Let’s Upaste!!
Open Call / Collaborative Projects
In addition to the programs at the six main venues, there will be over 20 events across the City of Sapporo. This will include collaborative programs with local facilities and organizations, and future themed open-call programs such as exhibits and concerts, all to build additional excitement for the festival.
*The Ainu sub-theme Upaste is derived from “upas,” which means “snow” in the Ainu language. The sub-theme carries the meaning of “running together into the future while we recognize one another.”
Open Call Projects
| Category | Exhibition, Performance, Workshop |
| Event Title | THE ICEMANS 2024 in TENJINYAMA |
| Dates | Production and Workshops: Thursday, January 18 – Saturday, January 27, 2024 8:00 a.m. / 3:00 p.m. Exhibition open to the public: Sunday, January 28, 2024 *Date of production may be changed in the event of adverse weather conditions |
| Venue | Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio |
| Organizer | THE ICEMANS |
| Artists | Alidad KASHANI, HITSUJIYA Shirotama, MIYAZAKI Wataru, TAKENAKA Hirohiko, UENO Kanako |
| Category | Exhibition, Film Screening, Sales Event |
| Event Title | Just a bit of Momentum can Transform the Future |
| Dates | Saturday, January 20 – Saturday, February 24, 2024 11:00-19:00 Closed on Sundays, Mondays, February 13 (Tuesday) |
| Venues | niiiwa gallery |
| Organizer | niiiwa Co., Ltd |
| Artists | niiiwa Newspaper Editorial Team, Children |
| Category | Exhibition, Painting |
| Event Title | MAYA MAXX with YOU |
| Dates | Saturday, January 20 – Sunday, February 25, 2024 10:00-18:00 (Closes at 16:00 on last day of exhibition) Closed on Tuesdays |
| Venue | Café ＆ Gallery Sarouhoumura |
| Organizer | Café ＆ Gallery Sarouhoumura |
| Artist | MAYA MAXX |
| Category | Interactive Art Event |
| Event Title | Wishing on a Snow: Our Future |
| Dates | Saturday, January 20 – Sunday, February 25, 2024 10:00-19:00 Closed on Wednesday, January 31 |
| Venue | Daimarufujii Central, Main Entrance |
| Organizer | Daimarufujii Central |
| Category | Photography, Exhibition, Workshop, Talk Event |
| Event Title | Photo Exhibition: Future is in the past |
| Dates | Saturday, January 20 – Sunday, February 25, 2024 10:00-19:00 Closed on Wednesday, February 14 |
| Venues | Former Residence of Nagayama Takeshiro and Former Dormitory for Mitsubishi Mining Company |
| Organizers | Former Residence of Nagayama Takeshiro with Class of Prof. Kon, Sapporo Otani University |
| Artists | AKAGAWA Ayano, FUJIMOTO Haruka, HATAE Toshiaki, IMAIZUMI Natsumi, INADA Kenta, KATAKAWA Yuika, KATO Mimu, KON Yoshinori, MINAMI Arisa, MOKKO Shiori, NARAOKA Misa, NASHIKI Mana, OHASHI Rin, OHASHI Tetsuro, SAKAI Koji, SAKAI Manami, SUGIO Hana, SUZUKI Ryoko, TSUYUGUCHI Keiji |
| Category | Photography, Exhibition |
| Event Title | Dive into the Microcosmos in Ice |
| Dates | Thursday, January 25 – Sunday, January 28, 2024 10:30-18:00 |
| Venue | MaShu Jingu no mori Second Floor Gallery |
| Organizer | MIURA Atsuko |
| Artist | MIURA Atsuko |
| Category | Contemporary Art, Exhibition, Talk Event |
| Event Title | Two solo exhibitions presented by CAI03 and GALLERY MoNMA CAI03: Shiro Masuyama solo exhibition: Talking to the Animals in the End of the World GALLERY MoNMA: Ryusuke Ito solo exhibition: Giggling Mirages |
| Dates | CAI03: Saturday, January 20 – Sunday, February 25th, 2024 13:00-19:00 Closed on Tuesdays, Wednesdays GALLERY MoNMA: Sunday, January 21 – Sunday, February 25, 2024 12:00-18:00 Closed on Tuesdays, Wednesdays |
| Venues | CAI03 and GALLERY MoNMA |
| Organizers | CAI Institute of Contemporary Art/CAI03 + GALLERY MoNMA |
| Artists | CAI03: Shiro MASUYAMA (Talk Event Guest: Taro AMANO) GALLERY MoNMA: Ryusuke ITO |
| Category | Outdoor Sporting Event |
| Event Title | Mini Ski Jump Competition Sapporo 2024 |
| Date | Saturday, February 3, 2024 10:00-14:00 |
| Venue | Midoriyama Ski Slope in Makomanai Midorimachi Housing Complex |
| Organizer | Makomanai Midorimachi Housing Complex Management Association |
| Guest | ABE Masashi |
| Category | Exhibition, Workshop, Talk Event, Sales Event |
| Event Title | LAST DRIVE: Connecting Legacy to the Future |
| Dates | Friday, January 26 – Sunday (National Holiday), February 11, 2024 Weekdays: 9:00-21:00 Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays: 9:00-18:00 |
| Venues | SAPPORO Incubation Hub DRIVE |
| Organizers | SAPPORO Incubation Hub DRIVE |
| Artists / Guests) | Mural: Natte Space: Hitomin, michiaki, IGARASHIi Shinichiro Guests: YAMADA Masafumi and more |
| Category | Musical Event, Stage Show, Performance |
| Event Title | INTEG’Lab Live: New Dimensions of Music and Space / Live Electronics Today |
| Date | Monday, February 5, 2024 18:30-20:20 |
| Venue | Creative Studio (Sapporo Community Plaza Third Floor) |
| Organizers | INTEG’Lab / Hokkaido University of Education |
| Artists | IRIKAWA Sho (Percussion), IWATA Mayumi (Piano), KAWAGUCHI Akira (Flute), TSURUTA Maki (Trumpet), KITAZUME Hiromichi (Electronics) |
| Category | Media Arts, Exhibition |
| Event Title | Hokkaido Railroad Track x Media Arts Exhibition 2024: Create Hokkaido’s Future from Sapporo! Art has the Power to Create the Future! |
| Dates | Monday, February 5 – Thursday, February 22, 2024 10:00-17:00 Closed on Saturdays, Sundays, and National Holidays |
| Venue | Hokkaido University of Science, Central Building (E Building) First Floor HUS PLAZA |
| Organizer | Hokkaido University of Science, Research Institute of Northern Regional Community |
| Artists | Faculty members of Department of Media Arts and Design, Faculty of Future Design, Hokkaido University of Science (KOTANI Akihiro et al.), students and more |
| Category | Workshop |
| Event Title | Thinking of a Future Sapporo: Designing with Words! Catchphrase Creation Workshop |
| Dates | Saturday, February 17, 2024 13:00-15:00（Opens 12:30） |
| Venue | Sapporo Business HUB |
| Organizer | IKEHATA Kosuke |
| Teacher | IKEHATA Kosuke (Copywriter / IMPROVIDE Co., Ltd) |
| Category | Stage Show |
| Event Title | 21st AAF Drama Award Winning Performance: The Chicks would be Dead if they were Salmon |
| Dates | Thursday, February 22, 2024, 19:30 Friday (National Holiday), February 23, 2024, 14:00 |
| Venue | ConCarino |
| Organizers | Yubiwa Hotel, Hokkaido Arts Foundation, Aichi Prefectural Arts Theater |
| Artists | Playwright: MORIYASU Kuniko Director: HITSUJIYA Shirotama Performers: KANBE Hiroshi, ENDO Mai, Rinnosuke, SUZUEDA Fusako, TASAKA Tetsuro |
Collaborative Projects
| Category | Exhibition |
| Event Title | Special feature: THE SNOWFLAKES |
| Date(s) | Saturday, December 9, 2023 – Sunday, March 24, 2024 9:30-17:00 (Admission ends 30 minutes before closing time) Closed on Mondays (Open on Mondays if they fall on a National Holiday or substitute holiday, and closed the next weekday instead), New Year’s holidays (December 29 – January 3) |
| Venues | Tomakomai City Museum (Exhibition Room 3, Courtyard Exhibition Space) |
| Organizer | Tomakomai City Museum |
| Artists | THE SNOWFLAKES (NARA Yoshitomo, KUNIMATSU Kineta, KOSUKEGAWA Hiroyasu, OKUYAMA Misae) Lighting: ISHIKAWA Taiho Sound: WHITELIGHT |
| Category | Exhibition |
| Event Title | ICE FOREST 2024 |
| Dates | Saturday, January 13 – Sunday, February 25, 2024 11:00-21:00 (Last entry 20:00) *Opening hours may be subject to change due to weather conditions |
| Venue | GEIMORI W-AWESOME |
| Organizer | GEIMORI W-AWESOME |
| Category | Exhibition |
| Event Title | Special Exhibition: Contemporary AINU ART And Crafts 2024 |
| Dates | Saturday, January 13 – Wednesday, March 10, 2024 9:30-17:00 (Admission ends 30 minutes before closing time) Closed on Mondays (Open on Mondays if they fall on a National Holiday or substitute holiday, and closed the next weekday instead) |
| Venue | Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art |
| Organizers | Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, The Foundation for Ainu Culture |
| Artists | OGASAWARA Sayo, KAIZAWA Koji, KAIZAWA Toru, KAWAMURA Noriko, SHIMOKURA Hiroyuki, SEKINE Maki, NISHIDA Kayoko, FUJITO Kohei, FUJITO Yukio, YUKI Koji |
| Category | Musical Event |
| Event Title | Maywa Denki Presents SPARK PARK PARTY |
| Date | Friday, January 19, 2024 21:00-0:00 (midnight) Opens 20:00 |
| Venue | Sound Lab mole |
| Organizer | Maywa Denki Co., Ltd. |
| Category | Musical Event |
| Event Title | OTOMO Yoshihide & NMA Present Sapporo Meeting Vol. 2 |
| Date | Saturday, January 20, 2024 Opens 15:30, starts 16:00 |
| Venue | COO |
| Organizer | NMA (NOW MUSIC ARTS) |
| Artists | OTOMO Yoshihide: guitar KIM Yooi：sax, electronics TSUKAHARA Yoshihiro: guitar, hurdy gurdy Nishimura Yusuke: electric-bass SHIBUYA Toru: ds, Genghis Khan pot |
| Category | Musical Event |
| Event Title | LAUSBUB WINTER TOUR 23/24 “Breaking Ice” -PSYHJO- |
| Date | Saturday, January 20, 2024 Opens 17:30, starts 18:00 |
| Venue | Sound Lab mole |
| Organizer | Far East Techno |
| Artists | LAUSBUB Guest :Sturle Dagsland (from Norway) |
| Category | Art Event |
| Event Title | Work in progress (public display of art-making process) Sapporo x Munich Sister City Artist in Residence Exchange Programme: “Art Material Recycling Center Shukatsu” |
| Dates | Saturday, January 20 – Sunday, February 25, 2024 8:45-21:00 Closed on Mondays (Open on Mondays if they fall on a National Holiday or substitute holiday, and closed the next weekday instead) |
| Venue | Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio |
| Organizers | Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio, City of Sapporo |
| Artists | Boris Maximowitz、Sebastian Blanz、Florian Gnauck、Jonaid Khodabakhsh (treibgut, Munich, Germany)OKA Miyuki (Sapporo) |
| Category | Talk Event |
| Event Title | In times of environmental crisis we should not talk about the future we have no time for that |
| Date | Tuesday, January 23, 2024 From 19:00 |
| Venue | SCARTS Studio (Sapporo Cultural Arts Community Center, 2nd floor) |
| Organizers | Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio, City of Sapporo |
| Artists | Boris Maximowitz, Sebastian Blanz (treibgut, Munich, Germany)OKA Miyuki (Sapporo) OGAWA Hideaki（SIAF2024 Director） ODAI Mami（Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio AIR Director） Other artists in Sapporo |
| Category | Exhibition |
| Event Title | Sapporo Snow Sculpture Exhibition 2024 |
| Dates | Friday, January 26 – Sunday, January 28, 2024 10:00-18:00 (illumination from around 16:00) |
| Venue | Hongo Shin Memorial Museum of Sculpture Sapporo (Front courtyard) |
| Organizers | Sapporo Snow Sculpture Exhibition Executive Committee, Hongo Shin Memorial Museum of Sculpture Sapporo (Sapporo Cultural Arts Foundation) |
| Artists | ITAMOTO Nobuo, KAWASAKI Yukari, KUMAGAI Fumihide, KOSAKA Takaaki, SATO Takayuki, SHIMIZU Ikutaro, SHIMIZU Hiroaki, MAEDA Hiroto,Hokkaido College of Art&Design Craft design course |
| Category | Stage Show |
| Event Title | Sapporo Engeki Season 2024 Winter |
| Dates | Saturday, January 27 – Saturday, February 17, 2024 Please refer to website for performance times. |
| Venues | Saturday, January 27th – Saturday, February 3 Tsurumaki Gakudan “PEACE PIECE” Concarino Saturday, February 3 – Saturday, February 10 OrgofA “Same Time, Next Year” Terminal Plaza Kotoni PATOS Saturday, February 10 – Saturday, February 17 The Route 36 “Big Child and Small Adult” Theater ZOO |
| Organizer | Sapporo Engeki Season Executive Committee |
| Category | Musical Event, Performance |
| Event Title | AOAO NIGHT |
| Dates | Saturday, January 27, 2024, Friday, February 9, Wednesday, February 14, Friday, February 16, Tuesday, February 20, Sunday, February 25, 2024 |
| Venue | AOAO SAPPORO |
| Organizer | AOAO SAPPORO |
| Category | Exhibition |
| Event Title | 11th Sapporo Odori 500-m Underground Walkway Gallery Award |
| Dates | Saturday, January 27 – Wednesday, March 27, 2024 7:30-22:00 |
| Venue | Sapporo Odori 500-m Underground Walkway Gallery |
| Organizer | City of Sapporo |
| Artists | Kinmiraigakki (FANCY Future Instruments ltd.), TAKEUCHI Momo, FUJIMURA Noriyuki, MORIYA Yuki |
| Category | Exhibition |
| Event Title | 500 Meters Project 010 “WALK in The Forest” by TANAKA Marina |
| Dates | Saturday, January 27 – Wednesday, June 26, 2024 7:30-22:00 |
| Venue | Sapporo Odori 500-m Underground Walkway Gallery |
| Organizer | City of Sapporo |
| Artist | TANAKA Marina |
| Category | Talk Event |
| Event Title | A City of the Future Created Through Art |
| Dates | Friday, February 2, 2024 13:20-14:50 |
| Venue | Sapporo Otani University |
| Organizer | Sapporo Otani University |
| Guest | OGAWA Hideaki |
| Category | Exhibition |
| Event Title | Sapporo Parallel Museum 2024 |
| Dates | Saturday, February 3 – Sunday (National Holiday), February 11, 2024 11:00-19:00 |
| Venues | Akarenga Terrace, Sapporo Ekimae-dori underground walkway (Chi-Ka-Ho), sitatte sapporo, Daimaru Sapporo, D-LIFEPLACE Sapporo, (Name TBC), Hokkaido Building Reconstruction Plan |
| Organizer | Sapporo Ekimae Street Area Activation Committee |
| Artists | ISHII Amane, UCHIDA Seira, SATO Soma, HIRAYAMA Takumi, YAMAMOTO Suguru & MINO Arata, YOKOYAMA Yuichi |
| Category | Exhibition |
| Event Title | IEIE, Reflected: Phase 4 Virtual Ground |
| Dates | Saturday, February 17 / Sunday, February 18, 2024 10:00-17:00 (TBC) |
| Venue | VR Theater, Hokkaido University Faculty of Engineering |
| Organizers | Sapporo International Art Festival Executive Committee, City of Sapporo |
| Planning | S.I.D.E. Project (SIAF LAB. + NAKAI You + MYOKAM Hiroko) / Hokkaido University CoSTEP (Communication in Science & Technology Education & Research Program)) |
