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今回の震災によって困難を受けている人々が、前を向いて進んでいく為にアーティストとして自分が唯一持つ力を通じてこのプロジェクトを立ち上げます。
情報は錯乱し、原発の恐怖に怯え、供給が少なくなる物資などすべての不安をこのプロジェクトを通じて逆転したいと思います。
なぜなら被災現地では、飲まず食わずで母乳が出ずに夜泣きする我が子を、回りの迷惑を考え、雪の降るこの寒空に、外であやし、
本人では超える事ができない困難に直面する母親がいるから。
勤め先の病院で津波の被害にあって、仲間や患者さんが目の前で流されていく中、何とか5階まで逃げ、2日後に自衛隊が救助に来るまで陸の孤島と化した建物で救助を待つ間、泥水を飲んで窒息死や低体温症で7人が、人の命を救う医師である彼の目の前で亡くなっていき、人間の無力さを感じるから。
そして救助された日の午後に妻の出産に立ち会い、初の自分の子の誕生に、生まれるすばらしさを感じるから。
両親の安否を確認する事が出来ずに、一人で卒業式を迎えた小学生の勇気があるから。
震災からもうすぐ1週間が経ち、いまだに物資が届かず、原発のそばに避難する人には被爆者といった差別が起こり、
救助され、助かったにもかかわらず亡くなっていく悲しみがあるから。
だからこのポスターを創ります。
それでも日は昇るから。
カザマナオミ
We have all been so affected by the devastation and suffering that have befallen the people of northern Japan as a result of the earthquake, the tsunami, and the following nuclear crisis. As an artist, I am using the one power that I have to help, by starting a new project called Yes Japan. Through a series of prints with positive messages, I hope to begin to turn things around: the unease cased by confusing information, the fear of radiation, and the worries brought on by scarcity of resources. Together, we can bring hope and help the people who are suffering.
My motivation is the people who have faced and are continuing to face unthinkable hardships amidst the ongoing crisis: lack of food and water, no shelter, and no way to comfort their children.
A mother who has not eaten for days stops being able to produce breast milk for her baby. The hungry baby cries, and out of consideration for others, the mother goes out into the freezing cold with her crying infant. Like this woman, many in Japan are confronting an extremely sad situation that they cannot change by themselves.
A doctor saw his hospital building torn apart by the tsunami. Patients were swept away right before the doctor's eyes, while he and others managed to escape to the roof. While they waited for rescue for two days, he saw seven people on the roof die by hypothermia and suffocation caused by muddy water. This doctor, who is tasked with saving lives, had to watch, unable to help, as his patients were lost in this terrible way.
On the afternoon of the day he was rescued, his wife gave birth to their first child. The miracle of life couldn't have been more real to him on that day.
It's been just over a week since the earthquake, and the supply shortages continue, along with fears about nuclear radiation. Someone who has been saved can still die due to a shortage of supplies. This kind of tragedy continues.
That's why I'm making these posters. We will overcome all of this.
Naomi KAZAMA
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