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Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions 2025

Docs: Images and Records

Social Circles will be exhibited.

Festival Dates: January 31 (Fri) - February 16 (Sun), 2025

Venue: Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (Tokyo)

https://www.yebizo.com/en/

Artists in FAS 2024

I will be participating in the Artist-in-Residence program 'Artists in FAS 2024' held at Fujisawa City Art Space in Kanagawa Prefecture

Residency: 2024/10/05 (Sat) - 12/27 (Fri)

Exhibition: 2025/01/11 (Sat) - 03/16 (Sun) *Closed on Mondays

Venue: Fujisawa City Art Space (Kanagawa)

Artists: Yukiko Koyama, Eri Saito, Miho Saito, Kanako Ban

https://www.city.fujisawa.kanagawa.jp/bunka/FAS/event/ev2024-7-2/index.html

Beijing International Short Film Festival

Social Circles will be screened in the International Competition section of the Beijing International Short Film Festival. This will mark its premiere in mainland China.

Festival Dates: November 23 (Sat) - December 1 (Sun), 2024

Date: 2024/11/30 (Sat) 20:40~

Venue: Goethe-Institut China (Beijing, China)

https://www.bisff.co/selection2/2024in

Loop Festival 2024

CIFRA Casa Àsia screening program. Works selected by chief curator of CIFRA, Olga Shishko; director of Culture and Exhibitions at Casa Àsia, Menene Gras; and artistic director of CIFRA, Anastasia Stravinsky.

Festival Dates: November 11 (Mon) - 24 (Sun), 2024

Date: 2024/11/23 (Sat) 20:00~

Venue: Cinemes Girona (Barcelona, Spain)

Artists: Sharon Cheuk, Eri Saito, Amie Barouh, Popo Fan, Axl, Chen Zhou, Almagul Menlibayeva, Shuree Sarantuya

https://loop-barcelona.com/loop-festival-2024/

Katsurao AIR 2024

I will be participating in the Short Term II of the Artist-in-Residence program "Katsurao AIR" held in Katsurao Village, Fukushima Prefecture.

Short Term II: 2024/10/01 (Tue) - 11/30 (Sat)

Artists: Yuki Okawa, YuUkiKATAYAMA, Eri Saito

https://katsurao-collective.com/

EXiS 2024

EX-NOW International Competition

"Social Circles" will be screened at JAPAN CUTS 2024, the largest Japanese film festival in North America.

Festival Dates: July 18 (Thu) - 25 (Thu), 2024

Date: 2024/07/20 (Sat) 12:00~

Venue: Korean Film Archive (Seoul)

Artists: Carl Elsaesser, Matt Whitman, Eri Saito, YAN Wai Yin, Ivan Faktor

https://ex-is.org/info/2024/6/17/2024-ex-now-for-international-competition-section

JAPAN CUTS 2024

Shorts Program 2

"Social Circles" will be screened at JAPAN CUTS 2024, the largest Japanese film festival in North America.

Festival Dates: July 10 (Wed) - 21 (Sun), 2024

Date: 2024/07/20 (Sat) 11:00~

Venue: Japan Society (New York)

Artists: Eri Saito, Toru Masuyama, Rintaro

https://japansociety.org/events/japan-cuts-2024-shorts-program-2/

Prismatic Ground

WAVE 3: MORTALITY IS A PRISON BUT TO KNOW IT IS THE KEY, PROGRAM 3

At the New York film festival Prismatic Ground, which focuses on experimental films and documentaries, the video work "Social Circles" will be screened.

Date: 2024/05/11 (Sat) 13:00~

Venue: Anthology Film Archives (New York)

Artists: Eri Saito, Tsai Ming-Liang

https://www.prismaticground.com/2024/wave-3-program-3

e-flux Film Award Ceremony: Inaugural Edition

The video work "May All Your Wounds Heal" won the 2nd prize at the first e-flux film award.

The ceremony and screening will be held at the e-flux Screening Room. The jury for this award was composed of Charles Tonderai Mudede, Anri Sala, and Anocha Suwichakornpong, and the pre-selection committee was conducted by Lukas Brasiskis, Dmitry Frolov, and Steff Hui Ci Ling.

Date: 2024/01/18 (Thu) 19:00~

Venue: e-flux Screening Room (New York)

Artists: Maurício Chades, Eri Saito, Bo Wang

https://www.e-flux.com/events/581701/e-flux-film-award-ceremony-inaugural-edition/

Yamanaka Suplex annex "MINE" curator program Vol.4

VISITOR CUE

Eri Saito will participate in "VISITOR CUE," a two-day exhibition and event curated by Kyoto-based art collective Retronym, consisting of actor Samon Seto, artist Momo Takeuchi, who works with ceramics as material, and director Masato Nomura.

Date: 2023/11/11(Sat) - 11/12(Sun) 13:00~19:00

Venue: Yamanaka Suplex annex "MINE"

Address: GALLERY 02 NANEI Shinmachi bld. 2-9-4 Shinmachi, Nishi-ku, Osaka, Japan

Admission fee: ¥500

Artists: Yui Kuroki, Eri Saito, Hirotaka Fukui, Ryusei Miyazaki, Leon Koh Yonekawa

Curator: Retronym

https://theatre-sokudo.jimdofree.com/visitor-cue/?preview_sid=191681

20th Experimental Film & Video Festival in Seoul

ASIA FORUM

Curated by non-syntax（Jin Qiuyu & Hsu Chun Yi）

Eri's work will be screened in the ASIA FORUM section under the theme of "SISA Parallax".

Date: 2023/7/21(Fri)16:00~

Venue: Korea Film Archive Cinematheque KOFA Theater 2

Work: mistake, blockade, fancy, panky, 2020, B&W, 5.1ch surround sound, 4min.44sec.

https://ex-is.org/asia-forum

how to make friends

Artists: Rena Kudoh, Eri Saito

Date: 2023/7/19 (Wed) - 7/30 (Sun)

Open Hour: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 12:00-21:00

*Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday: break from 16:00 to 18:00)

*Close on Monday and Tuesday

Venue: Art Center Ongoing (1-8-7 Kichijoji Higashimachi, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-0002, Japan)

https://www.ongoing.jp/tag/video/friends/

European Media Art Festival No.36
International Competition: Living Alphabet

Festival: 19 - 23 April 2023

Exhibition: 19 April - 29 May 2023

in various venues across Osnabrück, Germany

https://www.emaf.de/en/

International Competition: Living Alphabet

21 April 2023, 10.30 pm at Cinema Hasetor.

- Is it a knife because..., Sirah Foighel Brutmann, Eitan Efrat, 25min

- May all your wounds heal, Eri Saito, 5min

- Skola di tarafe, Filipa César, Sónia Vaz Borges, 35min

EASTEAST_TOKYO 2023

Video/Sound/Performance Program: the PLAN

Date: 2023/2/17 (Fri) –19 (Sun)

Preview: February 16 (Thu) and February 17 (Fri) until 14:00 *Invited guests and press only

Hours: February 17 (Fri) 14:00-19:00, February 18 (Sat) 12:00-19:00, February 19 (Sun) 12:00-17:00

Venue: Science Museum (2-1 Kitanomaru Park, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0091, Japan)

Ticket: [1-day ticket] Adult 2,000 yen / Under 23 1,000 yen, [3-day pass] Adult 5,000 yen / Under 23 2,500 yen

https://easteast.org/2023/exhibitors/projects/1559/

Whenever Wherever Festival 2023
〈ら線〉でそっとつないでみる

ワークショップ成果発表「小さく街をあるく、街をつくる〈港区、東京タワーこんにちわー編〉」

https://bodyartslabo.com/wwf2023/program/aokid/

Date: 2023/2/12 (Sun) 14:30−15:30

Venue: SHIBAURA HOUSE

Program leader: Aokid

Guest Lecturers：Shu Ishimi, Eri Saito

Eri Saito "Quietly There"

https://bodyartslabo.com/wwf2023/program/saito/

Date: 2023/2/10 (Fri) 18:00−20:40, 2/11 (Sat) 10:30−20:30, 2/12 (Sun) 11:00−19:30

Venue: SHIBAURA HOUSE

※連続して上演プログラムが実施される会場内での展示のため、作品の鑑賞が困難な場合があります。ご了承ください。

Ticket: https://bodyartslabo.com/wwf2023/ticket/

Peatix（要事前購入）※下記は一般料金。港区・U24/O65割引あり。

2/10 (Fri) 1日券3,000円

2/11 (Sat) 1日券3,000円｜半日券（前半・後半）2,000円、※前半：10:30−15:00｜後半：15:00−20:30

2/12 (Sun) 1日券3,000円｜半日券（前半・後半）2,000円、※前半：11:00−15:30｜後半：15:30−19:30

SHIBAURA HOUSE 2日セット券5,000円・3日セット券7,000円

木更津市制施行80周年記念協賛事業「木更津みなとぐちアートプロジェクト 2022 ミナート」小学生向けワークショップ成果発表展

会期：2022年11月17日（木）- 12月4日（日）

開催エリア：JP木更津駅西口から木更津港までの各所

開催時間：10:00-16:00（観覧無料）

参加作家：荒木美由、石城麻衣、加藤修、刈込芳一、小林雅子、斎藤英理、関直美、永津守、西村陽平、宗政浩二、矢成光生

アクセス：電車（東京駅〜JR木更津駅 90分程度）／車（アクアライン木更津金田ICより15分）／高速バス（東京駅より約60分 1500円）

https://art-kisarazu.jp

The Compulsive Landscape: Eri Saito & Masanobu Nakamura

Curated by Mia Parnall, CCJ presents the work of filmmakers Eri Saito and Masanobu Nakamura as part of Meander Program.

https://www.collabjapan.org/events/2022/8/6/the-compulsive-landscape-eri-saito-amp-masanobu-nakamura

PROGRAM:

Eri Saito, Shake: dreaming body. 2018, 3min 38sec, b&w, silent.

Masanobu Nakamura, Flying Image. 1989, 11min, colour, 16mm.

Eri Saito, mistake, blockade, fancy, panky. 2020, 4min 43sec, b&w, 5.1ch.

Masanobu Nakamura, The Emptiness That Is Close to Me. 1994, 22min, 8mm

WVlog : personal

Artists: Makoto Ishii, Ai Ozaki, Yui Kuroki, Yuya Koyama, Wataru Koyama, Eri Saito (curated by Ai Ozaki)

Date: 2022/5/27 (Fri) - 6/12 (Sun)

Open Hour: Wed, Thu, Fri 18:00-21:00 / Sat, Sun 12:00-21:00 / Closed Mon, Tue

Venue: Art Center Ongoing (1-8-7 Kichijoji Higashimachi, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-0002, Japan)

Admission: ¥400 (with tea)

https://www.ongoing.jp/tag/video/wvlog/

The 40th edition of the International Festival of Films on Art

カナダの歴史ある映画祭、Le FIFA（The 40th edition of the International Festival of Films on Art）に参加します。恵比寿映像祭でお世話になったプログラマーの清水裕さんの選定で、今回わたしは3本の短編映像を出しています。期間中はカナダ国内限定でオンライン配信予定です。

Date: 2022/3/16 (Wed) - 27 (Sun)

Artists: Shun Ikezoe, Kaori Oda, Aya Kawazoe, Eri Saito

Venue: online *Available for viewing only in Canada

https://lefifa.com/en/catalog/carte-blanche-yu-shimizu-vipo-tokyo?fbclid=IwAR2LaWcE3XOaf7OEZCpU0990q5AxxO1d48gjhVXmBoo66orkztKLrftiggs