Yumitsu Araki – Won’t You Dance? (2023, Card Set with Booklet and Poster)

Yumitsu Araki – Won’t You Dance? (2023, Card Set with Booklet and Poster)

Won’t You Dance? is a special edition set created by Yumitsu Araki in conjunction with the Art Lab III exhibition at the Nagano Prefectural Museum of Art in 2023. This collectible set explores the interplay of sound, space, memory, and dialogue, inviting viewers to engage with Araki’s immersive installation in a portable format.

The set includes 18 cards documenting the exhibited works, a poster encapsulating the installation’s visual world, and a booklet featuring artist talks, commentary, and images. Together, these elements offer a reimagined experience of the exhibition, transforming it into a tangible archive that preserves the ephemeral qualities of the original presentation.

Details:

• Title: Won’t You Dance? Card Set

• Artist: Yumitsu Araki

• Year: 2023 (Exhibition: Nagano Prefectural Museum of Art, Art Lab III)

• Medium: Mixed media set (printed cards, poster, booklet)

• Components: 18 cards (exhibition images), 1 poster (approx. A3), 1 booklet (artist talk, images, text)

• Sizes: Cards approx. 14 × 16 cm / Booklet A5 variant

• Edition: Limited distribution

About the Artist:
Yumitsu Araki is a contemporary Japanese artist whose work examines the relationship between viewers, space, memory, and objects. Through playful and thoughtful compositions, Araki transforms exhibition experiences into participatory and reflective encounters, and this set offers a rare opportunity to collect the essence of his installation in a portable format.