Abstract:
This thesis entitled “A poetic of the scanographic image: existence, nature and dream” presents a set of digital images, created under a poetic perspective about existence, nature and dream. The text describes a scanographic method, in which ephemeral and fragile natural materials such as minerals, animals and vegetables were used to create the digital images, using a flat-table photographic scanner. It is based on the artistic exploration of this technical device to build an aesthetic and poetic based on a continuous time, using an invariable light and an immutable scanographable area/space, which characterize the artistic scanography. This way it is possible to understand it from a technical point of view, but also, above all, to reflect on what constitutes the scanographic images and their specificities. Among the theorists who support this work regarding the conceptual discussion about image, existence, nature and dream, Hans Belting, Gaston Bachelard and Ailton Krenak stand out, among others, and specifically, on artistic scanography, Jaime Ruiz Ruas de Infante. The chapter two quotes the research background and artistic references, such as Infante and Luzia Simons. The chapter three describes and reflects on the scanographic method and its poetic. The chapter four describes the main scanographic categories for understanding the set of images, and the chapter five presents the final considerations and practical results of the research, in particular the award-winning exhibition “Floating Garden” (2016-17).
Keywords: Visual Arts. Creation Processes. Scanographic image. Artistic scanography. Poetics.
