Yamaguchi Seasonal 2025 / Ryuichi Sakamoto + YCAM InterLab

Forest Symphony

Ryuichi SAKAMOTO YCAM InterLab

Times and Dates (JST): Friday, August 8 — Sunday, November 30, 2025

Ryuichi Sakamoto’s masterpiece about the bioelectric potential of trees resurfaces at historic places in Yamaguchi!

Presented in this exhibition is the installation piece “Forest Symphony” that the composer Ryuichi Sakamoto created and unveiled at YCAM in 2013. The event is part of the “Yamaguchi Seasonal 2025” program of exhibitions of works that were previouly made and shown at YCAM, presented at historic sites and other places in downtown Yamaguchi.

The installation creates sounds from data of the bioelectric potential of trees in forests from around the world, which has been temporarily exhibited since 2020 at “Sesshu Garden” at Joeiji Temple in Yamaguchi City, and it is the 6th exhibition this year.

Profiles

Ryuichi SAKAMOTO

Musician

Ryuichi Sakamoto made his debut in 1978 with the album "The Thousand Knives" as well as joining the internationally acclaimed, YMO (Yellow Magic Orchestra). After YMO broke up (the band officially cal ...

YCAM InterLab

YCAM InterLab is the name of YCAM’s internal research and development team. Made up of about 20 resident staff members with various skills in the fields of curation, education, engineering and design, the team plays a leading role in various YCAM programs, from the conception and production of works to the development of workshop contents, in collaboration with local citizens, artists, researchers and external engineers.