Project for a Masquerade (Hiroshima)
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Project for a Masquerade (Hiroshima) is a multimedia art installation by Simon Starling that intertwines Japanese Noh theatre, Cold War history, and the story of Henry Moore’s sculpture Atom Piece to explore how cultural narratives and political events intersect.
All labels observed (1)
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| Project for a Masquerade (Hiroshima) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10949590 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Project for a Masquerade (Hiroshima) Context triple: [Simon Starling, notableWork, Project for a Masquerade (Hiroshima)]
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Project Hirak
Project Hirak is a field formation of India’s Border Roads Organisation responsible for constructing and maintaining strategic road infrastructure in its assigned region.
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B.
The Nagasaki Vector
The Nagasaki Vector is a science fiction novel by libertarian author L. Neil Smith, set in his alternate-history North American Confederacy universe and exploring themes of individual liberty and political intrigue.
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C.
Night and Fog in Japan
Night and Fog in Japan is a 1960 Japanese political drama film directed by Nagisa Ōshima that examines the tensions and disillusionment within leftist student movements in postwar Japan.
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D.
Tokyo Raid
Tokyo Raid is the common name for the Doolittle Raid, the first U.S. air attack on the Japanese home islands during World War II, launched in April 1942 as a morale-boosting strike following Pearl Harbor.
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E.
Project Setuk
Project Setuk is a field formation of India’s Border Roads Organisation responsible for constructing and maintaining strategic road infrastructure in remote and border regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Project for a Masquerade (Hiroshima) Target entity description: Project for a Masquerade (Hiroshima) is a multimedia art installation by Simon Starling that intertwines Japanese Noh theatre, Cold War history, and the story of Henry Moore’s sculpture Atom Piece to explore how cultural narratives and political events intersect.
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A.
Project Hirak
Project Hirak is a field formation of India’s Border Roads Organisation responsible for constructing and maintaining strategic road infrastructure in its assigned region.
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B.
The Nagasaki Vector
The Nagasaki Vector is a science fiction novel by libertarian author L. Neil Smith, set in his alternate-history North American Confederacy universe and exploring themes of individual liberty and political intrigue.
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C.
Night and Fog in Japan
Night and Fog in Japan is a 1960 Japanese political drama film directed by Nagisa Ōshima that examines the tensions and disillusionment within leftist student movements in postwar Japan.
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D.
Tokyo Raid
Tokyo Raid is the common name for the Doolittle Raid, the first U.S. air attack on the Japanese home islands during World War II, launched in April 1942 as a morale-boosting strike following Pearl Harbor.
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E.
Project Setuk
Project Setuk is a field formation of India’s Border Roads Organisation responsible for constructing and maintaining strategic road infrastructure in remote and border regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contemporary artwork
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multimedia art installation ⓘ |
| artist | Simon Starling ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Simon Starling ⓘ |
| depicts |
Cold War nuclear politics
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Henry Moore’s Atom Piece ⓘ
linked to:
Henry Moore’s sculpture Atom Piece
Noh masks ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
art and politics
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cultural translation ⓘ historical memory ⓘ nuclear anxiety ⓘ representation of nuclear power ⓘ |
| genre |
conceptual art
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installation art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
sculptural elements
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theatrical staging elements ⓘ video component ⓘ |
| hasSubtitle | Hiroshima ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Project for a Masquerade (Hiroshima) ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Cold War nuclear politics
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Henry Moore’s Atom Piece ⓘ
linked to:
Henry Moore’s sculpture Atom Piece
Japanese Noh theatre ⓘ
linked to:
Noh theatre
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| language |
English
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Japanese ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Cold War history
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Henry Moore’s sculpture Atom Piece ⓘ Japanese Noh theatre ⓘ intersection of cultural narratives and political events ⓘ |
| movement |
contemporary art
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post-conceptual art ⓘ |
| notableFor |
intertwining theatre, sculpture, and political history
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reframing Henry Moore’s Atom Piece through Japanese Noh theatre ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | Cold War ⓘ |
| relatedPerson | Henry Moore ⓘ |
| relatedPlace | Hiroshima ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Atom Piece ⓘ |
| usesMedium |
film
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installation ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Project for a Masquerade (Hiroshima) Description of subject: Project for a Masquerade (Hiroshima) is a multimedia art installation by Simon Starling that intertwines Japanese Noh theatre, Cold War history, and the story of Henry Moore’s sculpture Atom Piece to explore how cultural narratives and political events intersect.
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