Três pedras dentro dessa aldeia: uma poética sobre itás/otás/okutás

Abstract

This thesis is the result of practical and theoretical research into the processes of artistic creation. Based on what I call Amefrican religions, I highlight, specifically, the living experiences at the Caboclo Sultão das Matas Umbanda Terreiro, located in the city of Juazeiro-BA, in the heart of the São Francisco Valley. Starting from on studies of sacred settlements and the elements that make them up, I emphasise the presence of itás/otás/okutás (sacred stones) in order to create bodies-objects and images-words, resulting in three-dimensional works that reveal the techniques, procedures and materialities of the artistic rites that take place in the “Lab-Oratório”, the guiding concept of a creation methodology in Visual Arts based on the Art-Umbanda-Nature trinomial. The poetic results of this research were presented in a solo exhibition entitled ‘Three stones within this village’.