Icons of Time: Memories of the Tsunami that Struck Japan

Fitzrovia Chapel, Fitzroy Place 2 Pearson Square London
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Free
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Fitzrovia Chapel, Fitzroy Place 2 Pearson Square London

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Goodge Street 0.20 miles

THE HORIUCHI FOUNDATION is proud to present a series of photographs by Tomohiro Muda in an exhibition Icons of Time: Memories of the Tsunami that Struck Japan. The Japanese photographer’s first UK exhibition commemorates six years since Japan’s northeastern coast was hit by a powerful earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. Icons of Time will be shown at the recently restored and reopened Fitzrovia Chapel, a stunning Grade II* listed building which was formerly the chapel for the old Middlesex Hospital. The exhibition will also form a satellite event for Photo London fair, which runs at Somerset House 17 - 21 May and be part of Fitzrovia Photo London Discovery Night, when the participating galleries in the fair will open til 8.30pm.

Icons of Time is a photographic record of artefacts left behind in the wake of the tsunami. After the disaster, Muda set out on a mission to photograph and document the conditions of the affected areas. His first attempt three weeks after the event was unsuccessful due to the overwhelming grief he experienced upon seeing the devastation. Around nine months later, he returned and photographed roughly 5000 items. Icons of Time will feature a small selection of these pictures.

Tomohiro Muda says, “The objects featured in my works may appear to be mere debris, things abandoned by the tsuna-mi, but they’re not. Each item belonged to someone and suggests the presence of someone who is no longer present. In this exhibition, these fragments tell stories of a post-tsunami landscape and allow us to imagine the activity in these areas before the tsunami.”

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