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This Exhibition, directed by the visual design studio WOW, invites visitors to initiate consideration of disasters and disasters preparedness. Visitors will find a series of questions scattered throughout the venue. People are asked to ponder the exhibits with these questions in mind and to take the initiative in formulating their own ideas about how to be prepared. A disaster may seem to come in one "critical moment," but in fact, that moment is better thought of as omnipresent - always there, across all time and space. The Exhibition explores attitudes towards, and consciousness of disaster and preparedness for whatever might befall, while also looking at hope lying on the other side.
◯"What if? – Answers from everyone" website
The special website for the 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT Exhibition "What If? BOSAI: The Next Disaster." This page collects answers to ten questions related to disasters and disaster preparedness. At the exhibition venue, a video installation contains our selection of everyoneʼs answers to the questions. You will see what other people came up with. In the last section of the exhibition, you can choose the sticker with your favorite answer to take home.
https://bosai.2121designsight.jp/
◯Disaster Visualization
Data visualizations are set out with displays of historical materials and graphic expositions to provoke reconsiderations. Exhibits also simulate possible disasters. They further serve to look backwards at past disasters experienced all across the globe, with examples taken from events in Japan.
Shunichi Koshimura "Real-Time Tsunami Inundation and Damage Forecasting Technology"
Forecasting Real-Time Tsunami Inundation and Damage
Nyanko Soba "Visualizing Japan's Four Seasons"
A View from the Sky: Linking Disaster to Seasonal Shift
YAMAP INC. "YAMAP Watershed Map"
Visualized Representations of Mountain Sourced Catchment Basins
Panoramatiks + Eukarya "PLATEAU Past & Future for Action"
Detailed Urban Information to Understand the "Critical Moment"
Nikkei Inc. "Japan: The Earthquake Archipelago"
Bird's Eye View of Earthquakes Over the Last 100 Years
◯Installations Inviting Reconsideration of Disaster Preparedness
Two brand-new interactive installations prompt visitors to re-evaluate the frequency of occurrence and their personal stance towards disaster preparedness.
Daihei Shibata "BOSAI-Gradation"
Where Should We Set the Bounds of "Preparedness"?
siro + Masaya Ishikawa "Moment by Moment"
The "Critical Moment" will Come, but No-one Can Say When
◯Projects, Research, and Products
Present and future systems of disaster preparedness are introduced to map out the phases of any catastrophic event. Exhibits include innovative research into the countermeasures against breakdown of public communications, together with means to swiftly deploy alternative information transmission methods. Also displayed are life-support and mental-health assistance to be rolled out both during and after initial periods of confusion. Further discussed is the concept known as "preparedness without preparing."
Gehirn Inc. "NERV Disaster Prevention App"
Mission to Deliver Disaster Prevention Information as Fast as Possible
KDDI CORPORATION "Starlink"
Delivering a Network from Outer Space
Ken Nakajima "Research on Carrier Pigeons for Disaster Relief"
A Future where Pigeons Deliver Information from Isolated Disaster Areas
WOTA CORP. "WOTA BOX"
100 Showers from Just 100 Liters of Water
Shigeru Ban Architects + Voluntary Architects' Network "Paper Partition System"
Creating Evacuation Shelters that Ensure Personal Privacy
JAPAN POST Co., Ltd. + Warehouse TERRADA "'Bosai-You-Storage' - Post office storage service for disaster preparedness kits"
Storage Service for Disaster Preparedness: Individualized "Peace-of-Mind" Boxes
VALUE BOOKS "BOOK BUS"
Delivering the Joy of Books to Evacuation Shelters
◯Hopes Lying Beyond a "Critical Moment"
We investigate the ways in which hope survives the "critical moment" through a variety of representations connecting disaster and daily life. Among displays are paintings produced after encountering people and climates in a disaster area, also design methods generated from disasters, and spread worldwide. Included too are public awareness initiatives devised to remind how disasters can occur on any day, and at any time.
TORAFU ARCHITECTS + ISHINOMAKI LABORATORY "Maker Made Since 2011.3.11"
Communal Laboratory Born from Natural Disaster Becomes World-Renowned Furniture Brand
Fukushima-Minpo Co. "Newspaper Column: Disaster Preparedness, 365 Days a Year"
Disseminating Disaster Preparedness by a Fukushima Newspaper
Makiko Satake "Seaside Seeds" "Moving Forward To The Next Scenery" "Just Opened My Coffee Shop"
Embracing the Past, Present and Future of the Land, Beyond Disasters
◯Relationships with Nature; Looking at Yourself
The Exhibition presents novel ideas with disaster-prevention potential, outside what we are already familiar with, for example, disaster preparations that emphasize ecological continuity, especially at trees, and at that most basic bodily protection, clothing.
Kosuke Tsumura "FINAL HOME"
"FINAL HOME" as the Ultimate Protective Clothing
veig "Jōtei (Receiving Garden)"
Turning to the Casual Function of Nature
Also placed through the Exhibition are examples of empirical materials from traditional cultures and folklore functioning beyond scientifically proven evidence. encouraged to send in their responses via smartphones some of which we will exhibit. Visitor will be able to see other people's responses, enhancing this Exhibition as a place to encounter new views on disaster and disaster-prevention.
Mai Tsunoo + Yuma Koda + Taku Sasaki (Vocals: Yuma Abe, Illustration: Norio Nakamura) "Snakes climbing trees..."
Small Pieces of Wisdom Passed Down Over Generations can Protect Everyday Life
"Taking a Walk in Search of Disaster Prevention Signage"
Disaster Prevention Signs within the Cityscape
"Communicating: Memories of Disasters"
Japanese History Seen through Depictions of Disaster
Support: Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co., Ltd., UNPEL GALLERY
WOW "What if? - Answers from everyone"
Imagining the "Moments" for Yourself and Others
Norio Nakamura "Disaster Prevention at 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT"
Where are the Disaster Prevention Facilities located in 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT?