An exposé by Mexican photographer Jan Smith
Opening on Tuesday 6 March (6 – 8pm)
Artist will be present at the opening
Opening speaker Peter Becker Koeberg Alert Alliance
ERDMANNCONTEMPORARY & the Photographers Gallery za
63 Shortmarket Street, Cape Town, 8001 P O Box 51151 Waterfront, 8002
Tel: 021 422 2762 Fax: 021 422 3278 photogallery@mweb.co.za
Inmediatamente después del Gran Terremoto de Japón Oriental de marzo de 2011, el gobierno japonés estableció un área de evacuación alrededor de los reactores nucleares de la planta Fukushima Daiichi que resultaron dañados.
Tours Cesium es un estudio visual del desierto radioactivo que se encuentra en las cercanías de la planta nuclear Fukushima Daiichi, un año después del desastre.
Las imágenes mostradas se tomaron en distintas ubicaciones a entre 22 y 16 kilómetros de distancia de los reactores dañados. El acceso más allá del perímetro interno de 20 kilómetros está prohibido por el gobierno japonés y el violarlo se considera un delito. Continue reading “Tour de Cesio – Fukushima un Año Después”
I was invited to attend and speak at the Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World 2012, in Yokohama on January 14th and 15th. I am not a scientist, nor a model activist, but what I could share was what I learned from the survivors* of Chernobyl. On the 15th, I presented these impressions in the session, “Lessons from Chernobyl and Fukushima”.
Continue reading “Four Lessons from Chernobyl and Fukushima – Lesson 1”
Last week, at the invitation of Peace Boat, and as part of my ongoing personal art project dealing with post-nuclear landscapes, I traveled to Fukushima and recorded my first pictures and impressions. Continue reading “Fukushima One Year Later”
On January 15th, 2012, I was invited to be a guest speaker at the Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World, in Yokohama, Japan. I presented, my work from Chernobyl in the session, “Lessons from Chernobyl and Fukushima”. You can see the recorded presentation here, under the Global Discussion Channel. The event was hosted by Peace Boat Japan, and was the genesis of my work in Fukushima during February 2012.