From 16th December, 2000 to 8th April, 2001
Exhibition by 『Revive Time』 Kaki Tree Project Executive Committee
Junichi Shiota, curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, organized the exhibition “The Gift of Hope” and invited the Kaki Tree Project to join the exhibition .
The executive committee member Michiko Nakao took initiative in proceeding with the exhibition plan. They designed a participatory exhibition, wherein a huge persimmon tree was drawn on the central wall of the exhibition space and during the exhibition period visitors made origami persimmon fruits with messages of peace written, and then paste them on the huge tree. At the same time, it introduced the project with artworks made at the planting sites and documentary footage as well as solicited new applications for tree planting. Although there were just a few origami persimmon fruits at the beginning, they were all over the wall without any empty place left towards the end of the exhibition. It had turned into a wonderful persimmon tree.
A workshop was held on 18th of March for children. In the part one, it introduced the Project through a lecture given by Mr. Ebinuma and a video, and in the part two, “Let’s Have a Persimmon Tree Parade!” workshop was held. All the participants put on Kaki Furoshiki (Persimmon wrapping cloth) and held persimmon fruit balloons, and paraded from the exhibition space inside until they reached outside of the museum.
