Thank you to all participants and Brisbane Multicultural Arts Centre, (BEMAC) for your support! After hearing the history of Nikkei internment in Australia during WWII and about this project from artist and Nikkei Australia Chair Elysha Rei and from artist Mayu...
Some team members gathered on zoom for an online brainstorming for our audio and website components. We discussed how to call the 194 names… should it be in alphabetical order of names? If so, roman alphabet or Japanese phonetic aiueo? Should the names be...
Fri, 11 Oct, 6pm – 8pm AEST @ BEMAC (Brisbane Multicultural Arts Centre) Workshop register HERE https://events.humanitix.com/when-you-call-my-name-creative-community-project-workshop The Brisbane workshop invites artists and community members to...
Our first workshop was led by Dr Sophie Constable as part of ANU’s Immersia 2024, where the final artwork will be exhibited in September 2025. In addition to Mayu Kanamori assisting Sophie via Zoom to discuss her arts practice, it was great to welcome Nikkei...
Join Past Wrongs, Future Choices (PWFC) for upcoming virtual panel: Names in Nikkei Commemoration PWFC’s Michael Abe, as well as artist Mayu Kanamori and the Japanese American National Museum’s Duncan Williams, as they commemorate the uprooting of Nikkei...
