- Date & Time
- August 5-6, 2016
- Location
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Dulux Gallery, Melbourne School of Design
University of , Masson Rd, Parkville VIC 3010
Melbourne
8:15am, 6th August is the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. From 8:15am 5th August to 8:15am 6th August, I perform a 24 hour tea meditation on the atomic bombing of Hiroshima for a nuclear-free world.
Schedule
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8:15AM ~ 11:00PM AUG 5
SESSION I : Open to publictea and meditation in the gallery
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11:00PM AUG 5 ~ 6:00AM AUG 6
SESSION II : Registered guests onlytea and meditation in the gallery
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6:00AM – 8:15AM AUG 6
Session III : Open to publictea and meditation in the gallery
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8:15AM – 8:45AM AUG 6
Session IV : Symbolic burningAt 8:15am 6th August, the same time of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, I set fire to my tea equipment used over the 24 hours. This will occur outside the gallery between the Melbourne School of Design building and Union House.
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12:00 PM
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24 TEA x HIROSHIMA 2014 : ICELAND
The first 24 Hours Tea x Hiroshima was completed in Skagatrönd, Iceland.
Tea dissolves fear
24 Hours Tea x Hiroshima combines the practice of the Japanese ritual with first-hand accounts of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. In so doing, both beauty and ugliness are made manifest. The bombing of Hiroshima is commemorated as vehemently as it acknowledges beauty, peace, equality and tranquility of mind. By promoting an acute awareness of the Hiroshima bombing of 6 August 1945 through tea ritual, alienating notions of 'us' and 'them' are diminished, the will for nuclear abolition is renewed and aspirations for peace are reinvigorated.
24 Hours Tea x Hiroshima format:
- 36 x 30 min tea rites over 24 hours10 min walking meditation between tea rites
- Conducted in silence
- No food, only tea
- The first bowl of tea in each rite is dedicated to those who suffered in the A-bombing of Hiroshima: those who melted under the atomic bomb, and those who suffered in the decision to use it on fellow human beings
- The second bowl of tea in each rite is served to the people who join me for nuclear abolition
