Lumenfall
Public Art
Lumenfall
Lumenfall, by Hanae Utamura is a meditative performance that weaves together geologic memory of the Earth, oceanic consciousness, nuclear memory in the Pacific Ocean, and psychic connection within a speculative narrative.
When & Where
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Saturday, February 28, 2026
7pm (doors open at 6:30pm)
Sunday, March 1, 20236
2pm (doors open at 1:30pm)
at Fourth Arts Block at 70 E 4th St, New York, NY 10003
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About the artist
Lumenfall by Hanae Utamura is a poignant and meditative work that spans diverse media to weave together geologic memory of the Earth, oceanic consciousness, nuclear memory in the Pacific Ocean, and psychic connection within a speculative narrative. The performance unfolds across the artist’s expansive conception of time and space, drawing inspiration from quantum physics and Onmyōdō, the ancient Japanese cosmology that understands the universe as a system of dynamic relationships between natural elements.
Hanae Utamura
Hanae Utamura is a Japanese interdisciplinary artist and an educator based in New York and Tokyo.
Her work engages with historical memory, questioning the notion of progress in modernity, ecology and technology.
Utamura’s media include video, performance, installation, and sculpture. She connects human beings and earth, using the physical human body as a conduit. She explores negotiations and conflicts between the human and the non-human, and how all the varieties of the wills of life manifest such as in the field of science. By decentralizing the human perspective, Utamura diversifies historical narratives, and enters the imagination of nature.
She received her Master of Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art and Design, and her Bachelor Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London. Utamura has received support through numerous international residencies and fellowships including Akademie Schloss Solitude (Stuttgart, Germany), Künstlerhaus Bethanien (Berlin), PACT Zollverein (Essen, Germany), Art Omi (Hudson, U.S.), Santa Fe Art Institute Residency, Aomori Contemporary Art Center (Japan), National Museum of Contemporary Art, Changdong Art Studio (Seoul, S.Korea), Seoul Art Space_GEUMCHEON (Seoul, S.Korea), Florence Trust (London, U.K.) and more.
She has been awarded the More Art Engaging Artist Fellowship, NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program, Shiseido Art Egg Award, Grant program by the Japanese Ministry of Culture, the Pola Art Foundation, UNESCO-Aschberg Bursary Award, and Axis/Florence Trust Award. Utamuras work has been exhibited extensively in Asia, Europe and U.S. She was a visiting scholar at New York University in 2019, supported by Japanese Ministry of Culture, Japanese government as a part of Japan - United States Exchange Friendship Program in the Art.
Lumenfall is an original performance by Hanae Utamura commissioned and produced in collaboration with More Art, presented at Fourth Arts Block. The work was also developed with support from the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).
Lumenfall is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Images by Line Neutral Studio, courtesy of the artist.
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