Negra, favelada, lesbiana y feminista: activismo artístico y recursos estéticos en el espacio público. El caso de Marielle Franco

Abstract

In this paper we propose to analyze a corpus of aesthetic-artistic practices that took place in public spaces following the murder of Marielle Franco in Brazil in March 2018. For many it was (and is) a symbol of renewal of Brazilian politics to be black, lesbian, born in the favela, university and defender of racial and gender equality. The demand for justice for his death generated demonstrations throughout the country, in which the artistic resource acquired centrality. From the analysis of the images we argue that, first, they built antagonists, an “other” who was blamed for the murder of Marielle and who, in turn, attempted against some of the interventions made later in the public space. Second, in the context of current visual culture, the images were massively replicated in the urban space and in the virtual space, which contributed to make the event visible. Finally, areas for memory were generated, given the lack of justice and clarification of the crime. The methodology starts from an transdisciplinary perspective to describe and analyze aesthetic interventions combining the fields of Visual Culture and Sociology.