Monica Baptista Sampaio Tavares
@usp.br
Depart of Fine Arts
Universidade de São Paulo
Currently, she is a PQ 2 Fellow (CNPq); She has experience in Visual Arts, Design, Visual Communication and Graphic Representation with a focus on Digital Media Studies. Its main research themes are the following: relationships between creation and reception, aesthetics, semiotics and intertextuality.
EDUCATION
PhD in Arts from the University of São Paulo (2001); master's degree in Multimedia from the State University of Campinas (1995); and a degree in Architecture from the Federal University of Bahia (1982).
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Visual Arts and Performing Arts, Arts and Humanities, Language and Linguistics
FUTURE PROJECTS
The creation of transformational prostheses as a way to strengthen reception self-esteem
The objective of this research is to investigate digitally modeled and 3D printed artifacts from the examination of the reception procedures established in the dialectic with their creation in order to apprehend how the “material” and “procedure” adopted can condition processes of customization. The artifacts accepted as objects of study are the “transformational prostheses”, more specifically the category of “prostheses as body sculptures” (Tavares, 2021). Transformational prostheses keep reference to the notion of “transformational object” by Bollas (2015) and to the concept of objectile, by Deleuze (1991). In addition to meeting a utilitarian demand, transformational prostheses such as body sculptures manifest themselves as three-dimensional artistic pieces attached to the body, capable of being aesthetically customized by the receptor and acting as a way to physical and psychic transformations, in order to strengthen his/her self-confidence.
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