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Neo Mt. Fuji after March 11

MtFuji.jpg

December 2018

CGimage (Source: found image from the internet )

After the nuclear disaster in Japan on 11th March 2011 a huge area of the Japanese landscape has been destroyed by radiation. The Japanese government now has a new job trying to decontaminate areas from radioactive fallout. They removed the radioactive soil from the ground; they have kept it in flexible intermediate bulk containers. Vast numbers of black bags of radioactive waste have devastated the Japanese landscape around the Fukushima area, threatening our future. In 2019 the government announced the absurd plan to recycle 99% of radioactive soil to be repurposed in public projects. 

Mt. Fuji, the most famous mountain in Japan has inspired Japanese artists throughout the history of the country. I too have been creatively inspired by its presence in the landscape and during "Mt. Fuji Exhibition 2.0"; I made a CGimage depicting a mountain made of radioactive waste resembling Mt. Fuji.

 

2011年の原発事故によって、国土が大規模に放射能汚染されると、日本政府は除染業という新たな業種を作った。汚染土は除去後、プレコンバッグに詰め込まれる。福島周辺の汚染土の詰まった無数の黒い袋によってつくられる荒廃した景色は、我々の明るい将来を打ち砕いていくのだ。そんな中、2019年政府は公共事業に汚染土を再利用する馬鹿げた計画を打ち出した。試算では99%が利用可能とのことである。

富士山は日本で最も有名な山である。昔から多くのアーティストがその影響を受けて来た。「富士山展2.0」に参加するために、自分は今回富士山にも見える汚染土でできた山をCGで作った。

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