From Embodiment to Emplacement: Artistic Research in Insular Territories of the Guanabara Bay (original) (raw)

This collaborative article draws upon the commonalities of artistic practices in connection with the relationships between territory, embodiment and the Anthropocene. By exploring territory as a “co-author” of our individual and collective narrations, we shed light on the artistic interventions and/or performative actions we realized during the artistic residencies of the socially engaged project Sensitive Territories, specifically at two insular places of the Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: “Colônia Z-10” and “Ilha de Paquetá”. By looking at how the environmental issues affecting these places can be tackled through artistic practices, we explore the ways in which the micropolitical and imaginary dimensions of it can be reinforced or restored in light of the current global climate crisis.