CONCEPT
I came up with this idea as I was planning for the content of New Year’s greeting cards for 2005.
The image of the war in Iraq was still lingering on at the time in 2004.
It could only have been because I was so benumbed by a peaceful life in Japan, but I naively believed that there would be no war in the 21st century.
Even after the so-called century of wars, not having learnt the lesson from the past, human beings are still burning the flame of wars.
The profit-seeking economic system may be a cause of this.
I felt that we human beings will never unite as one unless we are in an equally threatening situation such as the one caused by aliens from outer space attacking the earth.
How can we unite as one?
All the countries in the world should help and cooperate with each other.
This project was generated by an idea that the image of humanity united as one could be built by creating a figure combining “Nation” “Cooperation” and “Peace” with all continents and islands of the world.
Our theme, “PIECE TOGETHER FOR PEACE” means that “PEACE” can be created by putting together “PIECE” like a puzzle.
INSPIRATION
Wegener, Alfred (1929). Die Entstehung der Kontinente und Ozeane [The Origin of Continents and Oceans].
CHALLENGE
It is very difficult and time-consuming to divide the world map into many fragments and to express it with only movement and rotation.
In addition, selection of theme and motifs is also very important.