A Life in Pieces: The Diary and Letters of Stanley Hayami

This cutting-edge media project brings to life the wartime diary of Stanley Hayami, a Japanese-American teenager who, during the Second World War, was forced into captivity with his family and many other American citizens of Japanese descent at Wyoming’s Heart Mountain Relocation Center. Viewers are invited to enter the rugged living conditions where the Hayami family lived as Stanley describes with poignant optimism the difficult reality he faces being imprisoned behind barbed wire. An artist at heart, his various drawings and sketches inspired US VR director Nonny de la Pena – frequently described as ‘The Godmother of VR’ – to tell Stanley’s story. Employing state-of-the-art VR technology, the teenager’s writings and drawings come to life through live-action characters, 3D animation and photogrammetry of actual surroundings.

Ulrich Schrauth

Age recommendation: 15+

Contains scenes of racism