(Bare)footed footprints: Traces and Displacements on Heidegger's Aesthetic Theory in Doris Salcedo's Atribiliarios

Authors

  • Romina Wainberg Stanford University

Keywords:

artists' libraries, Latin American aesthetics, philosophy of art, visual and plastic arts, Doris Salcedo, Martin Heidegger

Abstract

This essay aims to establish a relation of hypothetical intertextuality between “The Origin of the Work of Art” (1935-1936) by Martin Heidegger and the work Atrabiliarios (1992/2004) by Colombian artist Doris Salcedo. Even though there is no explicit evidence of Heidegger being part of Salcedo’s personal library, her works and recent interviews suggest that she might have been influenced by Heidegger’s aesthetic theory. This analysis will demonstrate that the aforementioned influence, as exemplified in Atrabiliarios, does not entail a mere refraction or an illustration of Heidegger’s theory of art, but rather a critical departure from its philosophical presumptions.

Author Biography

Romina Wainberg, Stanford University

Romina Wainberg es Especialista en Escritura Narrativa por Casa de Letras, Licenciada en Letras por la Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, y Magíster en Estudios Hispanoparlantes por la Universidad de Glasgow. Como docente, fue miembro de la cátedra de Comunicación del Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires y dictó talleres de escritura creativa en diversos espacios culturales independientes. Como investigadora, participó de proyectos de grado y de posgrado vinculados con la teoría literaria, la estética y las teorías críticas de la corporalidad; su tesis de maestría, desarrollada en este marco, analiza el vínculo entre normatividades de género y literatura argentina contemporánea. En la actualidad, se encuentra realizando su doctorado en Iberian and Latin American Cultures en Stanford University.

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Published

2018-07-31

How to Cite

Wainberg, R. (2018). (Bare)footed footprints: Traces and Displacements on Heidegger’s Aesthetic Theory in Doris Salcedo’s Atribiliarios. 452ºF. Revista De Teoría De La Literatura Y Literatura Comparada, (19), 29–39. Retrieved from https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/452f/article/view/20898

Issue

No. 19 (2018): The Artists’ Library: Uses of Literary Thought in Film and Visual Arts (1975-2015)

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Monograph

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