Exhibitions & Events

Please contact me if you would like to: exhibit, publish or use the images; organise an event or workshops; collaborate; or support the project in any way.

 

United Nations / Geneva Environment Network event at International Environment House, Geneva : "33 Years after the Chernobyl Disaster & 8 Years after the Fukushima Disaster: A Time for Reflection for International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day", 26th April 2019. Attendees included Ukraine, Belarus, France, Germany, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Madagascar, The UN Environment Programe, the UNECE and others.

London House of Commons parliament building, public meeting 11.3.13

 

Exhibitions of this project are available as easily postable A3 laminated prints like in this picture. They can be blu-tacced to ordinary walls without damage. Please contact me if you are able to organise one.

Completed exhibitions and events and media

• 14th October 2023: No Need for Nuclear, 100% Renewables Can Do it. Exhibition at Manchester conference, UK
  
• 3rd July 2023: Side event of 53rd session of the Human Rights Council. Postcards of a portrait given to particiapants in cluding the permanent missions of multiple countries including the US and China, and Pacific nations
  
• Book published in Japan August 2021 :  国際社会から見た福島第一原発事故
  "The view from international society about the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster  - Things that we can do through international human rights law and the UN recommendations." Contains several of the children's images and is used as a resource by lawyers, members of the Japanese parliament (with a question asked of the Prime Minister at a special session), journalists and civil society groups.
  
• Asia Democracy Chronicles article on Fukushima and Covid response January 2021
  
• Geneva United Nations / Geneva Environment Network event at International Environment House, Geneva : "33 Years after the Chernobyl Disaster & 8 Years after the Fukushima Disaster: A Time for Reflection for International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day." Attendees included Ukraine, Belarus, France, Germany, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Madagascar, The UN Environment Programe, the UNECE and others. 26th April 2019
• Geneva Independent World Health Organisition event outside the French Consulate 26th April 2019
  
• Sheffield and Leeds events exploring the evacuee experience and energy futures June 2018
  
• People's History Museum, Manchester 31 March-1st April 2017
• Festival for Fukushima, Lancashire UK 11th March 2017
• Fukushima: Okuaizu Michi no Eki, Kaneyama. 14th June -13th July 2014, joint exhibition with Australian sister project
  
• "The World" ABC Australia live TV news: interview showing the children's pictures, March 11th
• Saint Michael's College, Colchester, Vermont, USA: seminar and exhibition March 11th. Burlington Free Press piece here
• Hong Kong Daily Apple newspaper, 11th March 2014: interview and images
  
• House of Commons in London , 10th March 2014. Geoff speaking at a public meeting in one of the committee rooms, video here 
  
• BBC Radio 4 iPM programme 18th January 2014, interview. Available to hear: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03pml0x and at https://audioboo.fm/boos/1951419-fukushima-nothing-is-ever-the-same
• Showa-mura Kouminkan, Fukushima from 3rd November - Dec 2013 . With Toowoomba sister project pictures. 
• Kyoto, Japan 9th exhibition November-December 2013 at Minna No Café. With performance by jazz singer Alicia Saldenha on 9th Dec 
• Falmouth, UK exhibition 11th-18th November 2013 with debate on nuclear energy at Woodlane Lecture Theatre Wed 13th 7pm
• Wells, Somerset, UK 6th August 2013. Exhibition, workshops and meet and greet outside Wells Cathedral. Hiroshima commemoration: talk. Filmed interview with Glastonbury Rock Festival organiser Michael Evis on Fukushima children's situation.
  
• Bridgewater Friends Meeting House, Somerset, UK Exhibition Thurs 1st – Sat 3rd Aug 10am-4pm & Mon 5th Aug 10am – 9pm. Talk by Geoff and Mitsuko with discussion at 7.30pm 5th August 2013
  
• Glastonbury Festival July 2013 Images used in prize-winning presentation by Stop Nuclear
• Chesterfield, UK 4th-6th May 2013Huffington Post webcast discussion (permalink) Wed March 13th 2013: 11am US ET/UK 3pm/Japan 12 midnight. Discussion marking 2nd anniversary of Fukushima disaster, Geoff Read participating.
  
• Houses of Parliament, London 11th march 2013: public meeting marking the second anniversary of the Fukushima disaster
• Southern Oregon University, USA. Sunday 10th March 2013
  Film event. Organizer: Southern Oregon Japanese Association
• UK Nuclear Free Local Authorities steering group seminar, Manchester Town Hall 25th January 2013. Attended by elected local government councilors and interested groups
• Toowoomba, Australia, 7thAugust - 2nd September 2012 Toowoomba Regional Gallery. Joint exhibition with sister project with local children who experienced flood disaster see here.
  
• Hiroshima annual Peace Exhibition, Hiroshima Japan 17th-20th August 2012
  
• Bridport, UK 18th August 2012 
• Rock Solid? EXPO at Kendal Museum, UK 24 March to 19 May 2012.

• Made. Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia, 4th-29th of April 2012 
• Design Festa Gallery, Harajuku, Tokyo, April 22nd〜May 6th 2012. "The Dream: we want to encourage nameless children" collaboration through Dora Kurowa with anonymous photographs and poetry English Exhibition page or Japanese 
• Chicago Green Festival USA 5th-6th May 2012  
• New York Green Festival USA 21st-22nd April 2012
• Move Mountains Festival (workshops by local children who experienced major flooding in response to Strong Children images) to 26th February 2012 Toowoomba, Australia
  
• Tokyo 1-15th February, joining with an exhibition of Iraqi children's artwork for Tohoku, organised by the Japan-Iraq Medical Network. (JIM-NET) covered by 2 TV chanels 
• PechaKucha Kyoto, presentation at Urban Guild, 11th February 2012 
• Fukushima University Feb.11th, exhibtion at an Anti-poverty Network symposium 
• Komorebi Suport Cafe, Iidabashi, Tokyo, December & January Saturdays until 7th Jan 10am-5pm 2012 
• Berg Café Gallery at Shinjuku Station, Tokyo, 1st-30th December 2011.
• Kizugawa International Exchange Group, Kyoto prefecture, 29th Oct 2011 
• Peace as a Global Language Conference, Konan University, Kobe, Japan Oct 22nd-23rd 2011
• Anti-poverty Campaign Conference, Tokyo, Oct 16th
• Shinjuku Chuo Koen Bon Odori Festival 14th August 2011
• Fuji Rock Festival 29th -31st July 2011

Fuji Rock festival energy village workshops and exhibition