A double representation of reality in “Dialogue with the Spirits”
The representation of reality on the screen presupposes a series of signs that lead the spectator to associate what he sees with elements of reality (gestures, emotions). Such representation is treated in this article in the context of the incorporation of an entity (or spirit) under the aspects of communication, alterity and belief. When a medium incorporates a spirit, there is a relationship with an invisible other under the seal of belief in the mediumistic act; it is also a communicational process, as it is a flow that begins with the other, passes through the body (of the medium) and reaches an interlocutor. This, in the object investigated here, is the interviewer of both the entity and the medium. We seek, therefore, to question whether this imbrication can be considered as a double layer of representation of the real. To shed light on our questions.
A double representation of reality in “Dialogue with the Spirits”
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DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.5582332218106
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Palavras-chave: A representação do real na tela pressupõe uma série de indícios que levam o espectador a associar o que vê a elementos da realidade (gestos, emoções). Tal representação é tratada neste artigo no contexto da incorporação de uma entidade (ou espírito) sob os aspectos de comunicação, alteridade e crença. Quando um médium incorpora um espírito ocorre uma relação com um outro invisível sob a chancela da crença no ato mediúnico; é também processo comunicacional, pois trata-se de um fluxo que inicia pelo outro, passa pelo corpo (do médium) e chega a um interlocutor. Este, no objeto aqui investigado, é o entrevistador tanto da entidade quanto do médium. Buscamos, portanto, problematizar se esta imbricação pode ser considerada como uma dupla camada de representação do real. Para trazer luz aos nossos questionamentos, lançamos mão de Florence Dravet (alteridade, incorporação), Fernando Andacht (representações do real no gênero documentário) e Norval Baitello Júnior (corpo-mídia).
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Keywords: representations of the real, umbanda, communication, interview, audiovisual.
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Abstract:
The representation of reality on the screen presupposes a series of signs that lead the spectator to associate what he sees with elements of reality (gestures, emotions). Such representation is treated in this article in the context of the incorporation of an entity (or spirit) under the aspects of communication, alterity and belief. When a medium incorporates a spirit, there is a relationship with an invisible other under the seal of belief in the mediumistic act; it is also a communicational process, as it is a flow that begins with the other, passes through the body (of the medium) and reaches an interlocutor. This, in the object investigated here, is the interviewer of both the entity and the medium. We seek, therefore, to question whether this imbrication can be considered as a double layer of representation of the real. To shed light on our questions.
- Maurício Ferreira Santana
