A Matter of Liminality: Unraveling the Uncanny in the Miniatures of Hereditary
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https://doi.org/10.51427/com.est.2024.03.01.0008Palavras-chave:
Ari Aster, Hereditary, Liminaridade, Miniaturas, UncannyResumo
Ao mergulhar na exploração de qualquer tópico através das lentes do ”uncanny”, é frequentemente instintivo associá-lo de imediato à interpretação de Sigmund Freud, muitas vezes desconsiderando a formulação original de Ernst Jentsch. Apesar da análise mais detalhada de Freud, Jentsch destaca um aspecto crucial daquilo que verdadeiramente define algo como ”uncanny”: a sua liminaridade – a sua capacidade de ser simultaneamente sujeito e objecto. As miniaturas servem como uma ilustração perfeita dessa liminaridade. Este estudo, baseado no conceito de uncanny de Jentsch, demonstra como esses objectos sintetizam a ambiguidade através da sua materialidade combinada com uma subjetividade implícita. Recorrendo a conceitos como a “teoria das coisas” de Bill Brown e o “sentido de identidade” de Judith Butler, mostrou-se como esses pequenos objectos têm o potencial de evocar o ”uncanny” e como esse sentimento de ”uncanniness” é manifestado artisticamente através da análise das miniaturas presentes no filme Hereditary (2018), de Ari Aster.
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