HARMOS the Human Flag Project
A Community Based Performance

For several months both children and adults have been making small peace flags which they are displaying in public places around Portland. They are also making larger flags for use with lights and Japanese flute music in a creative oommunity dance project.

On Saturday August 4, Sunday, August 5th, and Monday August 6th, 2007 a community based performance, HARMOS, will offer Portland a creative expression and remembrance of a devastating event in human history. This project represents the power creative action can have in making our world a safer, and saner place.

August 6th is the memorial of the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan in 1942. During these three days artists in an art installation, performance and community workshop will create an engaging public expression of peace. All Portlanders are invited to come to participate and celebrate during an evening of sharing personal and global thoughts about the issue of peace.

This event is taking place in three separate locations. Saturday at Unthank Park (near Mississippi area) at 8pm, Sunday at the Japanese American Historical Plaza on NW Naito Parkway at 7:30 pm and Monday in the adjacent park Buckman Elementary School located at 320 SE 16th.at 8 pm.

Four artists are spearheading this project, Chisao Hata, Ping Khaw Sutherland, Kestrel Gates and Lam Quong. They are creating the performance, which includes light, movement, poetry and community action. The following are a few organizations partnering in this event, Physicians for Social Responsibility, (FOR) Fellowship for Reconciliation, American Friends Service Committee, (WILPF) Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, the Buckman SUN Program, Multnomah Friends Meeting, the (IFCC) Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center and Our United Villages.