Body, Iʼm Fine 


"I'm fine." A convenient expression of soft refusal that reduces friction with others and keeps the relationship smooth. At the same time, it acts like a breakwater that avoids incursion into the other's domain and disclosure of your own inner thoughts. Doesn't the growing use of such expressions in recent years suggest that we are simplifying relations with others that are accompanied by physicality, and may eliminate them further in the future? Moreover, as indicated by the evolution of artificial intelligence (AI), we are increasingly trying to leave relations with many matters surrounding our own bodies to external entities. In the midst of a society headed in such a direction, this exhibition introduces the works of Seiran Tsuno and Kento Nito, two artists who are exploring ways of constructing deep connections with others through their own bodies. 


Thus far, Tsuno has pursued modes of association with her body through activities spanning fields such as artistic practice and writings revolving around dressmaking and bodily experience. She is also a licensed nurse, and her expression, besides depicting the existence of others through care, shows that the connection between the care givers and the receivers is not one-way. In Walking With, she portrays a woman burdened with a huge dress who somehow manages to walk with the support of her friends. The work clearly shows the state of the body, which cannot subsist without others. 


Kento Nito started out making sculptures, but has since continued to express himself in a variety of media. As exemplified by Steps on Someone's Weight, in which one person receives the other's weight and the two support each other, Nito has focused on feeling the relationship between the self and others with bodies. His interest naturally extends to his mother, spouse, and child. In his recent works, he presents the perplexity born in the midst of child-rearing and raises questions about the relationship between the self and the family, which changes along with the parental role.


Tsuno and Nito launch their quests from knowledge of the troublesome aspects of their own bodies, such as the difficulty of bodily control by the consciousness and changes caused by the environment. In these quests, they obtain realizations about involvement with others. The modes of expression by the two are bound to provide sure insights for deep resonation with others by mutually affirming bodies as "being fine" instead of keeping others at a distance. 

Body, I'm Fine
Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2026 - Monday, January 11, 2027
Hours: 11:00 - 20:00
*Closed November 26 and during the New Year's holiday (December 29-January 3)
Venue: sendai mediatheque 6f Gallery 4200
Admission: ¥500 (free for high school students and young children)

(Notice)
・If you require specific accessibility support or accommodations for your visit, please contact us via email in advance.
・Concurrent Events
　● Jozenji Art Street 2026-2027 near Jozenji-dori (Shun Sasa and others)
　● ON DISPLAY: Free permanent exhibition inside sendai-mediatheque (Fumiaki Aono, Tadashi Kawamata, Rieko Shiga, Dada Kan Ren)

sendai mediatheque
2-1 Kasugamachi, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture 980-0821
Tel +81-22-713-4483
Mail: office@smt.city.sendai.jp



Seiran Tsuno / Walking With (2025) Photo by Kohei Omachi (W)



Kento Nito / Steps on Someone's Weight (2026-2021) Photo by Rentaro Hori