PERFORMAR A SI MESMA E PERTENCER AO MUNDO: EXPERIMENTAÇÕES ARTIVISTAS

Abstract

The following dissertative text is a research study under the title: "PERFORM AS MYSELF AND BELONG TO THE WORLD: ARTISTIC EXPERIMENTATIONS." The main goal of this research is an immersion into my artistic and academic trajectory in the art of performance, aiming to reflect on and discuss the feminist artivist movement to which I consider myself to belong. In this work, the emphasis is placed on the forced silence of female bodies, represented through forms of concern and distress that emerge from individual territories in the search for identity. The choice of artistic performance as the focus of the study stems from the fact that this act can penetrate the subversive bubbles of latent and hardened social issues. The study is also shaped by the artistic influence of two performance artists: Juliana Notari and Yasmin Formiga. Regarding the methodological procedures of this research, I sought support in the somatic-performative methodology, with the insertion of my own body interwoven with performances by other women as the focal point of this investigation. A central question of this poetic text, sometimes expressed in speech and sometimes in practice, is the sense of not belonging within the activist feminist movement, since the ongoing objectives of the cause did not include my subjectivities. However, the power of creation in the art of performance ignites the flame of this sense of belonging in artivist feminism, understanding that the terms complement each other but are not fully aligned. Furthermore, I seek to reflect on the following research question: How can the pedagogy of performance reveal my activist feminism? At its core, this reflection contemplates political and social belonging through the narratives and artistic environments encountered throughout my trajectory, in confluence with the artists who influenced me. It was through art and artivism that I found my path to belonging and "até(vista)"—a term created to define my artivist feminism and self-determination. This context brings forth many other subjectivities that can be identified within shared environments, recognizing that within this term, there are two distinct layers of identification.