In her practice, Osaka-born artist Sasaoka Yuriko explores the ambiguous relationship between humans and the natural world through gesamtkunstwerk installations that reveal surrealist, immersive landscapes. Drawing inspiration from animism, masquerade, theater, puppetry, and Osaka’s comedy traditions, her work delves into fundamental questions around agency, mortality, and the narratives we tell ourselves. For “Animale,” Sasaoka investigated […]