Martyrs, heroes and victims: aesthetic and politics in the pictures of Santiago Maldonado
This article proposes a journey and a theoretical-political reflection on the iconography built around Santiago Maldonado, with the aim of investigating the ways in which the figure of the heroic martyr and the disappeared survive and coexist in different images of protest. Various political art and...
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This article proposes a journey and a theoretical-political reflection on the iconography built around Santiago Maldonado, with the aim of investigating the ways in which the figure of the heroic martyr and the disappeared survive and coexist in different images of protest. Various political art and photojournalism collectives made a wide variety of visual interventions to claim for the appearance and subsequent clarification of Maldonado's death, associating said figure with a series of victims murdered or disappeared by the State and its security forces. This attempt to link the case with a previous series gives account of a politicization strategy that transforms it into a public problem, causing the victim to no longer be anonymous (Gayol and Kessler, 2018). The visual strategies aimed at politicizing and trying to place the case on the media agenda left new images as a balance which allows us to rethink the ways in which the victim's body becomes an active agent of protest. On the other hand, visual actions are part of an extensive political iconography linked to disappearance and death, where faces and silhouettes are traditional figures of our aesthetic-political imagination. |
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I15-R237-article-15372021-12-06T04:40:12Z Martyrs, heroes and victims: aesthetic and politics in the pictures of Santiago Maldonado Mártires, héroes y víctimas: estética y política en las imágenes de Santiago Maldonado Mártires, heróis e vítimas: estética e política nas imagens de Santiago Maldonado Mazzuchini, Santiago political iconography image acts memory aesthetic iconografía política acto de imagen memoria estética iconografia política ato de imagem memória estética This article proposes a journey and a theoretical-political reflection on the iconography built around Santiago Maldonado, with the aim of investigating the ways in which the figure of the heroic martyr and the disappeared survive and coexist in different images of protest. Various political art and photojournalism collectives made a wide variety of visual interventions to claim for the appearance and subsequent clarification of Maldonado's death, associating said figure with a series of victims murdered or disappeared by the State and its security forces. This attempt to link the case with a previous series gives account of a politicization strategy that transforms it into a public problem, causing the victim to no longer be anonymous (Gayol and Kessler, 2018). The visual strategies aimed at politicizing and trying to place the case on the media agenda left new images as a balance which allows us to rethink the ways in which the victim's body becomes an active agent of protest. On the other hand, visual actions are part of an extensive political iconography linked to disappearance and death, where faces and silhouettes are traditional figures of our aesthetic-political imagination. Este articulo propone un recorrido y una reflexión teórico-política sobre la iconografía construida alrededor de Santiago Maldonado, con el objetivo de indagar sobre los modos en que la figura del mártir-heroico y el desaparecido perviven y coexisten en diferentes imágenes de protesta. Diversos colectivos de arte político y fotoperiodismo realizaron una amplia variedad de intervenciones visuales para reclamar por la aparición y el posterior esclarecimiento de la muerte de Maldonado, asociando dicha figura con una serie de víctimas asesinadas o desaparecidas por parte del Estado y sus fuerzas de seguridad. Este intento de vincular el caso con una serie previa da cuenta de una estrategia de politización que lo transforma en un problema público, haciendo que la víctima deje de ser anónima (Gayol y Kessler, 2018). Las estrategias visuales destinadas a politizar e intentar instalar el caso en la agenda mediática dejaron como saldo nuevas imágenes que permiten repensar los modos en que el cuerpo de la víctima deviene en un agente activo de protesta. Por otra parte, las acciones visuales se inscriben en una extensa iconografía política ligada a la desaparición y la muerte, donde rostros y siluetas son figuras tradicionales de nuestra imaginación estético-política. Este artigo propõe um percurso e uma reflexão teórico-política sobre a iconografia construída em torno de Santiago Maldonado, com o objetivo de investigar as formas como a figura do heróico-mártir e do desaparecido sobrevivem e coexistem em diferentes imagens de protesto. Vários coletivos de arte política e fotojornalismo realizaram as mais diversas intervenções visuais para reivindicar o aparecimento e posterior esclarecimento da morte de Maldonado, associando essa figura a uma série de vítimas assassinadas ou desaparecidas pelo Estado e suas forças de segurança. Essa tentativa de vincular o caso a uma série anterior explica uma estratégia de politização que o transforma em problema público, fazendo com que a vítima deixe de ser anônima (Gayol e Kessler, 2018). As estratégias visuais voltadas para politizar e tentar inserir o caso na agenda da mídia deixaram novas imagens como contrapeso que nos permitem repensar as formas pelas quais o corpo da vítima passa a ser um agente ativo de protesto. Por outro lado, as ações visuais fazem parte de uma extensa iconografia política ligada ao desaparecimento e à morte, onde rostos e silhuetas são figuras tradicionais de nosso imaginário estético-político. Investigaciones Socio-Históricas Regionales (ISHIR) Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR) 2021-12-06 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf application/zip text/html https://ojs.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/index.php/AvancesCesor/article/view/1537 10.35305/ac.v18i25.1537 Avances del Cesor; Vol. 18 No. 25 (2021): December Avances del Cesor; Vol. 18 Núm. 25 (2021): Diciembre 2422-6580 1514-3899 spa https://ojs.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/index.php/AvancesCesor/article/view/1537/1997 https://ojs.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/index.php/AvancesCesor/article/view/1537/1998 https://ojs.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/index.php/AvancesCesor/article/view/1537/1999 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |