In August, 2024, 79 years after the atomic bombing, the “Future Memory” exhibition was held at Gallery G in Hiroshima to share “Future Memory- Tricycle” with the people of Hiroshima before the sculpture was placed at the Red Cross Museum in Geneva.

The exhibition featured Fujimoto and Hersey’s “Future Memory – Tricycle” photogrammetry animated digital artwork, silkscreen on canvas, and “Untold” digital artwork. Additional collaborations by Hersey and Fujimoto exhibited include “Future Memory – No Name“ silkscreens on gold leaf and silver leaf paper from Hiroshima based Rekiseisha paper company. The exhibition also included solo artworks including realist and abstracted mushroom cloud paintings by Fujimoto, as well as Survivor Trees, John Hersey and Kiyoshi Tanimoto silkscreens by Hersey.

In addition to Akira Fujimoto and Cannon Hersey, Hiroshima artists Kenichi Asano, Hiroshi Yugen, Kazuya Kato, and Mari Ishiko participated in the group exhibition and musical program. At the round table on August 6, Hiroshima Survivor Koko Kondo participated in a dialogue about the power of art and culture to effect social change.

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Future Memory Tricycle UNTOLD” is a story about a family’s ‘Shinichi’s Tricycle,’ a story that has never been told before, and at the same time, it is a symbol of the unforgettable loss that “Future Memory” has found. Many A-bomb survivors in Hiroshima passed away without speaking of their experiences, and father Nobuo Tetsutani buried and built a small shrine for Shinichi in the garden of his house after the bombing in 1945, and He had prayed for 40 years. When Family moved Shinichi’s bones to a proper grave were unexpectedly found along with his tricycle and helmet at Shinichi’s funeral in 1985,. The donation of these items to the museum, Nobuo changed in the way spoke about the reality of the atomic bombing. The scenery and thoughts of his younger brother, Shinji Tetsutani, who was born after the war. He was watching father’s back all the time. The complex memories that have been passed down to us from generation to generation, and which cannot be seen through records alone, will continue to spread through this works.