Red Kimono In The Window at Conway Hall ends on 31st August 2016.
This installation of eight of the thirty portraits, with text and booklets, opened in March 2016, to mark the 5th year of the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe.
The accompanying booklets, are available for visitors to take, free of charge, in the Conway Hall Entrance on Red Lion Square, or by post if you send a request to: contactredkimono@gmail.com
An evening of live music, film, poetry and a talk about Fukushima to mark the the 5th anniversary of the catastrophic accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Friday 13th May 2016: 18:00-22:00
25 Red Lion Square, Holborn, London WC1R 4RL
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1206469736030594/
All Welcome!
Free event but donations are welcome: all proceeds will go to charities helping children who have been affected by the Fukushima Nuclear Catastrophe.
The evening is curated by Lis Fields as part of her Red Kimono project.
18:00 Doors open, drinks served, short films
19:00 Talk: Dr Ian Fairlie, independent consultant on radioactivity will talk about Fukushima followed by Q&A
20:00 Musical performances by Atsuko Kamura, Iris Ederer, Simon Kobayashi of Smallgang, and Melvin Ashong
Poetry reading by Ann Garrett
Eight of the thirty Red Kimono portraits, and a poster bearing explanatory text, are on display in the Conway Hall window which looks onto Theobalds Road , a busy road in central London, from March 4th – August 31st 2016.
The window looks onto Theobald’s Road, a busy road in Holborn, central London. Marking the 5th anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe, the installation will be in place until 31st May 2016.
The text in the window:
red kimono 