• Floating Clouds by Hisako Hibi

  • Jun 22 2024
  • Length: 10 mins
  • Podcast

Floating Clouds by Hisako Hibi

  • Summary

  • In today’s episode we look at “Floating Clouds” by Hisako Hibi, one of more than 120,000 Japanese Americans incarcerated in prison camps on the West Coast during WWII. Paintings like this served as the only visual record of life in the camps as well as a way for prisoners to deal with the harsh conditions.

    We’ll find out how she and her family were able to build a new life after the war and how she persevered through her art and with the help of fellow immigrants.

    SHOW NOTES
    “A Long Look” themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and “At the Cafe with You” by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/

    EPISODE MUSIC
    “Timeless One” by Solas Composer
    https://soundcloud.com/solas_composer/timeless-one

    “Eastern Thought” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

    Artwork information
    Hisako Hibi https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/floating-clouds-119617

    Detention camp paintings
    https://janm.emuseum.com/groups/hisako-hibi-collection/results

    Hisako Hibi info
    https://americanart.si.edu/artist/hisako-hibi-33445

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hisako_Hibi

    https://americanart.si.edu/blog/japanese-american-artists-hibi

    https://www.becomingvisible.si.edu/stories/hisako-hibi

    https://womenshistory.si.edu/blog/hisako-hibis-work-artist-was-almost-lost

    Exhibition info
    Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo

    Transcript available at https://alonglookpodcast.com/floating-clouds

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