Performance das árvores: uma cartografia fenomenológica da subjetividade de fotógrafo(a)s de árvores da Mata Atlântica

Abstract

Focusing on the trees of the Atlantic Forest, this project delves into the subjectivity embedded in photographers' perceptions of these trees' performances (aesthetic forms and dynamics). The choice of this subject is justified by the triad where trees, photographers, and viewers assume the role of active agents in environmental sensitization. Primarily, the objective is to discuss how the photography of Atlantic Forest trees expresses the ecological perception of the photographers. Secondarily, it aims to develop a foundational henomenological framework by constructing a theoretical reference to discuss the field and the subjects researched; and to delineate the main subjective issues expressed in their photographs, in order to find out whether their geographical attunement due o their emotional involvement with the Atlantic Rainforest influences their perception of the trees in this biome. Under the hypothesis that through photographs it is possible to understand the photographer's environmental perception in a phenomenological way. The hypothesis is that these subjects' perceptions are naturalistic, as they individualize the relationship between humans and plants. The virtual snowball methodology was used to locate and select the photographers through the virtual network Instagram, and to apply a questionnaire and semi-structured remote interview to the photographers. E the analysis of the results used as criteria the elements that make up Gaston Bachelard's ecopoetics, water, earth, fire and air; as well as the constitution of the photographers' phenomenology based on Hannah Arendt's foundations; as a consolidation of the theoretical-methodological information, the work was structured based on the Cartography of the Imaginary, proposed by Michèle Sato. Among the main results, we had subjective elements from each photographer raised by the discussion of their photographs, such as feelings, memories, cultural, historical, sociocultural and affective knowledge with the Atlantic Forest, as well as reflections on their artistic production and the environmental conservation of the biome. The predominance of Bachelarian elements differed according to each participant, and this difference between the phenomenologies may be related to racial/ethnic identification.We hoped that the expansion of environmental awareness will not be limited to the research subjects, but will radiate to the readers of this work and gain developments through Environmental Education that provide the photography of trees as a way of directing human thought back to plant life and thus minimize Botanical Imperception.