（環境）
- Environment
- 具体美術協会
- Gutai Art Association
- パフォーマンス
- Performance
03Notes
Installations are mostly made for a particular place, and where you stand is part of the looking.
This time, at Altar for Prometheus Unbound —
After moving to a few spots, where do you think the work begins, and where does it end?