Urbxtract : a extração geométrica pelo olhar no enquadramento da fotografia urbana.

Abstract

This work seeks to reflect on the process of creation found in the production of a series of abstract photographs taken by myself, entitled “Urbxtract.” The contemplation of the city of Pelotas/RS was the starting point for the undertaking of this photographic series, whose object of study begins through my view of the elements of everyday architecture, which are then transported to a new place, an artistic place, thus establishing my artform. The methodology of the work consisted of photographing building geometrics and relying on these constructions to capture basic shapes. Effort was made to utilize all the visual aspects available according to the scene, while cutting out the minimum framing of a certain portion of the city. These photographs are abstract in nature and were finished in black and white. By relating the present social situation to the artistic process by means of resignifying architectural objects of the urban space through the appropriation of its image, I attempt to answer the following question: Is it possible to contemplate what surrounds us in the city from within the contemporary rhythm? To support the choices made regarding the framing and capturing of details during the production of these images, I refer to the art movements of Minimalism, Concrete and Neo-Concrete Art, the Brazilian Modernist Photography, the German and Russian avant-gardes, and Straight Photography, as well as to Bosi, (1988), Ingold, (2008), and Ostrower's contributions on the act of looking, Peixoto's (2004) ideas regarding the city, the concept of 'windowing' (DIAS, 2011), and the metaphor 'gleaning' (LODDI; MARTINS, 2009) as my main artistic and theoretical references, respectively.