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SAE Magazine 13-2

74 People & Business // Toshihiro Jinouchi And what about the global boom of Japanese contemporary image? If we go back to the Edo era, artists were living during an experimentation boom, assimilating new insights which fed the graphic narrative. They also assimilated the use of new technologies enriching the artistic possibilities of image. We can say that the experimentation with new technologies remains to this day. With globalisation and the approach to other cultures, they are assimilating new points of view. We should also remember that language repre- sents a communication barrier between cultures. Because drawing is a deeply rooted discipline in Japan, it has become such an expressive commu- nication tool that it has allowed an understanding between other cultures. Tell us about the workshop at SAE. I showed picture scrolls and antique drawing books from Japan so students could find new ways of expression during storytelling. The first exercise saw e character. In a free process, they us of their companions. The students generated and diverse forms. Giving beginning of the workshop The next task challenge Mexican legends in a w Japan could understand th We then found some co issues relating to colours the formation of different exchanged their views an could be used as the setti This allowed them to see where the characters live vities they performed. An important aspect of th students decided the typ use to narrate their story. This was either manga, an lising this freedom the stu jects which had a unique Could you give some exa One story involved a sna spreading colour on the de in the woods, in the sea. A many colours can be seen Because drawing is a deeply rooted discipline in Japan, it has become such an expressive communication tool that it has allowed an understanding between other cultures.

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