tree project

Hiroshi Sunairi has been asking dozens of participants from across the world to plant Hibaku seeds for his latest art piece, titled, Tree Project. Hibaku seeds come from trees that miraculously survived the atomic bomb in Hiroshima 60 years ago. For the artist, this project is about sharing.........by Audrey Tran for the whole article click here!

Audrey Tran with newly planted pot on May 12th at "Eat Clay or Die" exhibition curated by Susannah Tisue and Michele Quan in May at Greenwich House Pottery. Congrats, Audrey!!

May 12, 2009 Over 30 people came to pick up their Hibaku Persimmon seeds (カキノキ) at Greenwich House Pottery , NYC . This Tree Project event was a part of "Eat Clay or Die" exhibition curated by Michele Quan & Susannah Tisue. Info about Persimmon tree 1 , 2 Here are documentations of all the people who planted their Persimmon seeds. (First name in alphabetical order) Alex Neroulias Allan Bailey Audrey Tran Ben Hayes for Isabel and Beth Chie Kawasaki Del Feldman Francine Harris Gustavo Velasquez & Estela Velazquez Hidenori Ishii

May 10, 2009, Over 30 people came to pick up their Hibaku Jujube seeds ( Red Date, Chinese Date, ナツメ - Info about Jujube tree 1 , 2 ) at The Miracle Garden in East Village. This Tree Project event was a part of the inaugural "MIRACLE SHOW!!!" curated by James Woodward and Preeti Sodhi. Here are documentations of all the people who planted their Jujube seeds. (First name in alphabetical order) Audrey Tran Cara Chan Christophe Tedjasukmana Christopoher Starbody Cynthia Ruse Eun Jin Kim & Jeton Francisco Daum & Amy Dawson George Koutsoumbis & Beki Powell Ha Rhin Kim James Woodward