Meet the Author Event: Sandy Walker, Artist
Join artist Sandy Walker in a conversation about the work of Tamiki Hara, with Jaqueline Cabasso, Executive Director of Western States Legal, moderated by Tsutomu (Tom) Kono, Fellow, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵIDIR).
My Deepest Desire by Tamiki Hara draws in part on the author¡¯s experience living through the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and his fervent wish for peace. Renowned visual artist Sandy Walker came across Hara¡¯s poetry, which conflates the loss of Tamaki¡¯s wife before the bombing with the experience of the bombing and its aftermath as he struggled to make sense of life. Walker was so deeply moved by Hara¡¯s writings that he resolved to make an artwork around it. In conjunction with 11th Review Conference of the Parties to the 1970 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) here at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵHQ, Walker and Cabasso will discuss the enduring influence of Hara¡¯s writing. His final work stands as a prescient warning. Today, the growing dangers of wars among nuclear-armed states are palpable and intolerable.
- Date: Wednesday, 29 April 2026??
- Time: 1:00 ¨C 2:00 PM??
- Location: Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Bookshop
- Purchase your personal copy of the book at the event with a 10% discount and get it signed by the artist!
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