Usos sociales de las velas. Aproximación desde el análisis de materiales visuales
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2014
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Estados de devoción, horas de erótico romanticismo y ritos esotéricos se celebran a la luz de las velas. Este artículo de consumo, además de un objeto funcional, se usa y propone como ‘artefacto ritual’, incorporándose con exponencial creatividad a diversas manifestaciones sociales de disímil orientación. En esta reflexión, que se nutre de imágenes estáticas como fuente documental, se descubre la ubicuidad y reiteración con que las luces de cera se prenden en múltiples prácticas culturales, en calidad de ‘atrezo’ y/o metáfora. A través del análisis de cuatro marcos contemporáneos de interacción donde se advierte la presencia de un ‘encendido de velas’ -ambientación pública de espacios, acciones de protesta, duelos populares y memoriales- se sugiere, por un lado, la importancia de los procesos de estetización y, por otro lado, la competencia de este gesto para evocar el patrimonio simbólico. Ambos mecanismos –ética y estética- describen condiciones de posibilidad en la activación de emociones humanas, muy presentes en los sistemas culturales y en la vida social.
States of devotion, sensual romances and esoteric rites are held in the light ofthe candles. This functional commodity is used as a ‘ritual artifact’, incorporatedwith creativity to social events of dissimilar orientation. In this paper the imageused as a resource document has revealed the ubiquity and repetition with whichcandles are lit in cultural practices as ‘atrezzo’ and/or metaphor. The analysisof four contemporary frameworks which demonstrate the presence of a ‘candlelighting’ –Decoration of public places, protest actions, popular mourning andmemorials- suggested, on the one hand, the importance of aestheticization processesand on the other hand, the centrality for this expression to evoke removethe symbolic heritage. Both mechanisms -ethics and aesthetics- described conditionsof possibility in the activation of human emotions that regulate, imperceptibly,cultural systems in social life.
States of devotion, sensual romances and esoteric rites are held in the light ofthe candles. This functional commodity is used as a ‘ritual artifact’, incorporatedwith creativity to social events of dissimilar orientation. In this paper the imageused as a resource document has revealed the ubiquity and repetition with whichcandles are lit in cultural practices as ‘atrezzo’ and/or metaphor. The analysisof four contemporary frameworks which demonstrate the presence of a ‘candlelighting’ –Decoration of public places, protest actions, popular mourning andmemorials- suggested, on the one hand, the importance of aestheticization processesand on the other hand, the centrality for this expression to evoke removethe symbolic heritage. Both mechanisms -ethics and aesthetics- described conditionsof possibility in the activation of human emotions that regulate, imperceptibly,cultural systems in social life.