Masahiro Usami & Higashihiroshima City Art Museum, Hiroshima
To assist in the creation of an artwork by artist Masahiro Usami, we kindly request your cooperation
in taking and submitting photos or videos. Foreign nationals of any country as long as they reside
outside Japan.
The photos and videos provided by participants will be incorporated into Masahiro Usami’s artwork
and exhibited as part of the special exhibition “50th Anniversary of Higashihiroshima City:
Recollection ⇆ Vision – Past,Present, and Future of Higashihiroshima”, which will be held at the
Higashihiroshima City Art Museum, Hiroshima, Japan from February 7, 2025, to March 23, 2025.
Artwork Title ：“8:15”
[Artwork Concept by Masahiro Usami]
We live in a time that moves in one direction.
Yet, how far into the past and into the future can we allow our thoughts to travel At 8:15 AM on
August 6, 1945, when the atomic bomb was dropped, the ‘time’ of the citizens of East Hiroshima
and Hiroshima may have stopped, or it may have continued to move—each person’s experience
would have been different.
From the clock faces of the people in the city, from 1945 to the present, we can imagine what
happened at that moment, how their destinies were divided, and how their descendants have
lived and will continue to live in the future.
And we, who live in 2024, will look at these clocks, engage in a dialogue between the present
and the past, and create the future ahead.
[How to Participate]
1. Photo
Take a photo of your watch displaying The local time equivalent to 8:15am Japan time as clearly
as possible, and send it to us. You are free to choose the shooting method and composition.
Please crop the photo into a square format to match the artwork. If the photo is not cropped,
we will make the adjustments as needed.
2. Video
Record a self-portrait (including your face) at The local time equivalent to 8:15am Japan time
while making a brief statement about your current location (country/region) and what you are
doing at that moment.
Please record the video in horizontal position and speak in the native language.
Along with the video, please provide the following information:
- • Name
- • Country/region
- • Time of recording
- • A written English or Japanese translation of “what you are doing now.”
Sample video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP_oAoGCXPk
Example statement: “This is Tokyo, Japan. I am working at a café.”
Note: The copyright of the submitted data will transfer to Masahiro Usami, and the data may be
freely used for exhibitions, publications, and web content in the future.
[About Submission]
Submission Link:
Deadline: Tuesday, December 24, 2024
[Links (Contact details likely go here) ]
Masahiro Usami : info@usamim.com
Official Website: https://www.usamimasahiro.com
Thank you very much for your cooperation