Imagem-míope: uma poética abjeta sobre a pegação no Jardim de Alah

Abstract

This memorial investigates dissident male sexuality, focusing on the expression of men who have sex with men (MSM) in contexts of non-commercial and occasional sexual practices, with an emphasis on Jardim de Alah beach in Salvador. Drawing from an autoethnographic approach, this artistic research explores the dynamics of concealment and visibility in these spaces, seeking to understand the aesthetic implications of their visual representation. Using scanography as a photographic apparatus/language, the project collects the material traces of these practices — such as used condoms and medication packaging — to analyze how these experiences can be translated into materiality and, consequently, aesthetic experience. Based on the concept of the abject-image coined by Matheus dos Santos (2013), this study investigates the relationships between image, desire, and fetish, revealing a tension between beauty and repulsion. It also proposes a reflection on how the abject and the residual, within the field of dissident sexuality, can emerge as subversive forms in the sensitive poetic construction of a myopic-image.