Dissertação
Dispositivo e contradispositivo na construção poética do retrato
Fecha
2015-06-08Registro en:
HAPPKE, Rafael. Device and counter-device in the poetic construction of the portrait. 2015. 134 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Artes) - Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, 2015.
Autor
Happke, Rafael
Institución
Resumen
This paper aims to make an investigation into the use of devices as the camera and
counter-devices created specifically for photographic portraits as poetic realizations,
seeking a new construction of the appearances represented in them, in an attempt to
attain a renewed aesthetic of this photographic category, which has been widely
requested since the beginning of photography. This study is based on the works of
different artists such as Julia Margaret Cameron, Felix Nadar, Arthur Omar and Sarah
Moon, among others, through an observation of the expressions of the portrait that can
clarify and ensure a personal poetic achievement that will enrich this subject in the
Visual Arts. Secondly, the counter-device plays a key role in the practical and reflective
direction of this research. Thus, we seek to analyze the counter-device as a key
element and to explore what knowledge it may hold and what action it has in making
photography. In this context where devices allow the creation of sensitive objects fitting
for reflection, we base our work in Giorgio Agamben, Flusser, Arlindo Machado,
Annatereza Fabris and Françoise Soulages among others, and divergent concepts
arise throughout the work and problematize the object of this investigation. Finally, we
present a series of portraits made during the research that combine theoretical thinking
with practice.