Publication: Mapas del habitar : subversiones y reinvenciones cartográficas en el arte contemporáneo de mundo árabe
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2022-09-13
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Bajo el título “Mapas del habitar. Subversiones y reinvenciones cartográficas en el arte contemporáneo de mundo árabe” esta tesis doctoral explora la creciente presencia de representaciones territoriales desde la mirada crítica y la experiencia personal del lugar en el arte contemporáneo de mundo árabe. En algunas obras el mapa canónico es manipulado y subvertido con el fin de evidenciar sus carencias. Otras piezas reconfiguran, e incluso trascienden, el léxico cartográfico para explorar formas alternativas de representación espacial buscando articular un relato más diverso y experiencial del mundo. Tras ambos tipos de proyectos late una reconsideración de la definición y relato de los lugares que transitamos. Ello evidencia, a su vez, esa necesidad inherente al ser humano – un ser geográfico – de aprender y expresar el territorio desde la experiencia en el mismo. Las piezas son así entendidas en esta tesis como ‘cartobiografías’, término acuñado por Antonio Jesús Palacios Ortiz que permite aludir simultáneamente a la narrativa del lugar y del ser en el mismo. Este fenómeno responde, por un lado y a nivel regional, a la controversia en torno a la posible vigencia y reinvención de la noción de ‘mundo árabe’. Por otro lado, a nivel global, a un cuestionamiento generalizado de la concepción de lugar y las maneras de representarlo en el marco del llamado giro espacial y los efectos de una salvaje globalización. Miradas en conjunto, estas propuestas abogan por una narrativa experiencial del mundo que atraviesa, desborda y complementa las más tradicionales, reinventando en el proceso la longeva relación de arte y cartografía...
Under the title “Maps of inhabiting. Cartographic subversions and reinventions in contemporary art from the Arab world”, this thesis explores the growing presence of territorial representations through a critical gaze and personal experience of place in contemporary art from the Arab world. In some works, the canonical map is manipulated and subverted with the purpose of evidencing its shortcomings. Other pieces reconfigure, and even transcend, the cartographic lexicon to explore alternative forms of spatial representation, seeking to articulate a more diverse and experiential narration of the world. Behind both types of projects lies a reconsideration of the definition, the relationship with and the narration of the places we traverse. This, in turn, evidences the inherent need of human beings – geographical beings – to learn and convey the territory through their experience of it. For this reason, throughout the thesis the projects have often been referred to as ‘cartobiographies’, a term coined by Antonio Jesús Palacios Ortiz that alludes simultaneously to the narrative of place and of the being in that place. This phenomenon responds, on the one hand and at a regional level, to the controversy around the possible currency and reinvention of the notion ‘Arab world’. On the other hand, at a global level, it responds to a widespread reconsideration of the conception of place and its representations in the framework of the so-called spatial turn and the effects of a wild globalization. Taking them as a whole, these proposals opt for an experiential narrative of the world that traverses, overflows and complements more traditional ones, reinventing in the process the long-standing relationship between art and cartography...
Under the title “Maps of inhabiting. Cartographic subversions and reinventions in contemporary art from the Arab world”, this thesis explores the growing presence of territorial representations through a critical gaze and personal experience of place in contemporary art from the Arab world. In some works, the canonical map is manipulated and subverted with the purpose of evidencing its shortcomings. Other pieces reconfigure, and even transcend, the cartographic lexicon to explore alternative forms of spatial representation, seeking to articulate a more diverse and experiential narration of the world. Behind both types of projects lies a reconsideration of the definition, the relationship with and the narration of the places we traverse. This, in turn, evidences the inherent need of human beings – geographical beings – to learn and convey the territory through their experience of it. For this reason, throughout the thesis the projects have often been referred to as ‘cartobiographies’, a term coined by Antonio Jesús Palacios Ortiz that alludes simultaneously to the narrative of place and of the being in that place. This phenomenon responds, on the one hand and at a regional level, to the controversy around the possible currency and reinvention of the notion ‘Arab world’. On the other hand, at a global level, it responds to a widespread reconsideration of the conception of place and its representations in the framework of the so-called spatial turn and the effects of a wild globalization. Taking them as a whole, these proposals opt for an experiential narrative of the world that traverses, overflows and complements more traditional ones, reinventing in the process the long-standing relationship between art and cartography...
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Tesis inédita de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Geografía e Historia, leída el 20-04-2022