Lead partner: Academy of Arts, University of Nova Gorica.
Other partners: Kaki Tree EU, Brescia, Italija – Tree Cultivation and Management of the Kaki Europe; Kaki Tree Japan; artist Tatsuo Miyajima and tree doctor dr. Ebinuma started the project 25 years ago. GO! 2025, University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica City Municipality and Pace Christi Gorizia.
The Revive Time: Kaki Tree Project is an art project teaching us about peace and the importance of life. From the only kaki tree that survived the atomic bomb attack that devastated Nagasaki in 1945, the tree doctor Masayuki Ebinuma collected seeds in order to plant them. In 1995, the artist Tatsuo Miyajima presented several young trees from these plantations as part of an exhibition; thus was born the Revive Time: Kaki Tree Project. On the 80th anniversary of the World War II and in the time of several wars and serious conflicts around the world, we have to rethink our values of peace over and over again.
Key individuals:
Academy of Arts, University of Nova Gorica:
- Rene Rusjan, leadership and concept,
- Boštjan Potokar, counselling,
- Polona Bratina, organisation and administration,
- Maja Stegovec, local organisation support,
- Rok Govednik, production leader,
- Ana Drašcek, PR planning and social media,
- Urša Bonelli, technical counselling and support,
- Polona Dolžan, performative events,
- Jasna Hribernik, film workshop,
- Olga Toni, video montage from found recordings.
Guest mentors:
- Želimir Žilnik, docu-fiction,
- Anja Medved, documentaries,
- Miloš Tomic, animated films,
- Tadej Žnidarcic, photo-documentary essays,
- Tina Zadnik, Japanese culture & Kamishibai workshops.
Special guest:
- Nada Kirn, Kaki Tree ambassador.
Postgraduate School / Cultural Heritage Studies:
- Saša Dobričič, space design,
- Marco Acri, socialising places.
Choreography, Visuals, Direction:
- Michal Rynia,
- Nastja Bremec Rynia.
Photo: Academy of Arts, University of Nova Gorica
