Estéticas feministas y prácticas artísticas audiovisuales en España. Intervenir en la memoria, sentir el presente, impulsar el futuro

This article analyzes the relationships between current developments in audiovisual practices and feminist aesthetics in Spain. This confluence actively participates in the paradigm shift, both discursive and experiential, of certain contemporary identity issues, thus promoting a rewriting of both concepts and practices, encouraging the creation of alternative imaginaries. Hence, in this symbiotic participation, new forms and experiences are discovered, alterations of the traditional canon of art, of the beauty and the sublime, and a visibility of the everyday through a reaffirmation of the experience blurring the limits of the public and the private. In this regard, we will conclude pointing out the importance of said interweaving, focusing on how female artists and feminist aesthetics have intervened the hegemonic imaginaries through a rereading of memory, feeling the present and promoting more inclusive alternative ways of seeing. El presente artículo analiza las relaciones entre los desarrollos actuales de las prácticas audiovisuales y la Estética feminista en España. Dicha confluencia participa activamente en el cambio de paradigma, tanto discursivo como experiencial, de ciertas cuestiones identitarias contemporáneas, promoviendo así una reescritura tanto de los conceptos como de las prácticas, incitando la creación de imaginarios alternativos. De este modo, en dicha participación simbiótica se descubren nuevas formas y experiencias, alteraciones del canon tradicional del arte, de la belleza y lo sublime, y una visibilización de lo cotidiano a través de una reafirmación de la experiencia que diluye los límites de lo público y lo privado. Concluiremos, así, señalando la importancia de dicha imbricación, incidiendo en cómo las mujeres artistas y la estética feminista han intervenido los imaginarios hegemónicos a través de una relectura de la memoria, sintiendo el presente e impulsando modos de ver alternativos más inclusivos.

Epäilyksen musiikki ja anteeksiannon montaasi

Artikkeli käsittelee yhteisön affektiivista kuvaa nordic noir -televisiosarjan Kaikki synnit (ohj. Mika Ronkainen) musiikissa. Nordic noirin lajityyppiin kuuluu keskeisenä affektina epäilys. Artikkelissa tarkastellaan sarjan keskeistä teemaa, anteeksiantoa, epäilyksien affektiivisena vastinparina.Sarjan tarinamaailma sijoittuu fiktiiviseen pohjoispohjanmaalaiseen Varjakan kuntaan, jonka valtaväestö on vanhoillislestadiolaista. Nordic noirille lajityypilliseen tapaan sarjan tarina nousee ajankohtaisesta yhteiskunnallisesta kysymyksestä, joka Kaikki synnit -televisiosarjassa on sukupuolittunut väkivalta ja seksuaalinen häirintä. Sarjan analyysin teoreettisena viitekehyksenä on 2000-luvun affektiteoria, jossa affektiivisuus ymmärretään kulttuurissa ja yhteiskunnassa syntyneenä.Kaikki synnit -televisiosarjan musiikki hyödyntää affektiivisuutta keskeisenä katsomiskokemusta ja tarinaa jäsentävänä tekijänä. Sarjan tarinamaailmassa yhteisön affektiivisuus näyttäytyy sidoksina ja katkoksina, jota musiikki ilmentää. Sarjaa tarkastellaan artikkelissa feministisen estetiikan valossa: yksiselitteisen väkivallan toistamisen sijaan sarja pyrkii kohti kerrontaa, jossa tarinan päätepisteenä ei ole kosto vaan sovinto menneisyyden kanssa.Avainsanat: Kaikki synnit, nordic noir, televisiosarjan musiikki, affekti, seksuaalinen häirintä, feministinen estetiikkaThe Music of suspicion and the montage of forgiveness: music as an affective image of the community in the television series Kaikki synnitThis article discusses the affective representation of the community in the music of the Nordic noir TV series Kaikki synnit (dir. Mika Ronkainen). The genre of Nordic Noir includes suspicion as a key affect. The article looks at the central theme of Kaikki synnit, forgiveness, as an affective counterpart of suspicion.The story world of the series is set in the fictional North Ostrobothnian town of Varjakka, where the majority of the population are conservative Laestadians. For Nordic noir, in a genre-specific way, the story of the series arises from a topical sociopolitical issue, which in the TV series Kaikki synnit is gendered violence and sexual harassment. The theoretical background of the analysis of the series is formed by recent affect theory, where affect is understood as a social and cultural phenomenon.The music in Kaikki synnit TV series draws on affect as a key factor in the viewing experience. In the story world of the series, the affectiveness of the community is represented as bonds and breaks, which is echoed in the music of the series. The series is viewed in light of feminist aesthetics: instead of repeating unambiguous violence, the series tends toward narration where the end point of the story is not revenge but reconciliation with the past.Keywords: Kaikki synnit, Nordic Noir, music in television series, affect, sexual harassment, feminist aesthetics

Feminist Aesthetics

This chapter summarizes central issues and themes in feminist philosophical aesthetics in the analytic tradition, although some continental figures are discussed. After introducing the interdisciplinary, intersectional and trans* inclusive approach that feminist aesthetics is starting to take, this essay discusses situatedness, artistic canon formation, humanism vs. gynocentrism, rewriting the philosophical canon, overcoming artworld biases, and the role of the aesthetic in systemic oppression. Specific topics to be discussed include the male gaze, the female nude, the concept of artistic genius, women’s artistic production, the purported universality of correct aesthetic judgment, the sex/gender distinction as it pertains to aesthetics and the arts, and body aesthetics.

Pensando as figurações feministas e o devir-mulher a partir da arte

Este artigo tem como objetivo pensar as figurações feministas e o devir-mulher a partir da arte para refletir sobre subjetividades inventivas. Em seu conteúdo, aborda-se o contexto do lugar da mulher na arte, desde o apagamento das mulheres até a reapropriação desse espaço pelos movimentos feministas. Para refletir sobre a arte, são apresentados os conceitos de devir e de figuração, bem como artistas que dialogam com esses conceitos. Sob o aporte teórico feminista, o trabalho aponta a arte como um meio de resistência na produção de novas narrativas pelas figurações, além de um estado de devir como resistência, desconstrução e reconstrução, e um modo de viver mais libertário por parte das mulheres.Palavras-chave: Estética feminista. Arte. Devir-mulher. Subjetivação. AbstractThis article aims to think over the feminist figurations and the becoming-woman through art, in order to reflect on inventive subjectivities. In its content, women's place in art's context is addressed, from their erasure until their reappropriation by feminist movements. The concepts of becoming and figurations are presented to think over art, as well as artists that dialogue with those concepts. Under the feminist theoretical contribution, the present work features art as a way of resistance in the production of new narratives through figurations, while also recognizing the state of becoming as a means of resistance, a deconstruction and reconstruction process, and ultimately a more liberating way of life by women.Keywords: Feminist Aesthetics. Art. Becoming-woman. Subjectification.