2026 — JACCC
2021–2024 — Terasaki BudokanKibō Nobori (希望のぼり), meaning “hope flags” in Japanese, is an ongoing installation series by Faith-Ann Kiwa Young composed of suspended textile banners that transform public space through color, movement, and light. Inspired by the tradition of koinobori—carp-shaped windsocks flown throughout Japan for Children’s Day—the work reinterprets these forms through large-scale fabric installations that respond to wind, atmosphere, and site.

Rooted in the artist’s Japanese-American heritage and her interest in ritual, memory, and collective experience, the installations place translucent textile structures within architectural and outdoor environments, creating temporary fields of color that shift with changing conditions. Each banner is constructed from layered photographic imagery printed onto sheer fabric, combining portraits from the artist’s archive, patterns from her maternal grandmother’s kimono and scarves, landscapes, and symbolic forms.

From 2021–2024, Kibō Nobori was presented annually in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, in partnership with the community center Terasaki Budokan, where the project developed through a series of public installations aligned with Children’s Day. In May 2026, the series expands through a multi-site installation presented in collaboration with the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC), marking the project’s largest realization to date.

Through Kibō Nobori, Young explores how traditional forms can be reactivated within contemporary contexts, using textile, photography, and site-responsive installation to create environments that hold memory, hope, and collective experience.