Pangaea in the UK - a dream becoming reality

My abiding first impressions of Pangaea is of peaceful evenings in unfeasibly quiet restaurants in Tokyo passionately discussing with Yumi Mori the scope and aims of her inspiring idea. I remember the tingle at the back of my neck as she described how the concept was born out of the ashes of 911.

Four years on - four very busy years for Pangaea and for me - I thought it was time to take some steps here in the UK to create another base for the international project. Pangaea is not widely known in Britain. There are just a few of us "old hands" who were in at the start and want to see it thrive. Now, after a few months of calls and mails to various institutions and container-loads of information passing between Kyoto and Ealing (a London suburb where my home and office are situated) I have begun to establish a series of potential connections which could result in a UK base for workshops and even some funding, with luck.