Between Japan, Brazil and Mexico: Circulations, Connections and Transferences

ABSTRACT

This is a study on the mobility and circulation of artists between Brazil and Japan and between Mexico and Japan, not only of immigrants but also of those who remained provisionally in these countries. It is oriented by Global History, whose focus goes beyond national borders, centering on adherences, transfers, and connections established in networks. Objects and human beings are in constant movement, and with them thoughts are displaced; in the artistic case, techniques, themes, materials are included in new works within a new cultural reality. The research seeks to identify forms of displacement, circulation and the relationships this process has engendered in artistic works, in their different dynamics in Brazil, Mexico and Japan, through some Nipo-Brazilian and Nipo-Mexican artists.

KEYWORDS:
Art; Circulation; Immigration; Japan; Brazi; Mexico