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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.
◯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.
Exhibits: Shunichi Koshimura, Nikkei Inc. "Japan: The Earthquake Archipelago," Nyanko Soba, Panoramatiks + Eukarya, YAMAP INC. "YAMAP Watershed Map" and others
◯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.
Exhibits: Daihei Shibata "BOSAI-Gradation," siro + Masaya Ishikawa "Moment by Moment"
◯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."
Exhibits: WOTA CORP., KDDI CORPORATION, Gehirn Inc. "NERV Disaster Prevention App," Ken Nakajima "Research on Carrier Pigeons for Disaster Relief," Shigeru Ban Architects + Voluntary Architects' Network "Paper Partition System" and others
◯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.
Exhibits: Makiko Satake "Seaside Seeds," TORAFU ARCHITECTS + ISHINOMAKI LABORATORY "Bench-Making Workshop in Temporary Housing, Onagawa," JAPAN POST Co., Ltd. + Warehouse TERRADA "Post office storage service for disaster preparedness kits," VALUE BOOKS, Fukushima-Minpo Co. and others
◯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.
Exhibits: veig "Jōtei (Receiving Garden)," Kosuke Tsumura "FINAL HOME," and others
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.