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Lectures & Discussions

"Fat Man/Little Boy" Installation Viewing

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Lectures & Discussions

"Fat Man/Little Boy" Installation Viewing

Fat Man/Little Boy is an art piece that explores the events of the atomic bomb and the experiences of artist Clement Hanami's mother, who is a hibakusha, or atomic bomb survivor. The installation chronicles the fundamentals of the atomic bomb and its impact on a life's meaning and purpose.

"Hanami's sprawling series of faux lab experiments asks you to consider, from multiple vantage points, the ways in which the Fat Man and Little Boy atomic bombs dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima nearly 60 years ago have irrevocably altered our perceptions of space, time and the human body." -- Los Angeles Times

Tuesday, Aug 09, 2005

10:00 AM PDT

Aratani Central Hall

Fat Man/Little Boy is an art piece that explores the events of the atomic bomb and the experiences of artist Clement Hanami's mother, who is a hibakusha, or atomic bomb survivor. The installation chronicles the fundamentals of the atomic bomb and its impact on a life's meaning and purpose.

"Hanami's sprawling series of faux lab experiments asks you to consider, from multiple vantage points, the ways in which the Fat Man and Little Boy atomic bombs dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima nearly 60 years ago have irrevocably altered our perceptions of space, time and the human body." -- Los Angeles Times

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