A representação da Amazônia em visualidades contemporâneas: um estudo sobre as ramagens otonianas

Abstract

This thesis proposes a relational reading, through an Communicational Ecosystem circuit between Communication, Art, Audiovisual and Amazon. Search a reflexive understanding to analyze and interpret aspects of the representation of the region, with emphasis on the work of visual artist Otoni Mesquita. The theoretical and methodological approach is based on the based on the Theory of Complexity and Systemic Paradigm, recognizing the dynamism and interdependence of events physical, biological, social, cultural and technological. Interrelates art languages and creative processes with historical, anthropological, sociological and environmental, with a differentiated approach to the Amazon representation. Seeks to expand the prospects of research in Communication and contribute to the construction of critical thinking in line with new scientific paradigms. In addition to the literature they were performed virtual studies, based on netnography and semiotic contributions to reading and analyzing languages, aesthetic and artistic performances (especially audiovisual). Research suggests that semiosis creative and communicative passing Otoni Mesquita, is configured as a network dynamic, articulated by multiplicities, memories and transformations, questioning hegemonic models built in the historical process, denouncing the falsity of the dominant representations and their stereotyped speeches. In continuous and cyclic flow of artistic experimentations creator presents different perspectives for the representation of the Amazon.