The Geneva-based International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) has donated a sculpture of a boy’s tricycle that was found the day Hiroshima was bombed to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum and the City of Geneva. Based on the story of 3-year-old Shinichi Tetsutani, "Future Memory - Tricycle" is an artwork by Akira Fujimoto and Cannon Hersey, created from digitally scanned data from the original tricycle. We are deeply grateful and honoured to be able to perpetuate his memory, with care and respect, through this exceptional bronze sculpture, now permanently installed, in free access.
Three-year-old Shinichi Tetsutani was riding his beloved tricycle in Hiroshima when the United States detonated an atomic bomb on 6 August 1945. By the end of that year, the world's first nuclear attack had killed an estimated 140,000 people, including Shinichi. Even today, no nation can be prepared for the humanitarian consequences of a nuclear weapon explosion. Shinichi's family donated the original tricycle to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in 1985. Shinichi's father, Nobuo Tetsutani, said: "This should never happen to a child. Please work to create a peaceful world where children can play to their heart's content." Created in 2022 by Akira Fujimoto and Cannon Hersey, Future Memory - Tricycle is a full-sized bronze sculpture of Shinichi's tricycle. It was donated to the City of Geneva and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN).
With the generous support of the Peace Pledge, including: Bancel Philanthropies, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Famille de Saussure, Famille Yves Mirabaud, Famille Reyl, Famille Schoenlaub, The Raymond Debbane Family Foundation, Stiftung Usine.
To find out more about the creative process and the history of the artwork: https://www.tricycle-geneva.ch/
