Apátrida: resistência à ditadura militar brasileira em um livro de artista sobre Dora Barcellos

Abstract

This work presents the development of the experimental graphic project “Statelessness”, an artist’s book built from fragments of Dora’s trajectory (Maria Auxiliadora Lara Barcellos). Dora was a militant who fought in resistance to the Brazilian Military Dictatorship and suffered throughout her life from the psychological consequences of torture and the loss of reference, resulting from a long exile. Considering bibliographical and documentary research on Dora, the historical period in question and definitions and possibilities of the artist’s book, a narrative of contestation and intimate contact with the protagonist was constructed. Design, photography, collage strategies were adopted, among other visual languages that, together, propose immersive reading paths. Thus, “Statelessness” results in a poetic and political experience about Dora’s trajectory, both in terms of the visuality and materiality of the work and the narratives that permeate the project. It is hoped, therefore, to contribute só that personal memories of resistance to the dictatorship, also historical and collective, are not forgotten.