The Kanazawa Project

100 People, Consecutive Ages 1-100 

Tetkowski, (left) with students who worked on the Kanazawa Project from the Utatsuyama School in Kanazawa, Japan.  photo: Erika Larsen.

July 2002 -- Neil Tetkowski collaborated with 100 people with consecutive ages 1-100 in Kanazawa, Japan to create a public work called "Jedai" or Generations in Time. Kanazawa typifies the traditional provincial character and charm of old Japan yet also provides a fabulous example of a people that maintain their traditional and ethnic identity but actively engage in the modern world. Generations in Time celebrates the 40th Anniversary Celebration Buffalo/Kanazawa Sister City Program providing a tangible expression of communities connecting in a peaceful progressive manner. Press Release

100 participants made their mark in the soft clay.

Tetkowski built the rim of Generations in Time. photo: Erika Larsen 7/02

The Kanazawa Project was supported by the City of Kanazawa, Ishikawa, the City of Buffalo, New York, Mentholatum Corp., Fujisawa Healthcare Inc., Shibuya Foundation, Zemsky Family Trust, Utasuyama School, Kanazawa College of Art and many generous individuals. This project is part of the Common Ground World Project a sponsored project of the New York Foundation for the Arts.

25 sections were assembled by students from the Utatsuyama School.

American music students visiting Yuwaku School in Kanazawa, June 2005.

Special thanks to:

Takako Michii, Project Organizer

Toshio Ohi, Kanazawa

Valerie Zimany and friends at the Utasuyama workshop in Kanazawa

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