PEACE & FRIENDSHIP MANDALA for HIROSHIMA
Souvenir of Tucumán - Nomadic Anthology of Objects
5th Installation

an itinerant project of installations initiated in 1997
by
Graciela Ovejero
with 89 contributing artists from Tucumán Argentina

Hiroshima-Shi Kyu Nichi Gin Building

Sponsored by:
Hiroshima International Culture & Research Association
Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University, Faculty of Contemporary Sociology Exhibition Committee
Hiroshima  - Japan
May 2002

This exhibition was also possible thanks to the generous contribution of
Mr. Kenneth Branson

Endorsed By:
Hiroshima Prefectural Board of Education
The City of Hiroshima
Hiroshima Municipal Board of Education
Hiroshima Cultural Promotion Fund Foundation
The Chugoku Shimbun
NHK Hiroshima Station
Rcc Broadcasting Co. Ltd.
Hiroshima Telecasting Co. Ltd.
Hiroshima Home Television Co. Ltd.
Shin Hiroshima Telecasting

 

Many people contributed at every step of the organizing process of this installation, to the collection of materials and working side by side with the artist and members of the exhibition committee. Four tons of local news papers, three live bamboo trees and 60 kilograms of local raw rice were utilized in the making of the piece.

 

Especial Thanks from the artist goes to:

Mr. Shirou Shirai, Cheryl Martens, Satomi Tanaka, Aya Sadamatsu, Magdalena Postigo, Maximiliano Fernandez, Koji Sasaki, Ms. Masae Shimizu, Sayaka, Lisa and Morris Mattson, Mr. Hiura, Mr. Kimura,Sonomi Ito, Hiroshima Prefect. Art Museum Tomonokaiin, Reiko Shimazue, Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin Univ. volunteer students, Miwa, Mie Wakamura, Tomoko Hashiucht, Maki, Natsumi Ueda, Yukari Saito, Ichiyo Ikeura, Milagros, Kazuko Ishiya, Dr. Tomoko Nakamura, Angela Sappia, Christine Byers, Ana Martinez, Hamid Dayani.