Me [me] "Masayume"

About this event

The project "Masayume" by the contemporary art collective Me [me] will appear again in the skies of Tokyo from November to December 2026. Implemented as a special project of the cultural and arts festival "ARTE TOKYO," organized by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Tokyo International Cultural and Arts Festival Executive Committee, this project will be held in Okutama Town on November 21 and 22, and in Yoyogi Park on December 5 and 6. "Masayume" is inspired by a dream that Me [me] member Kojin Haruka had when she was 14 years old, in which "a giant human face was floating like the moon." From faces of real people gathered from all over the world, one person is chosen, and their face is floated in the sky as a gigantic three-dimensional object. Following its unveiling in Yoyogi Park in 2021, it has been staged across various parts of the world, including Lisbon, Portugal in 2023 and Madrid, Spain in 2024. In Okutama Town, which will be the implementation site for the first time, a scene of the giant face floating will appear against the backdrop of mountain ridges distinct from central Tokyo. The launch site is Okutama Comprehensive Athletic Park, and the schoolyard of Okutama Municipal Hikawa Elementary School will be opened as a viewing location with free admission and no reservations required. Following that in December, it will appear in Yoyogi Park for the first time in 5 years since the work was revealed in 2021. The artwork is scheduled to be raised from early morning through the morning hours at the Central Plaza venue. "Masayume" is also an artwork that shakes the way we view the cities and landscapes we are accustomed to in daily life by having an "individual's" face appear in a "public" landscape. Raising the work may be canceled due to weather or wind conditions, and implementation status will be announced as needed on the official ARTE TOKYO social media.

Venue

Okutama Comprehensive Athletic Park

940 Hikawa, Okutama-machi, Nishitama-gun, Tokyo 198-0212