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Exhibition “The Edge of Awareness” WHO headquarters

From May 10th to July 12th, 1998 Exhibition by Tatsuo Miyajima + 『Revive Time』 Kaki Tree Project Executive Committee We planted a kaki tree with ‘The board of kaki tree’ in front yard of WHO headquarters. The board was filled with so many messages by citizens of Geneva. In the exhibition, we put messages from visitors on motif of kaki trees and exhibited it with introducing “Revival Time” Kaki Tree Project. This exhibition was held at United Nations Headquarters, New York in September of 1998, and SESC Pompeia Sao Paulo, Brazil in December of 1998, and WHO Regional Office New Delhi, India in March of 1999. As the exhibition went… Read more »

Planting Ceremony / Ecole des Arts Decoratifs- Strasbourg

Strasbourg is the first foreign town where received kaki trees from Nagasaki. The beginning of this planting was Tatsuo Miyajima’s exhibition held at the Cartier foundation French in April of 1996. At the opening party, Miyajima met Ms. Catherine Grout who is an art historian, and talked about the kaki tree project. Ms. Grout was interested in it because she had participated various projects, which relate to city or nature. After having conversation about nuclear-weapons test and nuclear war, Ms. Grout introduced a project about urban design in Strasbourg at June of 1997. Miyajima argued about this with members of executive committee and introduced Ms. Grout’s project to staff of… Read more »

Planting Ceremony / WHO Headquarter

The international art exhibition, “The Edge of Awareness”, was held from April 1998 through 1999 at WHO headquarters in Geneva as the memorial event. Before opening of the exhibition, The Bombed Kaki tree Jr. was planted in front yard of WHO headquarters in April 18th, 1998. Ms. Adelina von Furstenberg who was an organizer of the exhibition initiated planting a kaki tree. This came up with the content of exhibition that including finding new receivers of kaki trees. Following speeches from Dr. Ebinuma, Ms. Hiromi Ebinuma, and Mr. Crisel who was the director of health and environments department, messages from the Mayor and the governor of Nagasaki were introduced in… Read more »

Planting Ceremony / Yanaka Community Center

Yanaka is the town where old cityscape was saved and still has communication among people who live there as it always has been. The project in this town started from the exhibition of Kaki Tree Project Report at gallery CASA in Yanaka. After exhibition, the Yanaka Kaki tree network was formed. Workshops and exhibitions by them spread sympathy for the kaki trees among people in Yanaka. As the result, the club whish elementary students so after school was set at the Yanaka Community Center. Then finally, planting kaki tree 　came true at there. At the planting ceremony, the baby kaki tree was given to the town and many people who… Read more »

Exhibition “Kaki Tree Project Report” Gallery CASA

From October 25th to November 3rd, 1997 Exhibition by Yanaka Kaki tree Network + 『Revive Time』 Kaki Tree Project Executive Committee The first exhibition that was organized by Executive Committee was held at Gallery CASA, Tokyo. The exhibition was intended to make people feel that every action that taken by any participants were Art by introducing the project with photographs, posters, works from where planted Kaki trees. And we exhibited kaki tree in the pot and made the room like Japanese living room to let regional people go into the room. And they recruited who would like to plant kaki trees. Ms. Akiko Shiibara and Ms. Hiroko Kato were formed… Read more »

Symposium “The art that rech out to the society” Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

The purpose of this symposium was to make the project known by more people and to focus on significant sides of this project. Such as, the art, which deeply connect with society, or the art exists in daily life. The moderator was Mr. Makoto Murata, who is journalist about art. And panelists were Mr. James Lingwood (A curator and the head of the Artangel, from England), Ms. Catherine Grout (An art historian, art critic from French), Mr. Jean-Luc Vilmouth (The professor of National High School of Paris, an artist, from French), Ms. Yoko Hayashi (An art historian, the presidency of Art Woods, a teacher of Musashino Art University, from Japan)… Read more »

Planting Ceremony / Sotoasahikawa Preschool

Akita prefecture has been attacked while World war 2 although it is located at north part of Japan where had little experience of the war. But unfortunately, that experience has been forgotten. Soto-Asahikawa Pre School applied to the project because they wished it brings the memory of war to children and makes every generation to think about the world peace. So they prepared to plant the trees and applied to the committee. They planned some events that whole students of the Pre School could participate for the planting ceremony. They announced name of the kaki tree and had time capsule ready to put drawings by children. At the last part… Read more »

Planting Ceremony / Hirose Elementary School

Mr. Kakuya Matsumoto, a principal of Hirose elementary school, who was supposed to retire in that year, applied for planting kaki trees. As he was leaving the school he wanted to leave kaki trees as the significant message for children. At the ceremony, Dr.Ebinuma gave a special lecture for children to think about kaki trees, atomic bomb, and the war. Being impressed by Mr.Matsumoto, Tatsuo Miyajima hold a workshop “Kaki trees in ten years later and our 10 years later”. This workshop was consisted of two parts; shooting interviews to students of sixth grade, and drawing by whole students of the school. In interview part, they recorded 20 students of… Read more »

Planting Ceremony / Watari Preschool

A director of Watari Pre School, Mr. Fukami applied for the project because he knew how important it is to extend message for peace through his experience of World War 2 that he lost many his fellow. This pre school set August 8th as “The day for bringing up peace” and has taught about peace on that day in every year since 1980. So they prepared for planting ceremony with parents of children. Before the ceremony, they sought applications for names for kaki trees and made a time capsule with message for their children ten years later. In ceremony, children announced that names for kaki trees decided “Kaki-maru kun” and… Read more »

Planting Ceremony / Ryuhoku Elementary School

Ryuhoku public elementary school is the first participants of project that planted “Bombed Kaki Tree Jr.” in their school in March 5th, 1999. Ms. Yuko Hatakeyama, a teacher who saw an article on the newspaper and 16 students of third grade wanted to raise a kaki tree. Their wish was made come true when the tree-planting ceremony, “meet the KAKI”, was held. They named one kaki tree as “Kaki-Kaki-kun”, and the other as “Yume-Kaki-chan”. Kaki-Kaki-kun means bombed kaki tree and its junior. And they placed their hopes in Yume-Kaki chan. (Yume means dream in Japanese.) At the same time, Miyajima and students held a workshop to think about Kaki tree… Read more »

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