#1000Kindness is a project that intersects reality, collecting and reassembling our kindness and compassion as a collective into a repertoire while touching the back-to-basics in all of us;
our “humanity.”
It provokes the perspectives of the willing participant, by revealing the humanity of one’s relationship with one’s reality, opening up the viewer’s mind to new possibilities.” “What can I do / give” Instead of “What’s in it for me / What do I get out of it?”
The installation art has been
seen by 7 million plus people
and has visited 6 continents, 37 cities around the world.
88%
Social media
Our hope for #1000Kindness Project is that cranes will help send 1,000 kindness acts and kindness will resonate into the world.
With the help of social media over multiple social network interactions for #1000Kindness. This will also create caring communities and nurture kindness, build trust, happiness and compassion to make a better world in the space in which we are living. In doing so, this would also create an eternal peace for the people of the world.
Individuals are invited to create and write an act of kindness on a crane, and / or record their
pledge of kindness on video and upload it to: Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / TikTok / etc.
Upload to social media with the hashtag #1000Kindness, and complete their kindness act within 48 hours.
#AdamQuang #1000Kindness
A love of self towards a fellow human being, and create a better place for us to live!
Kindness Pledge 📍 London UK
Pledge of kindness on video upload it to social media: Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Tiktok / etc…
#1000Kindness as a global art installation, uses 1,000 hand-folded origami cranes, social media and pop-up venues to create a kindness ripple effect.
2011 Private yoga studio
2012 Private commission
2013 Brand partnership
Marimekko and EQ3
North American windows campaign
2014 International installation art
Southbank Art Festival . London UK
2017 Guerrilla installation art
Ongoing Street Style Installation Art
2019 Private commission
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Today the installation art has visited 6 continents, 37 cities around the world, and has been seen by 7 million plus people.
📍 North America:
– Canada: Toronto, Montreal, Combermere, Ottawa, Saskatoon, Prince Edward County, Aurora, Haliburton, Niagara Falls, Calgary, Regina.
– United State of America: NYC, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Rochester, Charlotte NC. Texas, Park City – Utah, Maui – Hawaii.
📍 Asia – Thailand: Bangkok. Singapore. Hong Kong. Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City.
📍 Europe – France: Paris. UK: London.Spain: Barcelona, Madrid. Portugal: Lisbon, Porto
📍 Australia – Sydney
📍 South Africa
📍 South America – Brazil: São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte. Mexico: Puerto Vallarta, Cancún – Quintana Roo
If you have found value in my work and would like to help me continue to create more
My works do not generate profit – they are created in order to raise awareness. Your financial support is much appreciated. Each dollar really counts, from a one-time contribution to a monthly donation of support.
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DIY
How To Made An Origami Crane
#1000kindness
#1000kindness Street Style
Radio Interview
2014📍 London UK
Adam Quang
Multi-award-winning interdisciplinary artist | author | yogi
Adam’s current work, the #AQSFAI series focuses on sustainability and technology, and have been shown at 📍Design Miami / Art Basel show in Miami, USA and 📍T.I.F.F. – Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada.
Adam’s art piques our senses of touch and sight, and plays with our minds through imagery and metaphoricity. He encourages or provokes the viewer to re-imagine new usage of our technologies and fashion consumption. His works have visited 35 different cities across 5 continents and have been seen by 7 million-plus people at the 📍 Southbank Art Festival, London, UK.
"Ideas change the world only when they change our behaviour."
Yuval Noah Harari
benefit
“Kindness makes us happier on a biochemical level, through elevated levels of dopamine, a natural high in the brain” 5 Beneficial Side Effects of Kindness
Help
“Helping other increase self-esteem and happiness” Scientific proof for karma / York University
Research
Researchers at Toronto’s York University have discovered: being nice and practicing good deeds can boost your self-esteem, increase your happiness, and change your life.
7-Year Secret
2011 – Last stages of cancer.
The doctor gave the artist’s sister 3-5 months to live.
The #1000Kindness installation art was created as a secret prayer to help his sister ease the pain while going through cancer treatment.
She survived the treatment, recovered, and lived relatively pain-free for approximately another 2 years, then passed away on December 23, 2013.
It is said that a thousand folded cranes, one for each year of its life, can make a wish come true.
Fossils dating back 60 million years, make the crane one of the oldest birds to have inhabited the Earth. Greek and Roman myths portray the dance of cranes as a celebration of life – love of joy for Apollo, the sun god.
In ancient times, legend has it that cranes can live up to 1,000 years old. As a messenger of Buddha / gods they bring dreams and wishes to the people. With their powerful wings they carry people to higher levels of spiritual enlightenment, and once paired, they mate for life.
Throughout Asia the crane is a symbol of peace, love, fidelity, joy, wisdom, kindness, longevity, prosperity, happiness, good health, and eternal youth. People write their wishes on an origami crane and hang it on a tree or release it into a river so it can be delivered to Buddha / god.
