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One?Thousand?Pots, One?Thousand?Thoughts

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One?thousand?pots, one?thousand?thoughts?is?an installation by artist and ceramicist Yozo Hirayama that commemorates the victims of the Tohoku earthquake and Tsunami of?11th?March?2011.?Over?a?period?of?a?year, ?Yozo?has made one thousand pots as this number has a symbolic meaning in Japan, as it represents infinity or eternity.?One?thousand?pots thus stands?as?a?marker?and?a?memory?of those? who? died? in the disaster. Each pot is individually?crafted?in?his?palm, ?so?they?are?all?slightly different?in size?and?shape. They are symbolic of all living beings across?time?and?space, with the end result being a?kind?of?ritual?appeasement?to?the savagery of nature.

OPEN: Tuesday – Saturday 10.30 – 17.00 CLOSED: Sunday and Monday Tel: 020 7898 4046 (recorded information) Nearest Underground: Russell Square. ADMISSION FREE www.soas.ac.uk/gallery Info: 020 7898 4046

Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square London WC1H 0XG

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