Hibakusha
58th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale Venezia 2019.
Hibakusha is a mural handwriting project that won the award
The project consisted in the handwriting Hibakusha,
which is the translitteration of the Japanese word survivors.
I created this piece as a tribute to Setsuko Thurlow and ICAN,
invaluable activists for the abolishment of nuclear weapons worldwide.
Like pitch sticking on the bodies of the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaski,
I traced rugged black ink strokes to engrave the shame
of one of the most inhumane pieces of the history of the modern era.
By contrast, the curved and harmonious composition aimed at celebrating hope
- an ode to the renaissance of humanity.
Thank you
for your
appreciation!
Hope you find some inspiration!
