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saiho + Sayuri Hayashi Egnell

Imagery Garden

Artist statement

Our installations emerge from memory, landscape, and the subtle transitions found in nature. As Japanese women living abroad, we draw inspiration from childhood recollections of our homeland and the lingering echoes of cultural memory. In Imagery Garden, viewers enter a contemplative space designed for stillness and inward movement. Surrounded by light, sound, and natural elements, they are invited to drift between memory and presence, dream and reality, time and place. Rather than dissolving boundaries, we explore the freedom of moving across them — gently, fluidly, and without fear. In a world increasingly defined by divisions, our work offers a quiet space where borders can be crossed, returned to, and reimagined.

About us

Saiho + Sayuri Hayashi Egnell

 

“saiho+Sayuri Hayashi Egnell” is an art unit by landscape architect based in US, saiho, and

a music composer based in Sweden, Sayuri Hayashi Egnell.

They create mostly art installations to provide experiences to evoke feelings in viewer’s deep mind

that crosses various boundaries and connects with the world.

They have presented art installation works such as “Beyond the Ocean” at an international art festival in Japan,

BIWAKO Biennale 2020, “To Mothers” at Local Love Art Festival in Oakland CA, and “Imagery Garden” at BIWAKO

Biennale 2022 in Japan. Their first solo exihibtion was held at Gallery Main in Kyoto in May 2023.

imagery garden layout plan

TECHNICAL INFO

Medium: Installation, mixed media, interactive Dimensions: Variable, 100–120 m², Installation time: 10min Electrical: 200--240V, 10A

Exhibitions

2022  Intel art festival BIWAKO Biennale in Japan

2024  Shanghai Contemporary Art Museum in China (solo)

2025  Intel art festival BIWAKO Biennale in Japan

 

CONTACT INFO

other works


installation art "Beyond the Ocean" 
by saiho + Sayuri Hayashi Egnell
Time : 12min
 
”International Art Festival BIWAKO BIENNALE 2020”
/ Omihachiman city and Hikone city, Japan

other works

installation art "To Mothers" 
by saiho
Music by 
Sayuri Hayashi Egnell
FIlmed by 
Elisabet Gallego Rigol

Time : 10min

”Local Love Summer Art Festival
July 27-Aug 1st 2021 
Oakland California, USA

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