Later this year, Japanese windsocks, created by the children at Greenfields Children's Centre in Southall, London, will feature in the Fukushima Fine Art Biennale 2012. Along with the windsocks will be the children's words and photographs documenting a project that stemmed from the children's fascination with the story of 'The Three Little Pigs' and evolved into an exploration of the Fukushima tidal wave and its aftermath.
Called 'Shelter from the Storm - A Message of Hope for Children in Japan', the Greenfields project has already been exhibited at the Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art.
The 'journey' started last summer when artist Kirstie Reid and I were again invited to take part in a creative awareness project at Greenfields. Initially, we visited the Centre to meet and observe the children and talk to staff to find out about the children's current interests and activities.
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