Discover Nikkei presented a special activity during the closing reception at the Imagined Futures Conference presented by the Aratani Endowed Chair, UCLA, and the Japanese American National Museum.

The one-day conference included keynote addresses by Eric Nakamura of Giant Robot and actor George Takei, and workshops by established artists on filmmaking, anime/comics, blogs/new media, spoken word/hip-hop, fiction, and the art & business of clothes.

Participants were invited to help create the collage by sharing a picture, text, or item around themes of community and identity. They then posted their contributions to our collage themselves. Our own real-time board/wall to share something with our community.

Although the limited time period meant that we weren't able to get a large number of contributions to our collage, there were some very interesting postings. This collection presents a sampling of some of the contributions.

Thanks to all who participated!