Eiko Otake's Remembering Fukushima: Art and Conversations

Saturday, March 11, 2017
1 – 5PM

In honor of the final day of The Christa Project: Manifesting Divine Bodies, Dignity Initiative Artist in Residence Eiko Otake presents an afternoon of programming that brings together scholars, specialists, and artists of many disciplines to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster in Japan. Speakers, musicians, and artists will work together to create an experience for participants to know and remember the legacy of Fukushima, and explore the relationship of body, place, and history.

Participating artists and speakers: Eiko Otake William Johnston Marilyn Ivy Thomas Looser Mark McCloughan Alexis Moh Nora Thompson Megu Tagami John Kelly Carol Lipnik DonChristian Jones Geo Wyeth Ronald Ebrecht Ralph Samuelson Elizabeth Brown Jake Price Katja Kolcio NYC iSCHOOL

About the Artist

Eiko Otake has been teaching college courses on the atomic bombings and nuclear power for the last 10 years. Her solo project, A Body in Places, started in 2014 with her visit to irradiated Fukushima with photographer and historian William Johnston. Their collaborative photo exhibition, A Body in Fukushima, has since been shown in many cities both in the U.S. and abroad.

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