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 began in 2015, reaching 165+ 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
Previous Programs
Creative Workshops | Art Exhibition | Film Festival
Creative Workshops
Media + design workshops with the Anabuki Design School + Chugoku Shimbun’s Young Writers Program to understand what resilience means to youth in Hiroshima.
The October 2018 Creative Workshops will expand through the March/April 2019 ZERO Project.
Silkscreen T-shirt Workshop
Silkscreen T-shirt and design workshop w/ Cannon Hersey + Akira Fujimoto based on 1Future’s Make Money to Make Change model.
Media Workshop
Content creation and social media workshop w/ Taku Nishimae +Peter Bill+ Michiyuki Ozeki. Participants will create short-form content for ZERO Project and Chugoku Shimbun’s Peace Media Center.
2021 Workshop
What’s next? The future of social innovation after 2020 w/ Akira Fujimoto, Cannon Hersey + Taku Nishimae
Nuclear Deterrence
An exhibition of work by Cannon Hersey + Akira Fujimoto
Film Festival
Socially impactful films from around the world w/ United People
(Film Distribution / Kenji Sekine)
Citywide, Hiroshima
Dialogue | Workshops | Art Exhibition | Film Screenings
| Performances | Survivor Tree Planting Ceremony
Disruptor Awards Hiroshima @ Orizuru Tower
Dialogue
Roundtable discussions between youth + thought leaders on environment, community, human rights + social innovation
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
Youth Participants
Ritsumeikan University
Kansai University
Doshisha University
Keio University
Hiroshima University
Kansei-Gakuin University
Hiroshima-Jogakuin University
Anabuki Design School Kansai University
Peace Industrial Complex
Opportunities to meet w/ local + global leaders working in social innovation, sustainability + peace tourism
Video Projection Workshop
Content creation + alternative modes of sharing video in the public
w/ Peter Bill
Music Workshop
W/ Hiroki Okano + Junko Okano
Photography Workshop
W/ Toshiaki Takata
Survivor Tree Planting Ceremony
W/ a survivor tree sapling from 9/11 + Hiroshima
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
The Disruptor Awards Hiroshima, the Disruptor Foundation’s first international award ceremony, celebrates breakthroughs occurring at the intersection of technology + culture that create unforeseen solutions for some of our world’s most vexing problems.
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Disruptor Awards Hiroshima 2020 Host
Actor, director, artist, and businessman, Yusuke Iseya, and his Rebirth Project will join Zero Project and Disruptor Awards Hiroshima as a high-level participant, fundraiser, and social innovation partner organization.
Disruptor Awards Hiroshima 2017 Recipients
Motoharu Sano, Musician
William J. Perry, Former US Secretary of Defense
Tomoko Watanabe, ANT-Hiroshima and Green Legacy Project
Koko Kondo, Survivor and Peace Activist
Seitaro Kuroda, Artist
Akira Fujimoto, Artist and Social Entrepreneur, Rebirth Project
Erika Abiko, Activist, Social Book Cafe “Hachidori-Sha”
Kenji Ekuan, Industrial Designer
Kyosuke Inoue, NHK World producer and bestselling author
The 2017 Disruptor Awards Hiroshima were sponsored by the Gerald and Janet Carrus Foundation, Disruptor Foundation, + Center for Learning and Leadership
City as Museum
Public projections on buildings and digital storytelling on media panels throughout Hiroshima in partnership w/ Chugoku Shimbun
Short-form content from the 2018 ZERO Project Media Workshop and international open call
Musical Performances + Collaborations
Paul Miller aka Dj Spooky
Hiroki Okano
Christien Lien, Violist
Gomess, Rapper
Archetype with Todd Sines
Concert
W/ a Hibaku Piano (A-bomb survivor piano)
Global
AFH, BRONX | NOVEMBER 2018
Nuclear Deterrence @ Andrew Freedman Home (AFH)
Artworks by Cannon Hersey + Akira Fujimoto, curated by Walter Puryear
NYC | August 5, 2019
City as Museum
Outdoor projection at Anita’s Way, a highly trafficked walkway in Time’s Square, in partnership with Chashama + throughout the city
BASEL, MIAMI | December 2018
Exhibition of Cannon Hersey and Akira Fujimoto at
Scope Art Fair
Fearless Artist Media Pop Up Exhibition in Wynwood
Organic Chemistry exhibition, Shore Club Miami
City as Museum, outdoor projection across Miami
TOKYO | 2018 + 2019
Projection and exhibition of Zero Project throughout Tokyo
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 560+ million impressions
Media Coverage
National Public Radio (NPR)
SABC
New York Times
NHK
NHK World
Wall Street Journal
Chugoku Shimbun
Asahi Shimbum
Lead Partners
Since 2015 and through 2020 | Zengo, inc.
Since 2016 and through 2020 | Hiroshima International Culture Foundation
Since 2017 through 2020 | Disruptor Foundation and the Center for Learning and Leadership
From 2018 | Peace Culture Village will partner again with Zero Project after raising significant funds in 2015
Community Partners
Anabuki Design School
The Myoukein Temple
Intersection 611 Gallery
The Hurleyville Arts Centre
911 Memorial
John Bowne High School
Bartlett Farms
Government Partners
Mayors for Peace
Mayor Matsui of Hiroshima
Mayor Taue of Nagasaki
City of Hiroshima
Hiroshima Board of Education
Join us in our goal to reach a billion people by the 75th Anniversary of the atomic bombing in 2020
Contact
Cannon Hersey
Cannon@1future.com
+1 845 559 8828
Taku Nishimae
taku@zengo.com
+1 917 450 4921