Les Genki-nobori de Susumu Shingu à l'Hôtel de la Marine

Les Genki-nobori, windsocks conceived by Japanese artist Susumu Shingu after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, are taking over the main courtyard of the Hôtel de la Marine.

Presentation Les Genki-nobori take over the main courtyard of the Hôtel de la Marine.

Conceived by Japanese artist Susumu Shingu after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, then created by children and young people supported by La Source Garouste, these wind-borne works celebrate creativity and resilience.

Carried by air currents, these long, moving works – the Genki-nobori – will have been imagined and created by around a hundred children and young people supported by La Source Garouste across the 10 sites of its national network.

Inspired by traditional Japanese fish-shaped windsocks, the Genki-nobori originated in Japan under the impetus of artist Susumu Shingu after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

Conceived as messages of hope entrusted to the wind, they carry a deeply humanist vision of art: a creation capable of connecting beings, territories, and imaginations.

Thanks to the support of the Jeanne Bucher Jaeger gallery, which represents the artist, La Source Garouste is developing this project as part of its 2026 inter-site project.

Between February and May 2026, around a hundred children in situations of social, academic, or family vulnerability will participate in creative workshops led by 10 artists in the various structures of the network.

Together, they will design 100 Genki-nobori through a collective experience combining drawing, painting, writing, and plastic experimentation.

Through this project, La Source Garouste continues its mission: to offer children and young people creative spaces where they can experiment, cooperate, develop their confidence, and reveal their abilities through contact with professional artists.

Susumu Shingu Susumu Shingu began as a painter in Japan and then in Rome in the 1960s, deeply inspired by Renaissance artists like Leonardo da Vinci and his approach combining art, science, and observation of the world. His discovery of movement was born almost pa