Corpo, imanência e arte

Abstract

This article highlights the importance of a philosophical approach to the pragmatics of bodies in relation with the planes of immanence and transcendence, at different historical moments, in order to problematize intensive experiences proposed in the field of art. We briefly look at three different modes of the coming-to-being of bodies and planes: the body belonging to the plane of immanence placed in opposition to the plane of transcendence; the body belonging to the absolute plane which unites the planes of immanence and transcendence; and the body which belongs to both the plane of immanence and the plane of transcendence. These approaches are theoretically founded on concepts elaborated by Baruch Spinoza, Gilles Deleuze and Gilbert Simondon as well as developed in practices by various post-modern artists. We posit the term promiscuous body to describe how a body moves and expresses itself as different modalities as it transmutes in the multiplicity of existence.