Produktbeschreibung
On 10 March 1945, more than 100,000 people perished during the Bombing of Tokyo, a series of bombing raids launched by the US Air Force. Rei Naito, responding to this history, created the work ‘I have lived’ as part of the Tokyo Biennale 2020/2021. For her work, Naito conducted a study of the remaining memories and traces of the war, visiting different sites in the city – a Buddhist temple and cemetery, an air raid shelter – and placing small, human-shaped sculptures in commemoration of the departed souls. This book marks the first time the entire work has been made public and features photography by Naoya Hatakeyama and a text by Kazuko Koike, director of the biennale.
