HIROSHIMA • NAGASAKI In the Shadow of Tragedy
Main building, Level -1
06.08.2023 - 17.09.2023
The exhibition HIROSHIMA • NAGASAKI In the Shadow of Tragedy is due to open on August 6, 2023, on the 78th anniversary of the atomic attack on Hiroshima, and narrates events that strongly impressed themselves on the pages of history. On August 6, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, and three days later, on August 9, the same fate befell Nagasaki. As a result of this tragedy, a total of 200,000 people died, while the survivors, the so called hibakusha, had to deal with the consequences of the attack that drastically affected their health and ability to function in society.
The display panels shown at the exhibition have been designed by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, and their presentation at the Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology has been prepared on the initiative of the Embassy of Japan in Poland. The content of the panels is not only based on the historical and political context of the atomic attacks in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but also addresses the explosions from a physics perspective. Some of the panels describe and illustrate the effects of the bombing, the destruction and the medical consequences suffered by the victims of the attacks. The intention and purpose of the mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, whose letters open the exhibition, is to call for action to propagate peace.
Symbolic actions in this regard will be reflected in the exhibition design and in the program of events accompanying the exhibition HIROSHIMA • NAGASAKI In the Shadow of Tragedy.
The installation designated in the exhibition space, prepared specifically for this exhibition, refers to a phenomenon that can be read as a visual metaphor of the events in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The shadows symbolizing the victims of the events in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the shadows of the visitors to the exhibition that fall on the walls generate a kind of narrative whose leitmotif is memory. Although they refer primarily to the tragedy of 1945, the overlapping shapes begin to operate as a universal story commemorating the victims of wars or political conflicts. Another significant element of the installation is the plants growing out of the rubble, a reference to the trees that survived the nuclear disaster, called Hibakujumoku in Japan.
Exhibition co-organized with the Embassy of Japan in Poland
The display panels shown at the exhibition have been designed by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, and their presentation at the Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology has been prepared on the initiative of the Embassy of Japan in Poland. The content of the panels is not only based on the historical and political context of the atomic attacks in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but also addresses the explosions from a physics perspective. Some of the panels describe and illustrate the effects of the bombing, the destruction and the medical consequences suffered by the victims of the attacks. The intention and purpose of the mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, whose letters open the exhibition, is to call for action to propagate peace.
Symbolic actions in this regard will be reflected in the exhibition design and in the program of events accompanying the exhibition HIROSHIMA • NAGASAKI In the Shadow of Tragedy.
The installation designated in the exhibition space, prepared specifically for this exhibition, refers to a phenomenon that can be read as a visual metaphor of the events in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The shadows symbolizing the victims of the events in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the shadows of the visitors to the exhibition that fall on the walls generate a kind of narrative whose leitmotif is memory. Although they refer primarily to the tragedy of 1945, the overlapping shapes begin to operate as a universal story commemorating the victims of wars or political conflicts. Another significant element of the installation is the plants growing out of the rubble, a reference to the trees that survived the nuclear disaster, called Hibakujumoku in Japan.
Exhibition co-organized with the Embassy of Japan in Poland