Release Tohoku Smile Project Organization Committee 7-18-4, Nishikamata, Ota-ku, Tokyo 144-0051 NPO Arts and Sponsorship for Community Advancement asca TEL & FAX 03-3731-4126 asca e-mail tohoku_smile@sociomuse.co.jp Haneda Airport Connects Tohoku Smile Project with the world To rejuvenate communication and exchange with the Tohoku region four years after impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake, Haneda Airport is the centre of a combined effort by a number of companies, organisations and non-profit organisations (NPOs) to exploit the airport s unique position as a gateway to Japan and the world ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, and connect citizens with Tohoku residents through the Tohoku Smile Project'. With memories and emotions of the time fading, many areas of Japan have returned to the rhythm of daily life, especially in Tokyo. A series of four main events at Haneda Airport offer the public an opportunity to deliver their own message to Tohoku residents, while ensuring our collective memory of what happened in Fukushima does not fade, demonstrating support for Tohoku's recovery and bringing about a new spirit for the all Japan s future. One photographer, Katsuhiro Ichikawa, has made it his life work to visit each part of Tohoku and take hundreds of photographs in support of the region in a special exhibition, the 'Fukushima Smile Project', while offering a Special Photo Studio where members of the public can send their own photographic message of support. NPO Artist for a Day offers a Children s Tohoku Art Workshop for younger members of the public to create their own art for Tohoku through three workshops, and a 'Tohoku Now' exhibition offers produce from the region.
Haneda Connects 'Tohoku Smile Project' Programme Overview Event: Dates: Concept: Objectives: Organizers / Planning / Operation: Co-hosted by: Supported by: Sponsored and supported by: Special support by Haneda Connects 'Tohoku Smile Project' Saturday 7 th March 2015 Wednesday 11 th March 2015 (5 days) To Tohoku, From Tohoku, Haneda Connects Smiles and Messages 1. Connect Tokyo, Japan and the world with Tohoku via Haneda 2. Connect disaster-affected Tohoku with the wealth of emotional support held among individuals 3. Support for and interaction with the Tohoku region 4. Bring together Haneda Airport with private and public sector organizations in Ota City, Tokyo and with non-profit organizations everywhere. Tohoku Smile Project Organization committee Tsunemasa Tanaka, Chairperson of Ota Tourist Association / Board chairperson of NPO Arts and Sponsorship for Community Advancement / Vice Chairman of the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry Katsuhiro Ichikawa, Fukushima Smile Project / Photographer Tomonobu Suzuki, Fukushima Smile Project / Ad Vision Ginza SUZUKI Networks. Art Director Hiroto Tanaka, Chairman of NPO Artist for a Day / Board member of NPO Arts and Sponsorship for Community Advancement / Member of the board at Sociomusé Ryosuke Motohashi, Member of NPO Artist for a Day / Architect Yozo Kurihara, Bureau Chief of Ota Tourist Association NPO Arts and Sponsorship for Community Advancement NPO Artist for a Day, Fukushima Smile Project,, Ota Tourist Association, Zenkoku Mecenat Network AIRPORT ACTION Haneda Organization Committee, Ota-ku The Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ota Chapter, and others Japan Airport Terminal Co., Ltd., Deutsche Bank Group, All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd, Japan Airlines Co., Ltd, PCI Solutions Inc., Kinyosha Printing Co., Ltd., Daigo Building Co., Ltd., ART STANDARD. (Miyagi University), Seita Tsuda Laboratory, Design Department, Okayama Prefectural University, NPO Bonds Among People Japan, Star Gakki,, In collaboration with Sociomusé Design Corporation, Katsuhiro Ichikawa Photo Studio, Ad Vision Ginza Suzuki Networks, Ryosuke Motohashi Atelier Contact: Committee Secretariat, Tohoku Smile Project Organization Committee Natsuko Funakoshi 7-18-4 Nishikamata, Ota-ku, Tokyo 144-0051 NPO Arts and Sponsorship for Community Advancement asca Tel & Fax : 03-3731-4126 (asca) / E-mail : tohoku_smile@sociomuse.co.jp
Haneda Connects Tohoku Smile Project Programme Overview NOTE: Times are subject to change Main Venue : Domestic Terminal 2, 5 th Floor FLIGHT DECK TOKYO Observation Deck Observation Deck Main Venue Fukushima Smile Project Photography Exhibition Sat, 7 th ~ Wed, 11 th, 10:00 18:00 Over 500 photographs displayed by photographer Katsuhiro Ichikawa, each portrait taken at various locations with its own message of support for Tohoku and Ichikawa s photographic work taken in the region. Fukushima Smile Project Between 1998 to 2006, Japanese photographer Katsuhiro Ichikawa has documented the area where his parents-in-law lived, only a few miles from the atomic power plant in Fukushima. His works have been shown in an exhibition entitled Nichijo Daily Life in several regions of Japan and in Austria. After the Great East Japan Earthquake, Ichikawa began the Fukushima Smile Project with the idea to, Send your smiles to Fukushima! through portraits of participants, giving them a print as a souvenir and asking them to each write a personal message to Fukushima residents on a second print for exhibition at workshop venues as well as in Fukushima. Rather than add to the noise, the Fukushima Smile Project enables citizens to deliver their own message that Fukushima residents are not forgotten, while ensuring our collective memory of what happened in Fukushima does not fade.
Portraits taken in various areas include a message from participants to Fukushima residents (left: two photos taken in Niigata: right: two photos taken in Fukushima)
Fukushima Smile Project Special Photo Studio in Haneda Sat, 7 th, 10 00 15 00 Sun, 8 th, 10 00 18 00 Wed 11 th, 10 00 13 00 Photographer Katsuhiro Ichikawa will photograph any member of the public who would like to send their own message to Fukushima, providing them with a copy of their portrait as a souvenir and another for them to write their own personal message of support for Tohoku to be displayed in the exhibition. Selected photos from the previous Fukushima Smile Project Special Photo Studio Photograph, Select and print photos, add message
Children s Tohoku Art workshop NPO Artist for a Day will host three workshops for children to create their own works under the guidance of professional artists to support residents in their recovery from the Tohoku disaster. Rainbow Coloured Ceiling Painting the ceiling of a newly built tea house to be installed in Minamisoma Sat, 7 th, Artist: Manika Nagare (Artist) Art workshop by ART STANDARD 11:00 14:30 Session 1: 11 00 12 30 / Session 2 : 12 30 14 00 / Presentation : 14 00 14 30 and Seita Tsuda Laboratory, Design Department, Okayama Prefectural University Sun, 8 th, 14:00 16:00 ART STANDARD is a registered art club in Miyagi University which actively cooperates with design programmes for the development of Sendai City and the surrounding area. NPO Artist for a Day (Ichijigahaku) Artist for a Day (Ichijigahaku) was founded in the wake of the Great East Japan (Tohoku) Earthquake, which occurred on March 11, 2011, and bloomed from the idea of an artist. Artist for a Day (Ichijigahaku) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the cultural and artistic enrichment of Japan by supporting today s leading artists to bring and teach Art to the children and the communities that are rarely exposed to it. Artist for a Day has held art workshops for children in several towns of Miyagi Prefecture including Higashi Matsushima, Kessenuma, Karakuwa and Ishinomaki, and under its Art is concept, it has also expected to Tokyo. By bringing art to life through workshops hosted by a professional artist, any child can become an Artist for a Day. Selected photos from the previous workshop by Artist for a Day Rainbow column by Manika Nagare (Artist) x Ryosuke Motohashi (Architect) in Summer 2011 Tokyo children paiting a wall covering for the city of Higashi Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture (left) and installing a display at a laboratory in Miyagi University (right).
Tohoku Now! Fair Sale of produce from the Tohoku region Sat, 7 th 10:00 18:00, Sun, 8 th, 10:00 18:00 Other Programmes : Ceremonies Opening Ceremony Saturday 7 th March, 16 30 18 30 16 30 17 10 17 50 Greetings from the Organizing Committee Panel Discussion by the supporters of Fukushima Smile Project Music performance by Toshimi Watanabe (Born in Fukushima, TOKYO No.1 SOUL SET, Inawashirokos, THE ZOOT 16 Closing Ceremony Wednesday, 11 th March, 13 00 15 00 14 46 Moment of silence (Details to be fixed) Satellite Venue : Domestic Terminal 1, 6 th Floor, SKY GALLERY Satellite venues Nichijo Daily Life Photography exhibition by Katsuhiro ichikawa Photographer Katsuhiro Ichikawa documents Nichijo Daily Life in the area where his parents-in-law lived in Fukushima between 1996-2008, an area no longer inhabitable since the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011. Daily Life / Fukushima 1998-2006
Katsuhiro Ichikawa / Photographer Katsuhiro Ichikawa (Photographer) Born in 1955 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. Graduated from Senshu University. In 1986, started working independently after 2 years training at Roppongi Studio and 6 years under Eiichiro Sakata. Since the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, Ichikawa has started Fukushima Smile Project in several regions in Japan, as well as Fukushima Airport and overseas. His Nichijo Daily Life series, documented in the area where his parents-in-law lived in Fukushima between 1996-2008, has been exhibited at Spiral Garden (2011), Leopold Museum in Vienna (2012~2013), and other various locations. Monographs ZUHAUSE IN FUKUSHIMA in collaboration with Judith Brandner (Kremayr & Scheriau, 2014) FUKUSHIMA : Naraha-machi, Futaba-gun 1998~2006 (True Ring, 2011) goma (2011) Egonoki (Rikuyosha, 2011) Arigato-Ne. (2005) Awards New York ADC Silver Award (1996), New York ADC Gold Award (1995)
Programme Schedule (as of 29 th January 2015, subject to change) Saturday 7 th March 10 00 18 00 Nichijo Daily Life Photography exhibition by Katsuhiro Ichikawa (Terminal 1, 6 th Floor SKY GALLERY) 10 00 18 00 Fukushima Smile Project Photography exhibition (at Terminal 2, 5 th Floor FLIGHT DECK TOKYO) 10 00 18 00 Tohoku Fair (at Terminal 2, 5 th Floor FLIGHT DECK TOKYO) 10 00 15 00 Fukushima Smile Project Special Photo Studio (at Terminal 2, 5 th Floor FLIGHT DECK TOKYO) 11 00 14 30 Art workshop by Artist for a Day (A) Rainbow Ceiling (at Terminal 2, 5 th Floor FLIGHT DECK TOKYO) By Manika Nagare (Artist) with Seita Tsuda Laboratory, Design Dept., Okayama Prefectural Univ. Session 1 : 11 00 12 30 / Session 2 : 12 30 14 00 / Presentation : 14 00 14 30 16 30 18 30 Opening Ceremony (at Terminal 2, 5 th Floor FLIGHT DECK TOKYO) Sunday, 8 th March 10 00 18 00 Nichijo Daily Life Photography exhibition by Katsuhiro Ichikawa (at Terminal 1, 6 th Floor SKY GALLERY) 10 00 18 00 Fukushima Smile Project Photography exhibition (at Terminal 2, 5 th Floor FLIGHT DECK TOKYO) 10 00 18 00 Tohoku Fair (at Terminal 2, 5 th Floor FLIGHT DECK TOKYO) 10 00 18 00 Fukushima Smile Project Special Photo Studio (at Terminal 2, 5 th Floor FLIGHT DECK TOKYO) 14 00 16 00 Art workshop by Artist for a Day (C) by Miyagi University ART STANDARD. Monday Tuesday 9 th 10 th March 10 00 18 00 Nichijo Daily Life Photography exhibition by Katsuhiro Ichikawa (at Terminal 1, 6 th Floor SKY GALLERY) 10 00 18 00 Fukushima Smile Project Special Photo Studio (at Terminal 2, 5 th Floor FLIGHT DECK TOKYO) Wednesday 11 th March 10 00 18 00 Nichijo Daily Life Photography exhibition by Katsuhiro Ichikawa (at Terminal 1, 6 th Floor SKY GALLERY) 10 00 18 00 Fukushima Smile Project Photography exhibition (at Terminal 2, 5 th Floor FLIGHT DECK TOKYO) 10 00 13 00 Fukushima Smile Project Special Photo Studio (at Terminal 2, 5 th Floor FLIGHT DECK TOKYO) 13 00 15 00 Closing Ceremony (Details to be fixed, 14:46 Moment of Silence)