Sailing Castle: Roppongi
2025
Sailing Castle: Roppongi
Since its first edition in 2009, Roppongi Art Night has become one of Tokyo’s most anticipated cultural events. Now in its 14th year, the festival brings together 30 groups of artists presenting more than 50 programs and installations. Over three vibrant days, Roppongi transforms into a dynamic stage where diverse cultures and creative energies converge, offering audiences an immersive celebration of art and imagination.
Invited by Roppongi Art Night 2025, Taiwanese artist Cheng Tsung FENG created a new site-specific installation at the historic Tenso Shrine, a sacred site in Roppongi with a 641-year history. Continuing his Sailing Castle series that began at the Taiwan Lantern Festival in 2019, FENG presents the sixth work in the series, titled Sailing Castle: Roppongi, a poetic synthesis of the city’s skyline, architectural outlines, and cultural spirit.
In his Sailing Castle series, FENG draws parallels between a city’s skyline and the image of sails gathered in a harbor. Through the language of light and structure, he reconstructs urban silhouettes into luminous installations that evoke the rhythm of time, space, and collective memory. Each castle becomes a vessel carrying both architectural form and emotional resonance—where modernity meets the quiet beauty of traditional craftsmanship.
For Sailing Castle: Roppongi, Feng deconstructs, blends, and reassembles the profiles of Roppongi’s most iconic landmarks—including Tenso Shrine, The National Art Center Tokyo, Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo Midtown, 21_21 Design Sight, Mori Tower, Sumitomo Roppongi Grand Tower, and the Roppongi Crossing. These elements converge into a wooden structure imbued with ritualistic presence, merging architectural memory with hand-crafted sensibility.
By illuminating the symbolic contours of Roppongi’s cityscape, FENG transforms the act of viewing architecture into an act of collective reflection. The installation stands as both a spiritual beacon and a temporal monument—a sailing vessel of light that carries the stories of the city, drifting quietly between tradition and modernity, the sacred and the urban.
2025 | Roppongi Art Night｜09/26-09/28｜Tensho Shrine | Roppongi
organizer｜Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo Arts Committee (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture), Minato City, Roppongi Art Night Executive Committee (The National Art Center Tokyo, Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo Midtown, 21_21 Design Sight, Mori Art Museum, Mori Building, Ractive Roppongi）
co-organizer｜Agency of Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan, MCST Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Korea, Korea Foundation for International Cultural Exchange, Korea Embassy, Korean Cultural Center, Ministry of Culture Taiwan
artist｜Cheng Tsung FENG
project designer｜Chan Wei HSU, Chen PENG
structural analysis｜ Chien Chuan Engineering Consulting Co.
woodwork｜Weige Interior Design
metalwork｜Yichang Laser
canvas｜Meichiangkuang Advertising
lighting design｜Oude Light
lighting engineer｜Beamtec Lighting
international shipping｜Cheng-hang Global Logistics CO., Ltd.
assembly support｜Chung Sheng HSU, Kuan Chen CHEN
photography｜FIXER Photographic Studio
2025
六本木帆城
《六本木藝術之夜（Roppongi Art Night）》自2009年首次舉辦以來，今年將迎來第14屆，30組藝術家帶來超過50個展演節目，在多元文化與創造性的交織下，共赴一場充滿創造能量的三日盛會。
台灣藝術家范承宗收到《六本木藝術之夜（Roppongi Art Night）》的邀請，以東京六本木地區擁有641年悠久歷史的天祖神社為創作基地，他延續自2019年自台灣燈會中展開的《帆城》系列創作，打造集結六本木建築輪廓與城市印象的第六件新作《六本木帆城（Sailing Castle: Roppongi）》。
范承宗的《帆城》系列作品，將建築聚集而成的城市面貌，與船隻船帆聚集於港口的景緻聯想在一起，並透過藝術燈光裝置創作，捕捉基地周遭建築的集合輪廓，凝聚成時代與空間的詩意印象。
在《六本木帆城（Sailing Castle: Roppongi）》之中，他將天祖神社、國立新美術館、三得利美術館、東京中城、21_21 Design Sight、森大廈、住友不動產六本木Grand大廈、六本木交叉點等著名建築的造形輪廓解構、混合、重組，成為一座具有儀式氣息的木構裝置。
主辦單位｜東京都、東京藝術委員會（公益財團法人東京都歷史文化財團）、港區、六本木藝術之夜執行委員會（國立新美術館、三得利美術館、東京中城、21_21 Design Sight、森美術館、森大廈、六本木商店街振興工會）
協辦單位｜日本文化廳、韓國文化體育觀光部、韓國國際文化交流振興院、駐日韓國大使館、韓國文化院（日韓建交60週年事業）、台灣文化部
藝術家｜范承宗
專案設計｜許展維、彭程
結構分析｜建全工程顧問
木作工程｜唯格室內
金屬工程｜艗錩雷射
帆布工程｜美強光廣告
照明設計｜偶得設計
照明工程｜丞逸照明
國際運輸｜承航國際物流
組裝協力｜徐崇盛、陳冠臻
攝影｜定影影像