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Collective Poetic Productions with Participation and Collaboration

Authors

  • Cláudia Zanatta UFRGS
  • Mariana Wartchow UFRGS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/2595523368915

Abstract

The article deals with a poetic production in contemporary art where participatory and collaborative methods were the basis of a process, which resulted in collective works. The proposal was built from the “Giant Malas Artistic Project”, where the Mala, which is a necklace with 108 beads used in Buddhist meditation practices, was produced in large dimensions from ceramic beads about 7 cm in diameter, reaching approximately 6 to 8 meters in length when assembled. Throughout the project, the relationship between art, spirituality, Buddhism and ceramics was the guiding principle for the participants of the proposal, where manual making and mental presence were transformed into a meditative practice which in the end generated a symbol of collectivity where the spheres made individually connected through a thread giving birth to the Giant Malas. We started with an offer of classes, where ceramic techniques and reflections based on Buddhism were transmitted via YouTube; each participant connected and produced their spheres individually according to their motivation, there was no number or goal to be reached, but an invitation to practice. This process happened along with the period of social isolation due to the covid-19 pandemic, starting in May 2020. He had an expanded time so that many spheres could be made. In October 2021 we had the conditions that made it possible to gather a group to assemble the Malas and carry out collective installations.

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Author Biographies

Cláudia Zanatta, UFRGS

Artista. Professora do Departamento de Artes Visuais/IA/UFRGS, onde atua no Bacharelado e Licenciatura em Artes Visuais e no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Artes Visuais. Possui graduação em Artes Visuais pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2000), graduação em Ciências Biológicas pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (1994), mestrado em Artes Visuais pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2003) e doutorado em Arte Público y Poéticas Visuais - Universidad Politénica de Valencia (Espanha) e Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (co-tutela).É líder do Grupo de Pesquisa CNPq Arte pública participativa: articulação entre poética e cidadania, onde desenvolve a pesquisa Poéticas da Participação. Membro da Associação Nacional de Pesquisadores em Artes Plásticas.

Mariana Wartchow, UFRGS

Graduada em Artes Visuais - Licenciatura pela Universidade federal do Rio Grande do Sul, integrante do grupo de pesquisa cnpq Poéticas da Participação, vinculado ao Instituto de Artes da UFRGS. Possui graduação em Fisioterapia pela Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (2004).

Published

2022-03-07

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How to Cite

Zanatta, C. ., & Wartchow, M. . (2022). Collective Poetic Productions with Participation and Collaboration. Contemporânea - Revista Do PPGART/UFSM, 4(7). https://doi.org/10.5902/2595523368915

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