Marcos Rodríguez

In the 1980s, Taiwanese families arrived in Argentina; years later, many who felt Argentinean ended up in Taiwan. Parents leaving, their children returning; identities and memories divided, worlds we build to find each other.

The corner through which a bus that crosses Buenos Aires passes may suddenly be a corner that remains on the other side of the world. An old residential area of ​​the city, a few blocks from Barrancas de Belgrano, is transformed into something else. An arch marks the entrance: false imperial door, refuge for emigrants, tourist corridor, intersection of businesses, festivities and pedestrians, restaurants and supermarkets. What is Chinatown?