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Marita Ibañez Sandoval

Visual Research

About

Visual researcher, dark room technician and teacher. Born and raised in Lima, Peru. Based in Ibaraki, Japan, and currently pursuing doctoral studies in Photomedia at the Doctoral Program in Art at the University of Tsukuba. Holds a BA in Fine Arts from Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru and a MSc degree in Kansei Design from the University of Tsukuba in Japan.


As a Monbukagakusho Scholar of the Japanese Government, Ibañez Sandoval researches landscape, migration, and Latin American communities in Japan. Lecturer with over a decade of experience at Universities in Peru and Japan. She is currently in charge of the University of Tsukuba's photographic studio and darkroom. Former founder and Creative Director of Iconografico and co-founder of PickApp, projects part of the 2nd generation of Wayra Peru, Startup Peru, and Ynnovadores. Her work has been presented in different cities in Latin America, Europe, the USA, Korea, and Japan. Ibañez Sandoval is part of the Time Lab/McLeod Lab research group.

Projects

Siggraph Asia Daegu 2022: Art Gallery

The installation consists of an urban/rural Japanese landscape influenced by a Latinx community. Model structures are made of printed photographs, and small screens for seeing details, both part of a bigger archive. In this setting, attendees will be able to see the visual communication of the city.

19th Doctoral Course Exhibition

Landscapes might be a reflection of the people that inhabited them. Through art, can we generate connections between histories, cultural heritage, land, and context? Using photomedia, family archives, and stories, I'm exploring how to rethink the role of landscapes as a space for reimagining transgenerational connections. The 19DC Exhibition presents selected work of doctoral students of the University of Tsukuba

Mitsukaido: A Brazilian Town in Japan

In the Japanese city of Jōsō, 40% of the migrant population is Brazilian. This community is mainly located in Mitsukaido, home of the shopping district, where businesses and advertisements are directed to the Brazilian enclaves. Set in an urban-rural landscape, I am focusing on the community's migratory footprint and its effects on how we understand a landscape. Currently at the exhibition "What is an image?" peer-reviewed exhibition of the IVSA2022 conference. Visit the exhibition at Kunstmatrix here

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Mending Landscapes

Understanding and (re)constructing my experience of the city. 3 trips to Joso, the city with the second largest migrant population in Ibaraki prefecture, Japan. Looking for the trace of the Latin American migrant experience in one of the central streets in Ishige, Joso. Currently at the exhibition "Connecting & Sharing – Envisioning the Futures of Visual Literacy", a peer-reviewed exhibition of the IVLA2022 conference. Visit the exhibition at Kunstmatrix here

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18th Doctoral Course Exhibition

Landscapes might be a reflection of the people that inhabited them. Can we generate connections between histories, cultural heritage, land, and context through art? Using photomedia, family archives, and stories, I'm exploring how to rethink the role of landscapes as a space for reimagining transgenerational connections. The 18DC Exhibition presents selected work of doctoral students of the University of Tsukuba

Tsukuba Obscura

A Time Lab/McLeod Lab Project. Traditionally, the camera obscura image is upside down. However, with further optical instruments (e.g. the Bonfoton UP), it is possible to right that image. Intervention at the T+ Gallery, University of Tsukuba.

Camera Obscura

A Time Lab/McLeod Lab Project. A camera obscura is an old tool that projects the outside of a room inside. Inside and outside at the same time.

Education

University Of Tsukuba

April 2021 - Currently

Doctoral Program in Art

Ph.D. fellow at the Doctoral Program in Art, Art and Design Department. Member of the McLeod/Time Lab.

University of Tsukuba

April 2019 - March 2021

M.Sc. Kansei Science

Master Program in Kansei, Behavioral, and Brain Sciences. Member of the Lee Lab/Kansei Design Lab.

Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

March 2002 - July 2008

Bachelor in Arts

Member of the Axis-Arte Research Group.


Publications

Mending Landscapes: Mirroring Joso

(2023) Mending Landscapes: Mirroring Joso. In J. Lee, W. Huang, X. Chen, F. Rodrigues, L. Okan, S. Beene, C. Huilcapi-Collantes (Eds.), Connecting & Sharing: The Book of Selected Readings 2023 (p. 169). International Visual Literacy Association. doi.org/10.52917/ivlatbsr.2023.035

Book Review: Community as Rebellion

(2023) Community as Rebellion: A Syllabus for Surviving Academia as a Woman of Color: by Lorgia Garcia Peña Chicago, Haymarket Books, 2022, 120 pages ISBN: 9781642597196 (ebook) Price: $9.99.  doi.org/10.1080/1472586X.2023.2210534

Nippo-Latin American Land

(2022) Nippo-Latin American Land. In Proceedings of the SIGGRAPH Asia 2022 Art Gallery (pp. 1-1). doi.org/10.1145/3550470.3558437