Affects stamping the body

the re-distribution of the sensible in Hujar’s and Wojnarowicz’s photographs

Authors

  • Gustavo Haiden de Lacerda McGill University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9771/peri.v1i19.50909

Abstract

Not all bodies nor all affects can circulate in the same ways in a certain society in a particular historical moment. When we consider the (im)possibilities of representation in art, we ask for the functioning of its aesthetic regime, linked to the conditions of production of discourses and subjectivities. In this article, we reflect upon the process of re-distribution of the sensible in Hujar’s and Wojnarowicz’s photographic works, grounded on the studies by Rancière (2009), Courtine (2013) and Safatle (2015). By analyzing their photography, we aim at showing how the (gay) body is artistically elaborated in these works and how these productions reconfigure the fields of the sensible and of the (in)visible, enabling the constitution of other bodies and other affects.

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Author Biography

Gustavo Haiden de Lacerda, McGill University

He is a PhD candidate in Communication at McGill University, holds a master's degree in Letters (concentration in Linguistic Studies) from the Postgraduate Program in Letters at the State University of Maringá (PLE-UEM) and a bachelor's degree in Letters from the same university.

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Published

2023-08-29

How to Cite

de Lacerda, G. H. (2023). Affects stamping the body: the re-distribution of the sensible in Hujar’s and Wojnarowicz’s photographs. Revista Periódicus, 1(19), 357–377. https://doi.org/10.9771/peri.v1i19.50909

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 19 (2023): To circulate in alliance: methodologies of collaboration and movements between worlds

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Free section

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