Passagens: construindo estratégias de ações artísticas, um olhar sobre a relação homem e animal no contexto urbano

Abstract

This research approaches reflections on the creative process during the elaboration of a visual poetics, that is themed upon political art and the micropolitics. The methodology used to approach such subject was given by a previous contact with the research field, the artistic operations were conceived from the poetic inquiring, mainly from photograph sessions done in passageways. These inquirings are made from an ethical, aesthetic and political approach, presenting a cut-off line between the relationship that can be established with animals in an urban context. Two artistic actions synthetise the efforts of this research: Boa viagem and Vida de cão. The pain and suffering of the animals are raised on the poetic approaches and the artistic language ellected to deal with such issues were the actions performed with the support of photographic images in a public areas. The notions of space, context and quotidian are demanded to the accomplishment of this reseach, as they substantiate the choices and strategies of the artistic projects.