Even as They Fade

About the Work

Sakura Momma has spent several years exploring the material, gestural and ritual dimensions of embroidery. In this installation, a transparent organza veil embroidered with glass beads is gradually undone by a mechanical device that slowly withdraws the thread over the course of the installation. In unravelling what was sewn by hand, the artist makes perceptible the invisible gestures accumulated within each stitch. Each falling bead reveals the existence of the stitch that held it, bringing the time of making into the present. As this happens, new forms emerge: sounds, threads gathering on the floor, perforations, shadows and traces left in the fabric. Although the entire surface is embroidered, the transparency of the material prevents the work from presenting itself as an immediately legible image. Its transformations become perceptible only gradually, through attention paid to the sound of a falling bead, to shifts in the light, or to a change in viewpoint.

About the Artist

Sakura Momma was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1995. After graduating from Musashino Art University, Department of Crafts and Industrial Design, she went to France to study French embroidery at École Lesage. In 2022, she graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Inter Media Art, the Graduate School of Fine Arts, where she researched tattoo culture in Japan and the relationship between embroidery and mysticism.

Exhibition Details

• Location: Marais Site, Paris
• Dates: July 8 to September 9, 2026
• Hours: 10am to 7pm
• Admission: Free entry

Residency

The artist is in residence with the support of the Musashino Art University Open Studio.