'Nantes Triptych' de Bill Viola: Revelando as fontes da sua densa temporalidade
Resumo
Neste texto, pretendemos analisar a vídeo-instalação de Bill Viola, "Nantes Triptych" (1992), como exemplo da riqueza que jaz nos espaços entre artes. Defendemos a tese de que, nesta obra em particular, a utilização da tradicional estrutura pictórica do tríptico, juntamente com o poderoso material audiovisual, oferece ao espetador um acontecimento kairológico. Esta experiência temporal possibilita uma experiência existencial perante a vídeo-instalação. Para desenvolver esta hipótese, iremos recorrer a textos teóricos da arte clássica sobre trípticos bem como, entre outros, aos textos de Deleuze sobre a imagem-tempo e a estrutura do tríptico, ao conceito de kairos em Agamben, ao conceito de obra de arte kairológica cunhada por David Chan e à filosofia da temporalidade desenvolvida por Merleau-Ponty.Referências
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