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Midori Hirota is a bit of artists who have interesting experiences in his life. He was born and raised in Japan, but then many more lives in Indonesia, especially in the island city of Yogyakarta and Bali. For Hirota, Bali is a land line with his. He learned the language and culture Bali, and even have family there. During Hirota, she also actively involved and work in various art activities.

Despite the years of living in Indonesia and remember that the countries in Southeast Asia, but Hirota feel there is still a distance that distinguishes itself with the people in Southeast Asia. However he can not release the identity of himself as part of the history of the nation, Japan. Hirota sometimes feel alone in the moment-a moment in his life, he was sequestered (alienated) and different. For example, when the month in August, when the Indonesian community celebrates independence day, he felt a different matter because at the same time the Japanese people celebrate it as a defeat and the days how jahatnya war. At moments like this, Hirota, of course, can not be "signed in" so it is in celebration. Experience makes Hirota rethink itself and the existence of the parallel themes affect art works.

Hirota works much the personal theme, in which the search akan identity and spiritual values so prominent. Project art "Exchange Project" is based on the idea of making the exchange of goods with his goods certain people who have experience with the events of the Second World War in the Philippines and several countries in Asia other landmark.

Project art "Exchange Project" Hirota like to make a pilgrimage places sacred and important. Pilgrimage is a journey for the recall, remember and is a personal tribute to someone and events. However, Hirota further to perform pilgrimage in memory of an event. Collection of objects of exchange does not directly remind us akan World War II, he became a process of exchange of impressions about the recall will be a fellow human events.

Project art "Exchange Project" Hirota effort as "connecting people" (connecting people). In the process of interaction and give and receive, the tergambarlah clear how the actual relationship between human beings should. There is willingness to share that was one of the power of people, a willingness to overcome the ego and the encouragement of a individualist. In the process of giving and receiving, and also connected on the similarities and differences of each human being. Secondly this is so important to be in existence to imagine themselves as part of a communal identity, whether the tribe, race, nation and beyond. Imagine communal identity as keAsiaan for example, not always working to find the similarity and uniformity, but also find differences as part of a cultural property.

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