A bruxa está solta: “feitiçaria” em ensaios visuais a partir do método de Aby Warburg

Abstract

The stereotypical representations of the witch-woman in audiovisual productions are rooted in the interest of maintaining conservative norms, reinforced through mass media communication (Foucault, 2004). This study analyzes the representational possibilities of the witch figure beyond the North American and European contexts, focusing on the Chilean film Sorcery (2023) and incorporating a Latin American perspective. To this end, we engage with the theoretical framework of Machado (2019) and Federici (2017; 2019; 2023). The analysis proceeds through a symptomatology of time based on Burckhard (1961), and through a montage-based reading of the film’s visual découpage, drawing on Aby Warburg’s method (2015). The outcome of this research will be a visual essay composed from a perspective ch’ixi of Silvia Cusicanqui(2015) and the new mestiza of Anzaldúa (2012), establishing parallels with works by Latin American visual artists and images from other media, in pursuit of a visual knowledge Didi-Huberman (2013).