Learn | Create | Share | ActHiroshima | 2020
By listening to the darkest moments of history, we can shape the future
ZERO Project is a celebration of Hiroshima as a city of social change and innovation
Proposal for March/April 2020
ZERO Project has reached 365+ million impressions through workshops, events, and media.
Our goal is to reach a billion people by the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings in 2020. Join us.
Watch ZERO Project + Disruptor Awards Hiroshima
@Kyu-nichi-gin, Former Bank of Japan, Hiroshima
Dialogue | Workshops | Art Exhibition | Film Screenings
| Performances | Survivor Tree Planting Ceremony
Survivor Tree Planting Ceremony
A 9/11 Survivor Tree sapling will be planted at Hiroshima Botanical Gardens
Organized in partnership w/ the Mayor Matsui, City of Hiroshima, Mayors for Peace, Disruptor Foundation, John Bowne High School, 9/11 Memorial Museum + Bartlett Farms
Art
11 exhibitions have taken place in Hiroshima, Tokyo, New York and Miami since 2015.
Exhibiting Artists:
Seitaro Kuroda
Renee Cox
Ming Smith
Gerard Malanga
Danny Simmons
Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky
Stephanie Rose
John Hersey
Cannon Hersey
Peter Bradley
Jorge Salazar
Michelle Lopez
Peter Bill
Moises Patricio
Hirofumi Yugen
Kenichi Asano
Mari Ishiko
Alexis Mena
Ran Katashima
Junchen Huang
City as Museum
Public projections on buildings and digital storytelling on media panels throughout Hiroshima.
Film Screenings
Socially impactful films from around the world w/ United People and 1Future. (Film Distribution / Kenji Sekine)
Concert
W/ a Hibaku Piano (A-bomb survivor piano)
Past Musical Performances + Collaborations
Motoharo Sano
Dorothy Masuka
Thandiswa Mazwai with BLK JKS
Boom Shaka
Paul Miller aka Dj Spooky
Hiroki Okano
Gomess, Rapper
Archetype with Todd Sines
Dialogue
Roundtable discussions between youth + thought leaders on environment, community, human rights + social innovation
Previous Thought Leaders
Dr. William Perry, former Secretary of Defense
Koko Kondo, Peace Activist & Hiroshima Survivor
Atsushi Imai, VC, former head of Sony CSR
Tomoko Watanabe, ANT- Hiroshima
Craig Hatkoff, Founder, Tribeca FIlm Festival & Disruptor Foundation
Stephen Ham, Vice President, Wildlife Conservation Society
Kyosuke Inoue, NHK Enterprise and bestselling author
Reverend Gashin Kayo, Myoukei-in Temple
Rabbi Irwin Kula, Center for Learning and Leadership
Pradeep Sharma, Provost, Rhode Island School of Design
Michiyuki Ozeki, Social Producer
Toshiko Tanaka, Hibakusha Survivor
Previous Youth Participants
Ritsumeikan University
Kansai University
Doshisha University
Keio University
Hiroshima University
Kansei-Gakuin University
Hiroshima-Jogakuin University
Anabuki Design School Kansai University
Creative Workshops
Silkscreen T-shirt Workshop
Silkscreen T-shirt and design workshop w/ Cannon Hersey + Akira Fujimoto.
Media Workshop
Media + design workshops with Chugoku Shimbun’s Young Writers Program to understand what resilience means to youth in Hiroshima.
Professional content creation w/ Taku Nishimae +Peter Bill. Participants will create short-form content for ZERO Project and Chugoku Shimbun’s Peace Media Center.
Video Projection Workshop
Content creation + alternative modes of sharing video in the public
w/ Peter Bill
2021 Workshop
The future of social innovation w/ Akira Fujimoto +2021.
Peace Industrial Complex
Opportunities to meet w/ local + global leaders working in social innovation, sustainability + peace tourism
Music Workshop
W/ Hiroki Okano + Junko Okano
Photography Workshop
W/ Toshiaki Takata
Global
Art Basil Miami 2019+2020
New York City May 2020
Tokyo 2020
TV
Producing television about pivotal moments and extraordinary individuals
Producing television about pivotal moments and extraordinary individuals
Documentary
“Hiroshima Revealed”
(3 x 50 min. documentaries with NHK World and NHK BS1)
“Detroit Revealed”
(50 min. documentary with NHK World and NHK BS1)
“Manzanar Revealed”
(50 min. documentary with NHK World and NHK BS1)
“Not Yet Free – Motoharu Sano Special”
(60 min. documentary with NHK BS1)
“Social Impact Special”
(60 min. documentary with NHK BS1)
“William Perry Special”
(100 min. documentary with NHK BS1)
“William Perry in Okinawa”
(50 min. documentary with NHK ETV)
“Direct Talk with Beatrice Fihn”
(15 min. documentary with NHK World )
“Direct Talk with Craig Hatkoff”
(15 min. documentary with NHK World )
News Programs
NHK
NHK World
NHK Hiroshima
Hiroshima TV
Hiroshima Home TV
Hiroshima Peace Media Center
ZERO Project is a social innovation forum and online platform with content on Chugoku Shimbun’s Hiroshima Peace Media Center
Other online platforms for ZERO Project include: 1FUTURE.COM, NHK World, @1Futurepresents
Storytellers of Social Change and Innovation
Since 2015, 1Future has delivered major programs + created media in Japan, USA + South Africa, reaching 750+ million impressions
Media Coverage
National Public Radio (NPR)
SABC
New York Times
NHK
NHK World
Wall Street Journal
Chugoku Shimbun
Asahi Shimbum
Lead Partners
Zengo, inc.
Hiroshima International Culture Foundation
Disruptor Foundation and the Center for Learning and Leadership
Tokyo 2021
Peace Culture Village
Mayors for Peace
Anabuki Design School
The Myoukein Temple
Intersection 611 Gallery
The Hurleyville Arts Centre
911 Memorial
John Bowne High School
Bartlett Farms
Mayor Matsui of Hiroshima
Mayor Taue of Nagasaki
City of Hiroshima
Hiroshima Board of Education
Contact
Cannon Hersey
Cannon@1future.com
+1 845 559 8828
Taku Nishimae
taku@zengo.com
+1 917 450 4921