Construing the Postapocalypse in Two Different Spaces and Artistic Languages: Margaret Atwood and Adrián Villar Rojas

From a thematic approach to literature and the arts, the article aims at exploring and comparing how the Postapocalypse is constructed in the trilogy MaddAddam by Canadian writer Margaret Atwood (n. 1939) and the recent works of the young Argentinean sculptor Adrián Villar Rojas (n. 1980). The produ...

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Autor principal: Elgue-Martini, Cristina
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Lenguas (CIFAL), Facultad de Lenguas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Avenida Enrique Barros s/n, Ciudad Universitaria. Córdoba, Argentina. Correo electrónico: revistacylc@lenguas.unc.edu.ar 2020
Materias:
Postapocalypse
dystopia
literature
the plastic arts
postapocalipsis
distopía
literatura
artes plásticas
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/CultyLit/article/view/31856
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Revista de Culturas y Literaturas Comparadas de Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
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spelling I10-R337-article-318562021-03-16T18:50:21Z Construing the Postapocalypse in Two Different Spaces and Artistic Languages: Margaret Atwood and Adrián Villar Rojas Construyendo el posapocalipsis en diferentes espacios y lenguajes artísticos: Margaret Atwood y Adrián Villar Rojas Elgue-Martini, Cristina Postapocalypse dystopia literature the plastic arts postapocalipsis distopía literatura artes plásticas From a thematic approach to literature and the arts, the article aims at exploring and comparing how the Postapocalypse is constructed in the trilogy MaddAddam by Canadian writer Margaret Atwood (n. 1939) and the recent works of the young Argentinean sculptor Adrián Villar Rojas (n. 1980). The production of both artists is approached as belonging to a dystopian tradition, defined mainly from Frederic Jameson’s point of view. The main interest of Atwood’s trilogy is centered on the conditions of survivalof the human species on the planet after the “waterless flood”, a pandemic produced in a laboratory of bioengineering. Atwood believes in the possibility of survival, in a new beginning of culture on the planet on the basis of an unprecedented hybrid life born out of the mixing of human beings and beings born in laboratories, and a new approach to animal and natural life. As to Villar Rojas, though his first site-specifics are quite pessimistic as to the fate of the planet, in the title of one of his XXIst Century exhibitions -Today We Reboot the Planet, in the Serpentine Sackler Gallery, London (2013)- the faith in a Postapocalypse begins to emerge. The analysis will precisely focus on the techniques he uses in his celebrated site-specific art to attain this aim. Desde una aproximación temática a la literatura y a las artes, el artículo aspira a explorar y comparar cómo se construye el postapocalipsis en la trilogía MaddAddam de la escritora canadiense Margaret Atwood (n. 1939) y el trabajo reciente del joven escultor argentino Adrián Villar Rojas (n. 1980). El análisis de la producción de ambos artistas está encarado como perteneciente a una tradición distópica, definida principalmente desde el punto de vista de Frederic Jameson. El interés central de la trilogía de Atwood está puesto en las condiciones de supervivencia de la especie humana en el planeta después del “diluvio sin agua”, una pandemia producida en un laboratorio de bioingeniería. Atwood cree en la posibilidad de supervivencia, en un nuevo comienzo de la cultura en el planeta sobre las bases de una vida inédita, surgida de la hibridación de seres humanos y seres nacidos en laboratorios, y de una nueva aproximación a la vida animal y natural. En cuanto a Villar Rojas, en el título de una de sus producciones del siglo XXI -Today We Reboot the Planet, en la Serpentine Sackler Gallery, Londres (2013)- también está presente la fe en un nuevo comienzo de vida en el planeta. El análisis tratará sobre las técnicas que usa el artista en sus famosos site-specifics para lograr este objetivo. Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Lenguas (CIFAL), Facultad de Lenguas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Avenida Enrique Barros s/n, Ciudad Universitaria. Córdoba, Argentina. Correo electrónico: revistacylc@lenguas.unc.edu.ar 2020-12-31 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/CultyLit/article/view/31856 Revista de Culturas y Literaturas Comparadas; Núm. 10 (2020): Distopía y postapocalipsis en la literatura y las artes; 18-27 2591-3883 1852-4737 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/CultyLit/article/view/31856/32711 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/CultyLit/article/view/31856/32712 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
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literatura
artes plásticas
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Construing the Postapocalypse in Two Different Spaces and Artistic Languages: Margaret Atwood and Adrián Villar Rojas
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dystopia
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the plastic arts
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distopía
literatura
artes plásticas
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title Construing the Postapocalypse in Two Different Spaces and Artistic Languages: Margaret Atwood and Adrián Villar Rojas
title_short Construing the Postapocalypse in Two Different Spaces and Artistic Languages: Margaret Atwood and Adrián Villar Rojas
title_full Construing the Postapocalypse in Two Different Spaces and Artistic Languages: Margaret Atwood and Adrián Villar Rojas
title_fullStr Construing the Postapocalypse in Two Different Spaces and Artistic Languages: Margaret Atwood and Adrián Villar Rojas
title_full_unstemmed Construing the Postapocalypse in Two Different Spaces and Artistic Languages: Margaret Atwood and Adrián Villar Rojas
title_sort construing the postapocalypse in two different spaces and artistic languages: margaret atwood and adrián villar rojas
description From a thematic approach to literature and the arts, the article aims at exploring and comparing how the Postapocalypse is constructed in the trilogy MaddAddam by Canadian writer Margaret Atwood (n. 1939) and the recent works of the young Argentinean sculptor Adrián Villar Rojas (n. 1980). The production of both artists is approached as belonging to a dystopian tradition, defined mainly from Frederic Jameson’s point of view. The main interest of Atwood’s trilogy is centered on the conditions of survivalof the human species on the planet after the “waterless flood”, a pandemic produced in a laboratory of bioengineering. Atwood believes in the possibility of survival, in a new beginning of culture on the planet on the basis of an unprecedented hybrid life born out of the mixing of human beings and beings born in laboratories, and a new approach to animal and natural life. As to Villar Rojas, though his first site-specifics are quite pessimistic as to the fate of the planet, in the title of one of his XXIst Century exhibitions -Today We Reboot the Planet, in the Serpentine Sackler Gallery, London (2013)- the faith in a Postapocalypse begins to emerge. The analysis will precisely focus on the techniques he uses in his celebrated site-specific art to attain this aim.
publisher Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Lenguas (CIFAL), Facultad de Lenguas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Avenida Enrique Barros s/n, Ciudad Universitaria. Córdoba, Argentina. Correo electrónico: revistacylc@lenguas.unc.edu.ar
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