tree project

Hiroshi Sunairi

My Tree Project! A sturdy sprout towering but I forgot which seed I planted here...either Ginkgo or Chinese Hackberry seed of the trees that survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima!! -Hiroshi Sunairi

1/28/2010 A couple of weeks ago, there had been some sprouts, but the stems were too weak looking and couldn't get the seed-shell off and dried up. This week, this one came out and seem very healthy without shell. In the soil, there are other sprout arches ready to come out. This Platanus (Plane tree) sprout is kind of hairy and cute!!

Paul Schmelzer is editor of the Minnesota Independent , former editor of the Walker Art Center blogs , creator of Signifier, signed , a former editor at Adbusters , and contributor to Cabinet, Raw Vision , The Progressive, Utne Reader and others Sixty-four years ago today , at 8:15 a.m. Japan Standard Time, the American B-29 bomber Enola Gay unleashed fury on the city of Hiroshima, dropping an 8,900-pound uranium bomb called "Little Boy." Some 70,000 people died instantly, according to military estimates, and 70,000 more succumbed to radiation poisoning within the next five years. For artist Hiroshi Sunairi , subjected to endless hours of "peace education" classes growing up in Japan, Hiroshima gradually started becoming "Hiroshima," a concept that, after he moved to New York and witnessed the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, gained a deep, new significance. While Hiroshima's citizens turned tragic violence into a pledge for peace , Sunairi sa...

MY FIRST Japanese Hackberry I had a semi-rotten and broken Japanese Hackberry seed, left over from Tree project 2006. So I planted the seed about two month ago, just to see. Then the other day after two month of no sign, my Japanese Hackberry sprouted! Now more leaves! Newly replanted in a bigger pot. Once again, I re-planted it in a bigger pot and the sprout is growing bigger. 7/1/09 MY SECOND Japanese Hackberry I planted all of Round Leaf Holly, Persimmon, Chinaberry, Firmiana simplex, Japanese Hackberry, Jujube seeds on May 14th and on May 28th, Japanese Hackberry seed sprouted. This Hackberry seed took just about two weeks to sprout when there is no sign of sprouting from other seeds. I planted the Hackberry sprouts into a bigger pot (just dumping biodegradable pot into the soil). I can not wait for more of my seeds' sprouts as well as all the participants' sprouts!!! Please keep up watering, be patient, and give lots of love. ---Hiroshi Sunairi Then, PERSIMMON A long stor...

WINTER SESSION ’09 VISITING ARTIST TALK THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 6:00 PM HIROSHI SUNARI Born in Hiroshima, Japan, 1972, Hiroshi Sunairi lives and works in New York where he teaches at NYU's Department of Art and Art Professions. His most recent installation work entitled "White Elephant" was shown in the Japan Society of New York in 2007. "White Elephant" is a deconstructed life-size ceramic elephant, a 9.11 memorial not only for Americans but also for Iraqis and the people of Afghanistan. The installation "A Night of Elephants" was shown at Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan in 2005 (Sunairi's hometown). For this installation, Sunairi collaborated with the city of Hiroshima to gather pruned trees that survived the atomic bombing, all of which he inserted into a metal framework in the shape of an elephant lying down. Departing from the Western saying that "Elephants Never Forget," this work debuted on the 60th anniversary of th...