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Visions of change: healing, nature and ecology in the work of Matsui Fuyuko, Mori Mariko and Japanese ecofeminist cinema 
Convenor:
Nieves Moreno (Escuela Universitaria de Artes TAI)
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Format:
Panel
Section:
Visual Arts
:
Auditorium 1 Jan Broeckx
Sessions:
Friday 18 August, -
Time zone: Europe/Brussels

Short Abstract:

This panel focuses on different artistic and filmic creations that investigate and reconsider female identity and the role of women as an element of change in contemporary Japanese society, through works in which the relation between welfare, nature and ecology are a central axis.

Long Abstract:

The artists presented in this panel proposal are examples of a common characteristic that can be identified in the work of different contemporary artists in the last two decades: the investigation and reevaluation of female identity and the role of women as an element of change in contemporary Japanese society. Methods and tools of representation are being used to reflect and demarcate social and individual contemporary identities. This art, linked to various processes such as the connection with tradition, nature or dealing with trauma, would fulfill the role of reshaping, even if only in symbolic terms, the role of women in designing a future marked by ecology, the welfare of others, and personal empowerment. Within the different transgenerational perspectives that deal with these issues, the artistic expressions presented in this panel offer a particular vision that transcends the territorial and cultural borders of Japan. Thus, we can see how Matsui Fuyuko explores and analyzes aggression and violence exerted on the body through the subversion of traditional themes such as kusôzu or yureiga, which connect with the post-war male gaze in artistic manifestations such as nihonga’s ayashii style or popular culture’s eroguro. The artist interprets this tradition to tell us about her individual trauma, presenting artistic representation as a healing therapy. In the case of Mori Mariko, she presents her works, which are a symbiosis of art and technology, as a spiritual path that may lead us to reconnect with nature. In her works created in Okinawa, her creative process merges with the role of the Okinawan noro or shaman. Finally, this panel will focus on the filmic manifestations that have addressed the ecologist and ecofeminist concerns in contemporary Japanese society, mainly among young women. These were triggered by the 2011 natural and nuclear disaster in the Tohoku area, combined with the latest events resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic crisis. Films created and set in relation to these two major events will be used as a tool in which a sustained and critical conversation between ecofeminism and the role of women in contemporary Japan will be presented.

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Session 1 Friday 18 August, 2023, -
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