On April 13^th, the Bell Gallery will host a panel discussion with the artists and curators behind the project “Don't Follow the Wind” — an ongoing exhibition started on March 11, 2015 inside the uninhabited, radioactive Fukushima exclusion zone caused by the nuclear catastrophe. The collaboration with 12 Japanese and international artists includes new commissions spread over three sites of homes and workplaces lent by former residents.

Panel discussion with photographer Chris Jordan, naturalist Carl Safina, founder of 5Gyres Institute Marcus Eriksen, and artist Pam Longobardi.  The panel is part of re|ACT: Symposium on Arts and Environment, organized by the Brown Arts Institutive. Further information on the symposium is here. The symposium is free, but seating is limited. To attend The Plastic Ocean please register for Saturday's program here.