Hiroshima Calling

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Hiroshima Calling A TRAVELING POSTER EXHIBIT PROMOTING PEACE, EDUCATION, ART AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE

In collaboration with the Hiroshima Peace Museum, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are sponsoring free educational poster exhibits that chronicle the atomic bombing of these cities in August 1945.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the first cities to experience the horror of nuclear weapons. Both were devastated in an instant, and tens of thousands of precious lives were lost. Many of those who managed to survive still suffer today from disorders attributable to A-bomb radiation. Thesurvivors’ long-held wish is to let no one else ever suffer as they did, and the two cities have for decades appealed for a world of genuine peace free from nuclear weapons. One form this appeal has taken is the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition, which presents the facts of the atomic bombings and calls for peace. Unfortunately, in most countries, opportunities to learn about the atomic bombings remain rare, and every year the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum receives more requests for exhibitions than we are able to accommodate. Therefore, we have designed a more portable version of our exhibition that we hope to make widely and easily available.

This exhibition will target the U.S., where we hope to hold 101 Hiroshima-Nagasaki A-bomb Photo Poster Exhibitions between August 6, 2007 and November 2008.We hope to hold two exhibitions in every state plus one in Washington, DC.The exhibit consists of 30 posters, each 36 in. x 24 in. provided by Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.

Posters The poster series includes information and images on the after effects of the A-bomb, before and after images of the cities,survival after the bombing, heat rays, high-temperature fire, reconstruction, effects of radiation on the body, and a goal toward a peaceful world free from nuclear weapons.

Hiroshima Calling The Arizona exhibit, namedHiroshima Calling, will visit five locations around the state, from Oct. 20th, 2008 through November 28th, 2008.

Exhibitswill be open for public viewing at: •PhoenixCityHallAtrium, •ASUDowntownCampusLibrary, •ArizonaHistoricalSociety, •NorthernArizonaUniversity, •ardnnoG.niAeveryGallixenhoP.  

Performanceswill be held at: •ArizonaHistoricalSociety, •NorthernArizonaUniversity, •NortintionervaRseoHip.anozirAnreh

Goals of the Poster Exhibit Hiroshima Callingwill help us remember world history, including stories of loss and devastation across cultures. It reminds us to have hope and to live with our neighbors in a peaceful way, and in a peaceful society.Hiroshima Calling recognizes the importance of art and culture and how it influences our lives and our history. This exhibit promotes cultural exchange, diversity, art, story-telling, music and peace through education and sharing.

Survivor of Atomic Bomb The Indigenous Preservation Society of Hiro- shima, a traditional taiko music group founded by Itsuki Munakata, will accompany the posters to the northern Arizona venue adding a unique, artistic and historic perspective to the exhibit. Mr. Munakata, a survivor (Hibakusha) of the bombing, was five years old at the time.

Performances with Exhibit The taiko troupe will visit the Hopi reservation in Northern Arizona.The troupe will meet with Hopi traditional hoop dancers to play traditional taiko music, along with songs and prayers of peace and cultural exchange.This is of significance as it is said that the uranium that produced the atomic bomb came from the Native American lands of northern Arizona. Now, a survivor of the atomic bomb is coming to this place to share art, stories and peace.