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I NEVER LOSE.
I EITHER WIN OR I LEARN.
NELSON MANDELA





1Future & Artrepeneurship × The Vanderbilt Republic invite you to experience
On Another Ground Zero: “Hiroshima” — a sprawling curatorial immersion, performance art series,
facilitated knowledge/awareness exchange, and pop-up 茶室 (chashitsu, “tea room”).

Cannon Hersey & Taku Nishimae (directors, 1Future), Alexis & Franklyn Mena (founders, Artrepeneurship)
and George Del Barrio (creative director × executive producer, The Vanderbilt Republic) will lead
an international cohort of artists and NPOs to weave this tapestry of resilience & hope.









EXHIBITION OPENING
30 APRIL 2019 5-11P


+ 5-7P OPEN GALLERY
+ 7.30P BLESSINGS REV. TK NAKAGAKI
WELCOME & CALL TO ACTION GEORGE DEL BARRIO & TAKU NISHIMAE
THE HIBAKUSHA APPEAL REBECCA IRBY, STEVEN LEEPER, KAZUMI MATSUI, TOMIKO WEST
+ 8P SOLO CONCERTO BY JUNKO ICHIKAWA










PASSING THE TORCH: DISCOURSES FOR PEACE
1 MAY 2019 6-9.30P


MAYORS FOR PEACE / ICAN / PEACE BOAT / HEIWA PEACE FOUNDATION

PASSING THE TORCH REBECCA IRBY, AKIRA KAWASAKI, STEVEN LEEPER, EMILIE MCGLONE
HIBAKUSHA SPEAKERS SUEICHI KIDOJIRO HAMASUMI

HONOREES YASMINE ABOUZAGLO RENEE AWAD









ARTIST WELCOMING & CELEBRATION
2 MAY 2019 7-11P


1FUTURE, ARTREPRENEURSHIP, GALLERY INTERSECTION HIROSHIMA & THE VANDERBILT REPUBLIC

+ 7P THE JAPANESE ARTISTS ARE PRESENT
+ 8P SOUNDSCAPE UNVEILING — DJ SPOOKY
+ 9P THE WARMUP — KAZUYA KATO











THE MANHATTAN PROJECT REIMAGINED
4 MAY 2019 9A-9P


DISRUPTOR FOUNDATION × THE VANDERBILT REPUBLIC

+ 9A-1.30P THINK BIGGER WORKSHOP WITH SHEENA IYENGAR

+ 2-6P THE MANHATTAN PROJECT REIMAGINED DISRUPTOR SUMMIT:
SPIRIT OF CHANGENDABA MANDELA
ENDING NUCLEAR PROLIFERATIONBEATRICE FIHN
REIMAGINING CAPITALISMSIR RONALD COHEN
BREAKING THE OPIOID EPIDEMICNICK VITA
FLOATING OCEANSMARC COLLINS CHEN
SYNESTHESIA BY DESIGNDANIEL BELQUER
NON VIOLENCEJAN HELLMAN
DISRUPTIVE ORGANIZATIONSSALIM ISMAIL
EXPONENTIAL GENERATIONKUNAL SOOD

+ 4.30P WORKING GROUPS

+ 5.30P FUCKUP NIGHT HAPPY HOUR

+ 6.30P LISTENING TO UNTOLD STORIES — TOMIKO WEST, HIBAKUSHA

+ 7.30P THE MUSICAL MIRACLE — KAZUYA KATO, JILL B. LOVIN, RICKY CAGE, SCOTT ZOID & FRIENDS










IMAGINING A WORLD OF ZERO
5 MAY 2019 2-5P


SINGULARITY UNIVERSITY, ZERO PROJECT & NOVUS

DIALOGUES FACILITATED BY CANNON HERSEY, TAKU NISHIMAE & KUNAL SOOT










INTERFAITH ETHICS DIALOGUE ON NUCLEAR ISSUES
7 MAY 2019 5-8P


1FUTURE, ARTREPRENEURSHIP & HEIWA PEACE FOUNDATION

DIALOGUES FACILITATED BY ALEXIS MENA & TAKU NISHIMAE WITH
REV. DIONNE BOISSIERE, REV. TK NAGASAKI, SWAMI SARVAPRIYANANDA & DR. KAZUKO TATSUMURA










PLACEKEEPING INSTEAD OF DISPLACEMENT
8 MAY 2019 7-9P


1FUTURE, ARTREPRENEURSHIP & THE VANDERBILT REPUBLIC

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH GEORGE DEL BARRIO, ALEXIS / FRANKLYN MENA & TAKU NISHIMAE
GROUP FACILITATION BY ALEXIS MENA










ZERO PROJECT CONCERT: KAZUYA KATO IN NY
10 MAY 2019 7.30-9P


1FUTURE, ARTREPRENEURSHIP, GALLERY INTERSECTION HIROSHIMA & THE VANDERBILT REPUBLIC

A RESPONSE TO THE ARTWORKS PRESENTED IN ON ANOTHER GROUND ZERO: HIROSHIMA
BY KAZUYA KATO, RENOWNED SAXOPHONIST FROM JAPAN










CLOSING CELEBRATION: DISMANTLING THE BOMB
12 MAY 2019 7-10P


1FUTURE, ARTREPRENEURSHIP, GALLERY INTERSECTION HIROSHIMA & THE VANDERBILT REPUBLIC

ARTIST TALKS & CLOSING PERFORMANCES KENICHI ASANO, GEORGE DEL BARRIO, AKIRA FUJIMOTO, CANNON HERSEY, MARI ISHIKO, KAZUUYA KATO, TAKU NISHIMAE & HIROFUMI YUGEN











ON ANOTHER GROUND ZERO: “HIROSHIMA”



29 APRIL-12 MAY 2019 | OPEN GALLERY HOURS DAILY 11A-7P
THE BELLEWETHER @ THE BLUE BUILDING | 222 E 46 10017 NYC




Artworks, Installation & Performance by
KENICHI ASANO, JILL B-LOVIN, PETER BILL,
PATRICK DOUGHER, AKIRA FUJIMOTO, CANNON HERSEY,
YUGEN HIROFUMI, JUNCHEN HUANG, JUNKO ICHIKAWA,
MARI ISHIKO, KAZUYA KATO, ALEXIS MENA,
PAUL D. MILLER & SCOTT ZOID

Soundscape
DJ SPOOKY

Executive Producers
GEORGE DEL BARRIO, CANNON HERSEY,
FRANKLYN MENA & TAKU NISHIMAE


Curation × Lighting/Projection Design
GEORGE DEL BARRIO

Production Assistant
CAROLYN QIAN SU

Communications & Strategy
KATE HARVIE

Project Space
THE BELLEWETHER @ THE BLUE BUILDING











THE VANDERBILT REPUBLIC is a production consultancy formed to catalyze advanced creative in all modes.

THE BELLEWETHER     PHOTOGRAPHIC MONUMENTS     THE PHENOMS     GOWANUS LOFT

Commissions, inquiriesGeorge Del Barrio | Creative Director × Executive Producer


            


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