Poéticas da paisagem: trânsitos e aproximações na produção de Brígida Baltar e Cao Guimarães

Abstract

This work discusses the film and video production of Brígida Baltar and Cao Guimarães, with the contemporary condition of landscape in art as its starting point. Initially, we provide a brief overview of the origins of landscape in the Western context, drawing analogies to the emergence of cinema and video art, and ultimately exploring the impacts of moving images on Brazilian production. To achieve this, we rely on the research of Jean-Marc Besse, Augustin Berque, Alain Roger, Raymond Williams, Rosalind Krauss, Jacques Rancière, André Parente, Walter Zanini, and Arlindo Machado. Subsequently, we conduct a critical analysis of Brígida Baltar's works "Maria Farinha Ghost Crab," "Coletas," and "Em uma árvore, em uma tarde," as well as Cao Guimarães's "Rua de Mão Dupla," "Acidente," and "Limbo." This research is built upon the assumption that the analyzed works serve as a counterpoint to the complexities of contemporary fast-paced life. Through formal provocations and deviant discourses, these images offer a different rhythm for contemplating the convergence of nature and culture