[BCMA] Invitation to "The Voices of Hiroshima" Concert at MOA

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Voices of Hiroshima: Words of the Victims, the Witnesses, and the Creators

Friday, January 27, 7-9 pm
UBC Museum of Anthropology

As you know, the Museum of Anthropology is currently showing ひろしま hiroshima by Ishiuchi Miyako. This exhibit comprises 48 photographs of clothing and personal items left behind by victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, representing the artist’s own deeply personal encounters with everyday objects that, unlike those to whom they originally belonged, continue to live in the present.

To complement the exhibit, MOA has organized some amazing public programming – including Voices of Hiroshima: Words of the Victims, the Witnesses, and the Creators.

This specially-commissioned concert combines original and traditional Japanese music with text from personal accounts of individuals affected by the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: victims, witnesses, survivors, those who dropped the bombs, and those who created it. It features Colleen Lanki (director and performer), Eien Hunter-Ishikawa (taiko and percussion), and Alcvin Ryûzen Ramos (shakuhachi).

Please join us for this evening performance of a brand new work. Please also share this information widely amongst your family, friends, colleagues and social media contacts. Thank you!

Tickets: $20; students/seniors/MOA members $15. Evening includes access to all MOA galleries, including ひろしま hiroshima by Ishiuchi Miyako in The Audain Gallery. Buy tickets at http://www.moa.ubc.caa/eventtickets. (For a full list of exhibit-related programming, visit www.moa.ubc.ca/events<http://www.moa.ubc.ca/events>)




**Additional programming organized in conjunction withひろしま hiroshima by Ishiuchi Miyako
Film Screening: Cultures of Resistance
Tuesday, January 17, 2012, 7:00-9:00 pm (free with regular MOA admission)
This film by Lara Lee explores how art and creativity can be used as ammunition in the battle for peace and justice. Includes Medellín poets for peace, Capoeira masters from Brazil, Niger Delta militants, Iranian graffiti artists, women’s movement leaders in Rwanda, and more. 73 min.


‘Living with Hiroshima: My Memories of 66 Years’: An Evening with Koko Tanimoto Kondo
Sunday, January 29, 6:30 pm, Unitarian Church of Vancouver, 949 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver (admission by donation)
Koko Kondo, activist and educator from Hiroshima, Japan, speaks about the ways in which her life has been affected by the 1945 atomic bomb, and her work for peace. The evening will include a performance of Maurice Ravel’s ‘Bolero’ by mime artist Yayoi Hirano, with Sara Davis, Sara Buechner, and Chihiro Honma at the piano. Presented by the Adult Education Programme at the Unitarian Church of Vancouver; co-sponsored by Peace Philosophy Centre, Vancouver Save Article 9, and MOA.


Film Screening: Village of Widows

Tuesday, January 31, 4:30-6:30 pm (free with regular MOA admission)

A Village of Widows tells the story of the Sahtu Dene people, who were employed by the Canadian Government during WWII to transport uranium, which became fuel for the bombs that devastated Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Director Peter Blow will give a short public talk following the screening.


Public Performances: One Thousand Cranes
A play by Colin Thomas, translated by Toyoshi Yoshihara. Presented in Japanese by Bunkaza Theatre Company (Tokyo), with accompanying English storytelling
Friday, February 10 (7:30 pm) & Saturday, February 11 (2:00 pm & 7:30 pm), Frederic Wood Theatre, 6354 Crescent Road, UBC (ticketed)
UBC Theatre alumnus Colin Thomas' award-winning play traces the stories of two twelve-year-olds: Sadako, the girl whose death by radiation-induced leukemia is commemorated in Hiroshima's monument of one thousand cranes; and Buddy, a Canadian boy whose life is being taken over by his fears of nuclear war. Tickets: general $32/$28/$24, family $50; Theatre at UBC subscriber add-on price $22/$15/$10. To purchase, visit www.theatre.ubc.ca<http://www.theatre.ubc.ca> or call 604.822.2678. Sponsors: The Metropolitan Tokyo Government; Consulate General of Japan in Vancouver; Theatre at UBC; UBC St. John's College; UBC Museum of Anthropology; Office of the Dean, UBC Faculty of Arts; Vancouver Save Article 9; and Tonarigumi.
ひろしま hiroshima by Ishiuchi Miyako Exhibit Closing: Coming Together
Sunday, February 12, 2:00-4:00 pm (free with regular MOA admission)
Three emerging composers from the Canadian Music Centre/Canadian League of Composers Mentorship Program and Chor Leoni’s youth initiative MYVoice and the British Columbia Girls Choir present three original compositions inspired by their experience of the exhibition. A documentary about the process will be screened at MOA before their performance.





Jennifer Webb  Communications Manager
jennifer.webb at ubc.ca<mailto:jennifer.webb at ubc.ca>
T 604.822.5950 | F 604.822.2974

UBC Museum of Anthropology
6393 NW Marine Drive, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z2
www.moa.ubc.ca<http://www.moa.ubc.ca/>

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