Red Kimono portraits online

In the next few days the final four of the thirty Red Kimono portraits will be published on the website as well as on the facebook page and on twitter.

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

Today’s portrait is of Milly:

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Red Kimono: Milly © Lis Fields 2015

Some shots of RK in the window @ Conway Hall

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.

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The text in the window:

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Red Kimono in the window @ Conway Hall

March 4th – May 31st 2016

The second exhibition of Red Kimono at Conway Hall in Holborn, London WC1, marks the 5th anniversary of the catastrophic accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Eight of the thirty portraits, and a poster bearing explanatory text, are on display in the window which looks onto Theobalds Road , a busy road in central London.

Booklets containing stories, letters and statements by evacuees from Fukushima are available in the entrance area on Red Lion Square, for visitors to take, free of charge.

The eight portraits on display:

Prasanth

Alex

Shigeo

Yvonne

Xi Zhang

Dee

Michael

Steve

The explanatory text poster:

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