Ozawa Tsuyoshi: J-Alert
鈥淛-ALERT is a nationwide alert system designed to rapidly warn the populace of Japan of incoming ballistic missile attacks, imminent earthquakes, and approaching tsunamis. In contrast, art spreads information at very low transmission speeds. In some cases, an artwork may continue to exist long after the death of the artist, enabling it to continue alerting humanity across multiple generations.鈥� (Ozawa Tsuyoshi)
The posters that Ozawa re-drew were all winners of annual contests aimed at educating the public on the wonders and benefits of nuclear power and sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Through this series he attempted to give form to the reality of the Ministry鈥檚 exploitation of art classes to promote propaganda to unsuspecting children in schools, an unsavory aspect of Japanese art education.
Art is expressed in the form of works that can gain additional meanings and interpretations as time goes by. The layers of thought and ideas build up slowly as the art spreads, so a warning presented in the form of art can continue to alert viewers, warning them not to make the same mistake.
鈥淛-ALERT is a nationwide alert system designed to rapidly warn the populace of Japan of incoming ballistic missile attacks, imminent earthquakes, and approaching tsunamis. In contrast, art spreads information at very low transmission speeds. In some cases, an artwork may continue to exist long after the death of the artist, enabling it to continue alerting humanity across multiple generations.鈥� (Ozawa Tsuyoshi)
The posters that Ozawa re-drew were all winners of annual contests aimed at educating the public on the wonders and benefits of nuclear power and sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Through this series he attempted to give form to the reality of the Ministry鈥檚 exploitation of art classes to promote propaganda to unsuspecting children in schools, an unsavory aspect of Japanese art education.
Art is expressed in the form of works that can gain additional meanings and interpretations as time goes by. The layers of thought and ideas build up slowly as the art spreads, so a warning presented in the form of art can continue to alert viewers, warning them not to make the same mistake.
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