Parakeet Peace Hall, 2017
Found object, wood, paint, Indian ink, stones, paper cray, LED light
84" x 140" x 17"
Found object, wood, paint, Indian ink, stones, paper cray, LED light
84" x 140" x 17"
This parakeet-size building was created based on the Hiroshima Peace Memorial in Hiroshima, a building that survived the explosion at point-blank range. The Hiroshima Peace Memorial was designed by a Czech architect, Jan Letzel, in 1915, in a totally Western style, and was named the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, intended as a space for arts and educational exhibitions. Although this building survived after the atomic bomb, some parts of the building were destroyed. I based my own design on parts that survived: the dome, windows, balcony, and walls. The parakeet Peace Hall reminds me of the shape of Little Boy, a plane, or parakeet.
I dismantled the hall and hung each piece on the wall like a theater set. Broken into pieces, the sculpture is meant to show that the building can never be made whole.
I dismantled the hall and hung each piece on the wall like a theater set. Broken into pieces, the sculpture is meant to show that the building can never be made whole.
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63 x 80 x 60 inches as assembled |
© 2015 Gaku Tsutaja