KIKAI / SEKAI (Strange Worlds / Worlds) – KENJI SATO WORKS 2002-2025

Description A best-of collection compiling the trajectory of photographer Kenji Sato’s 20-year journey through the “Kikai” and the world. Over 528 full-color pages featuring more than 200 major photographs and a 50,000-character interview. ■ Kikai – Following the world’s strange stories through 12 themes ・Inhabitation: Cave villages, Nenets, North Korea, etc. ・Ruins: Chernobyl, Battleship Island, Communist Party Halls, etc. ・Bizarre Landscapes: Turkmenistan, Lake Maracaibo, etc. ・Structures: Matryoshka Hotel, Monster Garden, etc. ・Customs: Tomb of Christ, Ghost Church, Voodoo Markets, etc. ・Space: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Nuclear Missile Silos, etc. ・Creation: Rainbow Village, Cheval’s Ideal Palace, Island of the Dolls, etc. ・Museums: Kunstkamera, Mummy Museum, etc. ・Death: Body Farm, Famadihana, Toraja People, etc. ・Faith: Mudmen, Paantu, Kukeri, etc. ・Modern Myth I: Area 51, Sanxingdui Ruins, etc. ・Modern Myth II: Mozu Kofun Group, Nan Madol Ruins, etc. ■ World – Fragments of memory as a traveler on the road ■ EXTRA I: Regeneration ・Pyramiden, Cargo Cult, Kazakhstan, etc. ■ EXTRA II: Encounter ・Landscapes and customs of [Hyogo, Kochi, Gunma, Tottori, Oita] ■ EXTRA III: Record ・Photo Exhibition Noto 20240101 ■ EXTRA IV: Thought ・Kenji Sato Interview 2002–2025: A Chronicle of Strange Travels ・Q51: 51 Keywords with Kenji Sato ・Kenji Sato’s Commentary on His Own Works ■ Commentary “Kai (strangeness)” begins from “the end” —The Inverting Power of Wonder Mayumi Tsuruoka (Professor Emerita, Tama Art University / Anthropologist of Art) ■ Commentary Captivated by Kenji Sato’s “Kikai,” the Mediator of Wonders Yuriko Yamanaka (Comparative Literature Scholar / Professor, National Museum of Ethnology) — This book is a newly edited collection of works from the exhibition “Kenji Sato: Kikai / World,” which opened in April 2022 and concluded in September 2024. The exhibition was a retrospective of sorts—admittedly a bit premature—bringing together a massive number of representative works I’ve photographed around the world over the past 20-plus years. Structured in two parts—my signature “Kikai Heritage” series and “World”—this book, too, becomes a culmination of those two perspectives, blended into one. In addition to the exhibition archive, the book also includes all the photos I newly captured and added to the exhibition during its touring period. By the time the show traveled to its second venue, the Kochi Prefectural Museum of Art, the global pandemic had begun to subside, and I resumed my travels. Starting with visits to Thailand and India, then moving on to Central Asia and Vanuatu, I added photographs taken during those journeys in something akin to real time. These are compiled here as “Kikai / World EXTRA I.” Furthermore, this book includes photos I began taking in early 2024 of the Noto Peninsula. This project was initiated by musician Yumi Matsutoya and, with the cooperation of Ishikawa and Tokyo prefectures, involved multiple photography trips across the peninsula following the earthquake that struck on New Year’s Day 2024. What is captured there overlaps with themes explored in “Kikai / World” such as inhabitation, ruins, and nature—offering a profound depiction of the relationship between people and nature. As a record of this era, I decided to include these as well. As a result, this book spans from around 2002, when I began my journey, to 2025, and has become a comprehensive collection of my work. It is no exaggeration to say that all the themes I’ve pursued across the globe are, for now at least, contained within these pages. Kenji Sato — Category：Japanese Art Book, Japanese Photography Book Tag：Landscape, nature, ruins, travel Pages： 528 ISBN： 9784022587220 Release Date: December, 2025 Language: Japanese Publisher: Asahi Shimbun Publications Author profile Kenji Sato Photographer. After graduating from Musashino Art University, He began searching out and documenting “strange places / people / scapes / phenomena around the world”. Kenji Sato’s books KIKAI / SEKAI (Strange Worlds / Worlds) – KENJI SATO WORKS 2002-2025 ¥5,940 PYRAMIDEN by KENJI SATO ¥2,970 KIKAI ISAN – The wonderland’s heritage by Kenji Sato ¥4,180 Reviews There are no reviews yet Thank you for viewing this product. If you wish to leave a review, please consent to GDPR. Click this link to accept GDPR. 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