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CATEGORIES:The Heong Gallery
SUMMARY:What does it mean to remember Fukushima in the UK 
 today? COVID\, Climate Change\, and Ukraine. - Bri
 gitte Steger (University of Cambridge)
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UID:TALK197605AThttp://talks.cam.ac.uk
URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/197605
DESCRIPTION:Panel discussion to mark the exhibition Picturing
  the Invisible at The Heong Gallery.\n\nYoi Kawak
 ubo (photographer) buries silver halide film in th
 e contaminated soils of Fukushima’s exclusion zone
  to produce a powerful  series of abstracts\, titl
 ed If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burs
 t in the skies at once. His work has been exhibite
 d at venues including the Museum of Contemporary A
 rt\, Tokyo\; the Ashmolean Museum\, Oxford\; and t
 he National Art  Centre\, Tokyo. Among other accol
 ades\, Yoi won the 2015 Ohara Museum of Art Prize 
 and was shortlisted for the 2016  Shiseido Art Egg
  Prize and the 2012 Sovereign Asian Art Prize (Hon
 g Kong). \n\nGiles Price (photographer) uses ther
 mal technology to render eerie everyday scenes in 
 Namie and Iitate\, two towns heavily exposed to  t
 he effects of the nuclear disaster. In so doing\, 
 his Restricted Residence series evokes the ghostly
  presence of radiation\,  which has deterred so ma
 ny residents from returning to their homes\, even 
 now many evacuation orders have been lifted. Price
 ’s work has been exhibited at The Photographers Ga
 llery\, London\; National Portrait Gallery\, Londo
 n\; Imperial War  Museum\, London\; as well as num
 erous international venues. He is a contributor to
  various publications including The New  York Time
 s Magazine\, FT Weekend Magazine\, Guardian Weeken
 d Magazine\, Telegraph Magazine\, and Bloomberg  M
 arkets. \n\nDr Brigitte Steger (Senior Lecturer i
 n Modern Japanese Studies\, University of Cambridg
 e and co-editor 'Japan Copes with Calamity) is one
  of the essayists involved in Picturing the Invisi
 ble. The tsunami disasters of March 2011 prompted 
 her to travel to northeastern Japan\, where she wa
 s the only researcher to live alongside survivors 
 in a shelter. She observed that problems with clea
 nliness became a symbol of shared suffering in the
  shelters\, and that survivors tried to regain a s
 ense of normality by organising household routines
  according to deeply rooted social structures. \n\
 nDr Makoto Takahashi (Fulbright-Lloyd's Fellow\, 
 Program on STS\, Harvard University and curator of
  Picturing the Invisible)has worked on the Fukushi
 ma Daiichi disaster for 10 years. He received his 
 BA\, MPhil\, and PhD from Cambridge University and
  was previously a visiting fellow at Waseda and a 
 Lecturer at TU Munich. His thesis examined how cla
 ims to expert authority have been made in conditio
 ns of low public trust and received the American A
 ssociation of Geographers’ Jacques May Thesis Priz
 e. Picturing the Invisible has been exhibited at t
 he Royal Geographical Society\, London and TU Muni
 ch. \n\nLeigh Turner (British Ambassador to Ukrai
 ne 2008-12) is a former British diplomat and civil
  servant with over forty years of experience. He w
 as joint head of the Foreign Office Crisis Unit se
 t up in 2014 to respond to the Russian occupation 
 of Crimea and Eastern Ukraine. Turner's book A Hit
 chhiker's Guide to Diplomacy is due to be publishe
 d in Spring 2013 and explores 'the background to t
 he conflict: what the world did wrong\, what it di
 d right\, and what Vladimir Putin does not underst
 and'. \n\nPICTURING THE INVISIBLE\n\n23 February 
 to 23 April 2023. Wednesday to Sunday 12-5. Free A
 dmission\n\nHow does one photograph radiation? Tra
 uma? Or the resilience of communities forced to co
 ntend with both? Picturing the Invisible brings to
 gether seven celebrated photographers to examine t
 he lasting legacy of the 2011 Great East Japan Ear
 thquake\, tsunami\, and nuclear disaster. \n\nDecl
 ared the ‘worst crisis Japan has faced since World
  War II’ by Prime Minister Naoto Kan\, the earthqu
 ake and tsunami  killed more than 15\,000 people a
 nd triggered a triple meltdown at the Fukushima Da
 iichi nuclear power plant – forcing  200\,000 peop
 le from their homes. This exhibition captures how\
 , even today\, vast swathes of land remain uninhab
 itable: the contamination of plants and soil made 
 visible to visitors through technical means. Howev
 er\, it also explores how efforts to decontaminate
  the region continue. The exclusion zone is slowly
  shrinking and as evacuation orders are lifted\, r
 esidents are being incentivised to return home. Fe
 w choose to do so – and many of those who do are o
 ld. One village found that  only a third of its re
 sidents chose to return and more than 70% of them 
 are over the age of 65. Those who do return discov
 er that few wish to buy food ‘made in Fukushima’\,
  posing an additional challenge for traditionally 
 agricultural  communities. This exhibition provide
 s an intimate portrait of the peoples rebuilding t
 heir lives in the affected territories. It examine
 s their memories of disaster\, their continued con
 tact with radiation\, and their efforts to reclaim
  their heritage. \n\nThe photographs are complimen
 ted by a series of short essays\, provided by poli
 cymakers\, experts\, and activists united in their
  deep engagement with the “triple disaster” and nu
 clear issues. Contributors include: Sir David Warr
 en (British  Ambassador to Japan\, 2008–12)\; Scie
 nce and Technology Studies pioneers\, Sheila Jasan
 off (Harvard) and Brian Wynne  (Lancaster)\; Japan
 ologists\, Richard Samuels (MIT) and Brigitte Steg
 er (Cambridge)\; ICRP Vice-Chair Jacques Lochard\;
  best selling author\, Robert Macfarlane (Cambridg
 e)\; and famed environmentalist\, Aileen Mioko Smi
 th (Director\, Green Action and co-author of “Mina
 mata: A warning to the world”).\n\nAccess statemen
 t:\n\nThe Howard Theatre is accessible via a lift 
 (1st floor)\, and wheelchair-accessible toilet fac
 ilities are also available via a lift (Basement Le
 vel). In the theatre\, there is padded seating\, d
 esignated spaces for wheelchair users\, and suffic
 ient space for an assistance dog. There is a heari
 ng loop facility available by request IN ADVANCE. 
 Lighting levels will be low during the event. You 
 are free to arrive\, leave\, stand up\, lie down\,
  or take a break at any time\, without giving a re
 ason.
LOCATION: The Howard Theatre\, Downing College
CONTACT:Prerona Prasad
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