An all-Christian American crew used the steeple of Japan’s most prominent Christian church as the target for an act of unspeakable barbarism, writes Gary G. Kohls.
What Imperial Japan Couldn't Do in 250 Years American Christians Did in Nine Seconds
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Lack of images depicting the real-life horrors of the atomic bombs left a generation in the dark BY DON CARLETON 4 Aug 23 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2023/08/04/japan/barbie-oppenheimer-nuclear-weapons/ As we approach the 79th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, America is gripped in a confusing and (as some have argued) insensitive cultural moment. The release of very different…
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5 to See: Digital Shows
From Taipei to Istanbul, these shows deal with themes of empathy, common perception and communication across borders. Experience global art and culture this winter with
Aestheticaâs selection of five must-see online exhibitions.
, Taipei Fine Arts Museum
This yearâs Taipei Biennial, co-curated by philosopher Bruno Latour, explores the increasingly fractured ways in which different cultures experience ideas of the global â whether they conceive of the world on ecological, economic or nationalist terms, for example â and the need to resolve these differences in an era of gathering ecological catastrophe. For Latour and his collaborator, curator Martin Guinard, âit is as if there were several versions of Earth, with properties and capacities that are so different that they are like distinctive planets.â The physical exhibition takes the form of a âplanetariumâ, with different sections conceptualised as different versio