“[The wild boars] look at me like I am a visitor. It's like they’re the owners and I’m the guest. Wild animals that normally live in nature have taken over our world. I wonder if we are the ones now living in the cage.” — Koichi Nemoto, Fukushima Resident
At 14:46 JST on March 11, 2011, the combination of a 9.0 Mw earthquake and tsunami greatly disrupted life in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. While the earthquake warning systems alerted managers to shut down the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, the speed of the resultant tsunami damaged the plant before the shutdown could complete. The damaged facility seeped radioactive fallout into the surrounding air, soil, and ocean—corrupting water and food systems.
The extent of the radioactive fallout following the Fukushima disaster occurs on scales that are difficult to grasp. Fukushima 2100 takes visitors on a tour of the damaged site and catalogues the flora and fauna impacted throughout the ecosystem in the form of a speculative floating natural history museum. A Safecast geiger counter, caesium mineral deposits, rice, seaweed, anchovies, and emergency iodine pills represen… View full description
“[The wild boars] look at me like I am a visitor. It's like they’re the owners and I’m the guest. Wild animals that normally live in nature have taken over our world. I wonder if we are the ones now living in the cage.” — Koichi Nemoto, Fukushima Resident
At 14:46 JST on March 11, 2011, the combination of a 9.0 Mw earthquake and tsunami greatly disrupted life in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. While the earthquake warning systems alerted managers to shut down the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, the speed of the resultant tsunami damaged the plant before the shutdown could complete. The damaged facility seeped radioactive fallout into the surrounding air, soil, and ocean—corrupting water and food systems.
The extent of the radioactive fallout following the Fukushima disaster occurs on scales that are difficult to grasp. Fukushima 2100 takes visitors on a tour of the damaged site and catalogues the flora and fauna impacted throughout the ecosystem in the form of a speculative floating natural history museum. A Safecast geiger counter, caesium mineral deposits, rice, seaweed, anchovies, and emergency iodine pills represent the scope of the disaster and the human engagement required to navigate life in the Anthropocene in Fukushima.