Where is the identity of the woman descended from Okinawa when she perceives gestures and thoughts in the unconscious that... Read More
Where is the identity of the woman descended from Okinawa when she
perceives gestures and thoughts in the unconscious that do not fit with the
country she is in? But perhaps they are of customs passed from mother to
daughter for a long time that connects this line between ancestors of the
Okinawan people and the present in Brazil. Where does the discovery of its
beauty go when it is not identified in the place it lives, nor in the books it
reads?
What I find in the history
of my people lives through my mother. Thus, the first excavation is about her.
The first generation of our family to live this dichotomy of being Brazilian
but with a face, body and culture from Okinawa.
The fabric used for this
painting is factory waste. There is also aging marks of the tissue that stood
still (brown marks).