tree project

Chinese parasol tree (Firmiana simplex) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firmiana_simplex http://kanon101.cool.ne.jp/foto_sinrin/K_aogiri/aogiri/aogiri01.jpg

THE SOUND OF MUSIC War, beauty, and survival Vanessa Albury, Jesse Bransford, Jacob Cohen, Mila Geisler, Pamela Jue, Caroline Polachek, Max Razdow, Hiroshi Sunairi Curated by Jan Van Woensel During the Cold War, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) planned to broadcast The Sound of Music on radio in the event of a nuclear strike on the United Kingdom. The show would be part of an emergency timetable of programs designed to "reassure" the public in the aftermath of the attack. An altered, simplified and popular version of the life of Maria Augusta von Trapp (1905 – 1987) is depicted in the 1965 movie musical The Sound of Music . In Salzburg, Austria, before the outbreak of the Second World War, Maria wedded naval commander Georg Ritter von Trapp. Partly due to strong economic pressures from Germany, the family lost their fortune in 1935. To survive, the Trapps sent away most of their servants, moved into the top floor of their house, and rented the empty rooms to s...

NeoIntegrity on The New York Times

RESPONDING TO Making a Home http://www.japansociety.org/student_exhibition_responding_to_making_a_home Ginkgo Tree Grows in Brooklyn, the article Works by students from Explorations Academy and The Berkeley Carroll School partnership between Japan Society and students at Explorations Academy in the Bronx and The Berkeley Carroll School in Brooklyn. In this multi-program, high school students from both schools investigated selected cultural, technical and art historical topics related to the Japan Society Gallery exhibition Making a Home: Japanese Contemporary Artists in New York. This included analysis of representations of “home,” a critical examination of references to specific aspects of Japanese culture evidenced in selected works and an exploration of identity construction in the artists and themselves. Students began their study of Making a Home at school with a preview and introductory discussion of the themes of the exhibition led by Japan Society educators Suzanne de V...

Chinese parasol tree (Firmiana simplex) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firmiana_simplex http://kanon101.cool.ne.jp/foto_sinrin/K_aogiri/aogiri/aogiri01.jpg Ginkgo 　 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginkgo

Chinese parasol tree (Firmiana simplex) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firmiana_simplex http://kanon101.cool.ne.jp/foto_sinrin/K_aogiri/aogiri/aogiri01.jpg July 2009 update of Chinese Parasol Tree from 2006 Tree Project! It looks so healthy!!

Chinese parasol tree (Firmiana simplex) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firmiana_simplex http://kanon101.cool.ne.jp/foto_sinrin/K_aogiri/aogiri/aogiri01.jpg

“Hibaku Gingko next generation” on Chugoku-Shimbun published on /12/2007 Sat. by Hiromi Morita At Massapequa, a town in Long Island. Hiroshi Sunairi, an ad-junct professor at New York University and Hiroshima-born contemporary artist, a 35-years-old visited his student, Michael Miritello’s house to plant second generation of seedling of Hibaku Gingko Tree. 1.4-kilo meter away from hypocenter, this Hibaku Gingko grew its life. Sunairi had a solo show at Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art in 2005 using Hibaku trees in his work, creating a work of remembrance. He was given these Hibaku Gingko seedlings from Dr. Riki Horiguchi wanting to send a message of peace to the young people of the U.S. By growing about 20 seedlings at home, Sunairi has been giving them to his students. Sunairi stops telling the message contained in the trees that he gives; instead, he wants to share the message of nature and life. Hiroshima-born Sunairi felt that teaching peace in school ...

Chinese parasol tree (Firmiana simplex) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firmiana_simplex http://kanon101.cool.ne.jp/foto_sinrin/K_aogiri/aogiri/aogiri01.jpg

Chinese parasol tree (Firmiana simplex) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firmiana_simplex http://kanon101.cool.ne.jp/foto_sinrin/K_aogiri/aogiri/aogiri01.jpg