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Michel Huneault "Post Tohoku 2012-2024"
Embassy of Canada Prince Takamado Gallery
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Michel Huneault
The Prince Takamado Gallery (Tokyo) presents the world premiere of the completed corpus “Post Tohoku 2012-2024” by Quebec artist Michel Huneault. This exhibition offers an exploration of twelve years of commitment, collaboration, research, and documentation undertaken by the artist in the Tohoku region, marked by the tragic events of March 11, 2011.
“How to live in such a traumatized landscape? How can its long-term impacts be represented and imagined? Will Tohoku rebuild itself, both physically and in our imagination?” asked Michel Huneault. In 2012, fourteen months after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident, the artist initially went to Tohoku with these questions in mind, dividing his time between volunteering for rehabilitation activities with the organization “It’s Not Just Mud” and documenting the situation.
Assembled over a twelve-year period, “Post Tohoku 2012-2024” goes beyond simple photographic and factual testimony. It unfolds as a long-term transmedia experience, integrating composite panoramas, oral histories, and experimental videos in a collaborative, intimate, and lyrical approach. The body of work also reflects the artist’s sensitive bond with the places and people he encountered, his nostalgia, and his impressions. This artistic approach offers a nuanced narrative — situated yet open — on the complexity of emotions, trauma, and of the transformations that the region has undergone over time.
The Post Tohoku 2012-2024 exhibition invites reflection on collective memory, how communities rebuild after a tragedy, the lessons they offer, and the perpetual negotiation between societies, nature, and their environment.
“How to live in such a traumatized landscape? How can its long-term impacts be represented and imagined? Will Tohoku rebuild itself, both physically and in our imagination?” asked Michel Huneault. In 2012, fourteen months after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident, the artist initially went to Tohoku with these questions in mind, dividing his time between volunteering for rehabilitation activities with the organization “It’s Not Just Mud” and documenting the situation.
Assembled over a twelve-year period, “Post Tohoku 2012-2024” goes beyond simple photographic and factual testimony. It unfolds as a long-term transmedia experience, integrating composite panoramas, oral histories, and experimental videos in a collaborative, intimate, and lyrical approach. The body of work also reflects the artist’s sensitive bond with the places and people he encountered, his nostalgia, and his impressions. This artistic approach offers a nuanced narrative — situated yet open — on the complexity of emotions, trauma, and of the transformations that the region has undergone over time.
The Post Tohoku 2012-2024 exhibition invites reflection on collective memory, how communities rebuild after a tragedy, the lessons they offer, and the perpetual negotiation between societies, nature, and their environment.
Schedule | Jan 17 (Fri) 2025-Apr 11 (Fri) 2025 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://www.international.gc.ca/country-pays/japan-japon/galerie-prince_takamado-gallery.aspx?lang=eng#_Next_exhibition | ||||
| Venue | Embassy of Canada Prince Takamado Gallery https://www.international.gc.ca/country-pays/japan-japon/galerie-prince_takamado-gallery.aspx?lang=eng | ||||
| Location | 7-3-38 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-8503 | ||||
| Access | 5 minute walk from exit 4 North at Aoyama-itchome Station on the Ginza and Honzomon lines, 20 minute walk from exit 1 at Nogizaka Station on the Chiyoda line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-5412-6305 | ||||
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