坂本龍一 Ryuichi Sakamoto 觀音聽時 Seeing Sound Hearing Time

• 名稱由來：源自1980年代坂本龍一與哲學家大森莊藏的對話，反思音樂不單是時間的流逝，更是對時間本身的倾聽。
• 感知邊界：展覽聚焦於聲音如何被「看見」與「感知」，透過水、霧、氣象、地震數據與電磁波等自然與科技媒介，突破傳統音樂的聆聽限制。
• 藝術家合作：匯集了坂本龍一與高谷史郎、真鍋大度、卡斯滕．尼古拉（Carsten Nicolai）、阿比查邦．韋拉斯塔古（Apichatpong Weerasethakul）及 Zakkubalan 等跨界藝術家的心血結晶。 [1, 2, 3]

• 展期：2026年10月31日至2027年3月14日。
• 亮點：展出 7組大型裝置作品，並精選1999年歌劇《LIFE》的檔案文獻選粹。
• 入場方式：本展採網路預約制（首波預約於10月15日開放）。
• 詳情活動：可至 臺北市使立美術館官網 查看。 [1, 2]

• 展期：2026年2月14日至2026年7月12日（已圓滿結束）。
• 核心展品：主打由坂本龍一與高谷史郎共創的《async-immersion》（2023），以3D多聲道環迴音響配合巨型LED屏幕呈現；以及大台階展出的卡斯滕．尼古拉影像作品。
• 詳情紀錄：可回顧 M+博物館展覽專頁。 [1, 2, 3]

• 展期：2026年9月11日至2027年6月20日。
• 亮點：歐洲首場大型回顧展，於 Rieckhallen 展出包括利用海嘯鋼琴與地震數據創作的知名作品《Is Your Time》等。
• 官方網頁：請參閱 Hamburger Bahnhof 展覽頁面。 [1]

• 《async-immersion》：基於坂本最個人的專輯《async》（2017），透過非同步的空間影像與多聲道音響，將樂器、植物、工作室微物化作感官流動。 [1, 2]
• 《Is Your Time》：使用一台在2011年東日本大震災海嘯中倖存、被大自然「重新調音」的鋼琴，接收全球地震數據自動彈奏，體現人類與自然的力量對比。 [1]
• 《LIFE - fluid, invisible, inaudible…》：解構1999年的歌劇《LIFE》，在暗室中以懸掛的壓克力水族箱、水膜與超聲波，創造介於透明與不透明間的視聽感官。

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Guanyin. Ryuichi Sakamoto (seeing sound, hearing time) is a large-scale international tour retrospective exhibition of the late Japanese music master Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952–2023). The exhibition breaks the single dimension of traditional film soundtracks or pianists, and comprehensively reviews the "installation music" and cross-border art practices that have transformed music into space experience since the 2000s. [1,2,3,4]

💡 The core concept of the exhibition

The origin of the name: It comes from the dialogue between Ryuichi Sakamoto and the philosopher Shozo Omori in the 1980s, reflecting that music is not only the passage of time, but also listening to time itself.

Perception boundary: The exhibition focuses on how sound is "seen" and "perceived", and breaks through the listening restrictions of traditional music through natural and technological media such as water, fog, meteorology, earthquake data and electromagnetic waves.

Artist cooperation: Gathering Ryuichi Sakamoto and Shiro Takatani, Daido Manabe, Carsten. Carsten Nicolai, Abichabang. The crystallization of the efforts of cross-border artists such as Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Zakkubalan. [1, 2, 3]

🏛️ Recent exhibition information

The exhibition has been toured in Beijing, Chengdu, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other places. The recent and upcoming focuses include: [1]

1. Taipei Municipal Art Museum (Taiwan)

Period: October 31, 2026 to March 14, 2027.

Highlights: 7 groups of large-scale installation works are exhibited, and the archives and documents of the 1999 opera LIFE are selected.

Admission method: This exhibition is an online reservation system (the first wave of reservations will be opened on October 15).

Detailed activities: You can check it on the official website of Taipei Shili Art Museum. [One, two]

2. West Kowloon Cultural District M+ Museum (Hong Kong)

EXHIBITION PERIOD: FEBRUARY 14, 2026 TO JULY 12, 2026 (SPEAMOUSLY COMPLETED).

Core exhibits: "async-immersion" (2023) co-created by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Shiro Takatani, which is presented with 3D multi-channel loop sound with giant LED screens; and Carsten exhibited on a large step. Nicola's video works.

Detailed record: You can review the M+ Museum exhibition page. [1, 2, 3]

3. Berlin Hamburg Station Art Museum (Hamburger Bahnhof, Germany)

Period: September 11, 2026 to June 20, 2027.

Highlights: The first large-scale retrospective exhibition in Europe, including the famous work "Is Your Time" created using tsunami piano and earthquake data in Rieckhallen.

Official website: Please refer to the Hamburger Bahnhof exhibition page. [1]

🎵 Classic key works

"Async-immersion": Based on Sakamoto's most personal album "async" (2017), it turns musical instruments, plants and studio micro-obisms into sensory flow through asynchronous spatial images and multi-channel sound. [One, two]

"Is Your Time": Using a piano that survived the 2011 East Japan Earthquake Tsunami and was "retuned" by nature, it receives global earthquake data and plays it automatically, reflecting the contrast between human and nature. [1]

"LIFE - fluid, invisible, inaudible...": Deconstruct the 1999 opera "LIFE" and create an audio-visual sense between transparency and opaque with acrylic aquariums, water films and ultrasonic waves hanging in the darkroom.