Correnteza : corpo e desejo - matéria e representação

The project Correnteza is composed by a series of watercolour porn animations that explore tensions of the body and desire. The images are an unlimited collection constituted by hand-painted images composed over films that respond to an invitation to participate in the project based on the premise of rethinking the body as a critical space. The present study Body and Desire _ Matter and Representation is established as a space for theoretical reflection of the project and seeks to deepen the considerations that conceive and structure the work. On the one hand, political aspects that constitute the core of the animations are pointed out, based on the central theme of feminism and sexuality, through the questioning of pornography from the perspective of contemporary gender theories. On the other hand, a reflection on the medium of the project is established through an investigation of the sensoriality of the image. In order to do so, in the first chapter a conception of sexuality is established through Foucault's concept of biopower, and issues of agency of the body are considered through the transposition of the term to contemporary understanding through the work of Judith Butler and Paul Preciado. The second chapter, through political correlations, uses the film Fuses by Carolee Schneemann as the basis for thinking about image perception and sensation through phenomenological and deleuzian concepts. The third chapter, finally, approaches experimental animation within the context of experimental cinema in order to comment on the support of Correnteza. During the course of the project, image, and therefore art, are considered in terms of their potential for political transformation