Foyer:
Sharing as Caring 3: ›Presence for the Future‹

Hiroki Azuma and Genron Co.Ltd., Chihiro Minato, Onagawa Community Project

Opening: Friday, February 21 / 7 p.m.
Exhibition from February 22 until May 4 2014

In the third part of the five-year perspective project “Sharing as Caring”, the exhibition sheds light on the current situation of the people in Fukushima three years on from the disaster. Three projects will be presented: “ Tourizing Fukushima: The Fukuichi Kanko Project ”, the “SHIORI PROJECT part 2, Fukushima / Heidelberg”, along with the “Onagawa Community Project” (2012-2013 ).

“Tourizing Fukushima: The Fukuichi Kanko Project” is a radical manifesto by Hiroki Azuma and Genron co., Ltd . In their project the artists paint a scene where Fukushima, by 2036, has been transformed into a place for tourism, and imagine the role so-called post-disaster art and architecture could assume within society. In doing so they refer above all to the “Hiroshima Dome”, a bombed-out building with a cupola in Hiroshima, which has now become a symbol of survival in the face of mass dying. This place is now a tourist attraction and a UNESCO peace memorial in addition. Would this not – ask the artists – be transferable to Fukushima?

The photographer Chihiro Minato continues his Shiori project with “SHIORI Project – Fukushima / Heidelberg”. ‘Shiori' means ‘bookmark' in Japanese. This time, four Shiori based on photographic views of Heidelberg are presented. The SHIORI will be on show at 20 locations in the city. All of Minato's photos can be found on www.shioriproject.net and people can write comments, anecdotes and thoughts on them. The uncut views of Heidelberg will be exhibited in the foyer.

In the cafeteria, the “Onagawa Community Project” shows a photodocumentary by the Japanese photographer Toshie Kusamoto. At the centre of the photo series is a Japanese boy named Suzunosuke, who lives in Onagawa. He experienced the disaster at age 5. The images depict him growing up with this experience. The documentary film “Storytellers” (2012) by Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Kou Sakai takes the wider view of Japan after the disaster.

Curated by Dr. Miya Yoshida

 

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Onagawa 2013, three years after the catastrophe
Photo: Onagawa Community Project

 

 

This converted "Onagawa Camper" is on its way to the shelters and serves as a mobile Café
Photo: Onagawa Community Project

 

 

 

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