Bichos da luz fazem arte? uma fabulação especulativa

Abstract

This dissertation is a research/process of co-creation/instauration of modes of existence that do not exist, fabulously named Bichos da Luz [Animals of the Light]. A speculative fabulation that, by considering/practicing the creation process as a process of instauration – a creation that goes beyond the creator subject – questions and expands the notion of artistic creation. In their firefly-like way of operating, the Bichos da Luz join me in composing this fabulation of other possibilities of thought/creation in the arts that challenge the hegemonic Western anthropocentric image and the notion of human exceptionalism in artistic creation, engaging the critique of the subject from the philosophy of difference alongside thinkers who emphasize interconnection and co-creation/instauration with the more-than-human. This research/process unfolds in photographs, videos, performances, installations, and in this dissertation: an alternative artistic possibility, a speculative fabulation that blends various materials – images, concepts, thoughts, and practices – into a kind of magical cauldron, a darkness of possibilities.