DSpace Collection:https://repositorio.ufu.br/handle/123456789/199422026-04-08T05:42:49Z2026-04-08T05:42:49Z"Nós gatos já nascemos pobres": Poética da resiliência e do vestígiohttps://repositorio.ufu.br/handle/123456789/485172026-03-07T06:30:39Z2026-03-02T00:00:00ZTitle: "Nós gatos já nascemos pobres": Poética da resiliência e do vestígio
Abstract: This undergraduate thesis investigates the artistic creation process triggered by the fortuitous
encounter with street cats, proposing a theoretical and practical articulation between Fayga
Ostrower’s concept of Significant Chance and Carl Gustav Jung’s Synchronicity. The main
objective is to analyze the attentive walking and the appropriation of marginalized urban matter
as a method for constructing a personal poetics of resilience and vestige. Characterized by an
autoethnographic nature (Bogdan; Biklen, 1994; Lancri, 2002), the research assumes the
author's biographical implication — activated by the memory of his youth and the awakening
of the Survivor archetype — as the primary instrument of knowledge. The methodological path
describes an ontological crisis of traditional pictorial representation, which culminated in a
material turn towards the presentation of objects and debris collected in the urban space, in
dialogue with the legacy of the ready-made (Wood, 2002) and Arte Povera (Celant, 1969). The
theoretical scope is deepened by the phenomenological contributions of Gaston Bachelard
(1996), Erwin Panofsky's iconology (2009), A. J. Greimas's plastic semiotics (2002), and
Roland Barthes's concept of grain (1990). As a result, the study materializes in a body of work
composed of four assemblages and installations, integrated into the immersive exhibition
device called "The Cats' Room". This exhibition design subverts the institutional asepsis of the
gallery's white cube through cardboard barricades, establishing a tactile environment of
penumbra and tension. It is concluded that the attentive listening to the materiality of discarded
items and the acceptance of an acausal order of reality are capable of dissolving the boundaries
between life and work, merging human experience with animal exclusion. The research
legitimizes the state of readiness and the collection of vestiges not only as creation
methodologies, but as a radical gesture of empathy and an ethical statement on survival at the
margins of the metropolis.2026-03-02T00:00:00ZA ilustrabilidade na literatura de Edgar Allan Poe: entre a composição do fantástico e o imaginário coletivohttps://repositorio.ufu.br/handle/123456789/482012026-02-06T06:27:07Z2025-09-22T00:00:00ZTitle: A ilustrabilidade na literatura de Edgar Allan Poe: entre a composição do fantástico e o imaginário coletivo
Abstract: This work investigates why the short stories of Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) have been widely illustrated over time, exploring the relationship between literature and visual arts. The central question guiding this research is: what makes Poe’s work especially conducive to visualization? To answer this, three tales are analyzed: The Masque of the Red Death, The Fall of the House of Usher, and The Black Cat, in dialogue with illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, Harry Clarke, and Byam Shaw. The study also considers the dissemination of Poe’s works in France through Charles Baudelaire’s translations, as well as Poe’s own reflections on the creative process in The Philosophy of Composition. Furthermore, it draws on Tzvetan Todorov’s theory of the fantastic, along with the contributions of Gilbert Durand and Carl Gustav Jung, to better understand the collective imagination and the recurring symbols that permeate Poe’s stories and their visual representations.2025-09-22T00:00:00ZEu, Mulher Artistahttps://repositorio.ufu.br/handle/123456789/481532026-02-05T06:25:22Z2025-09-25T00:00:00ZTitle: Eu, Mulher Artista
Abstract: This work aims to present my account of the creation of the audiovisual piece "EU"
which relates my emotions to being a woman and represents a process of
self-discovery. The process focuses on two aspects: being a Woman and being an
Artist. The self-discovery process was based on a diary, which was created to better
observe my emotions in daily life and throughout my menstrual cycle, especially
since I am a cisgender woman with an irregular cycle. The second aspect, being an
Artist, involves becoming aware of my artistic practice and how it has changed during
the process.2025-09-25T00:00:00ZTuri: o imaginário fantástico na representação do realhttps://repositorio.ufu.br/handle/123456789/480162026-01-15T06:32:26Z2025-09-23T00:00:00ZTitle: Turi: o imaginário fantástico na representação do real
Abstract: Environmental issues have dominated the media recently. Concerns about biodiversity loss and the long-term effects of negative human intervention are increasingly discussed. This research seeks to explore the issues surrounding fires in the Cerrado, how they occur, and their effects on the biome through a fantastical representation that highlights the difference between natural fires and criminal or artificial ones. The research draws on the ideas of philosopher Ailton Krenak regarding the environment, as well as studies on fantasy by Tzvetan Todorov, the writings of Mircea Eliade regarding myth, and so on. Initially, a narrative was written that interprets the elements of the fires as if they were in a fantastical environment, which was scripted and then illustrated to better represent the story. The story was presented through a website created specifically for this purpose, which also used social media as a means of dissemination. Finally, the research also discusses the use of images as vehicles of information during the digital age.2025-09-23T00:00:00Z