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Krzysztof Wodiczko Studies for Hiroshima Projection 1999

  • MoMA, Floor 2, 214

In 1999 Wodiczko made a site-specific intervention into the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, constructed in remembrance of the 1945 atomic bombing. To create Hiroshima Projection, the artist recorded conversations with survivors and their descendants. He later projected their hand gestures and accompanying testimonies onto the riverbank below the Atomic Bomb Dome, the only structure left standing in the area after the blast. Wodiczko used the sketches shown here to plan the projection. The pages include technical notes and time stamps for video editing, as well as personal reflections by the artist (in English and Polish), prompted by the memories of survivors and their families.

Gallery label from 2024
Medium
Cut-and-pasted printed paper, pencil, felt-tip pen, colored pencil, and ink on thirteen sheets of paper
Dimensions
sheet (.a-k): 14 3/8 × 10 1/8" (36.5 × 25.7 cm); sheet (.l): 14 3/8 × 10 1/4" (36.5 × 26 cm); sheet (.m): 14 3/8 × 10 1/8" (36.5 × 25.7 cm)
Credit
Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
Object number
1621.2018.a-m
Copyright
© Krzysztof Wodiczko, Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co., New York
Department
Drawings and Prints
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