Under the Vestiges of a Body: Culture, Speech and Event
In contemporary time, at the same time that is given an uncontrolled cultural and social multiplication of the<em> figures of the body</em>, its sense escapes indefinitely. The question “<em>what’s the body</em>?” constitutes an archaic and urgen...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas
2011-05-01
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| Series: | Calle 14: Revista de Investigación en el Campo del Arte |
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| Online Access: | http://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/ojs/index.php/c14/article/view/1212 |
| Summary: | In contemporary time, at the same time that is given an uncontrolled cultural and social multiplication of the<em> figures of the body</em>, its sense escapes indefinitely. The question “<em>what’s the body</em>?” constitutes an archaic and urgent question. The fascination and obsession for the representation of the body carried out from art and childhood, make us wonder for the reason of the origin of the preference for the body in<em> representation.</em> In these representations —in painting, photography, sculpture, movies, dance— the way in which a body is perceived it’s important, as well as what it is searched when looking at it, because a gaze doesn’t settle in a body like over a thing. This gaze looks for an <em>underground pulsation</em>. To explore a living body is to explore signs that constitute an expressive load. The human body is expressive: it shows something that is not seen, and for that reason it’s a field of signs. The <em>expression comes</em>, justly, from that you don’t see. And, unconsciously, what hides from the gaze is hidden inside the body: under the skin. |
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| ISSN: | 2011-3757 2145-0706 |