Processos de mediação na 5ª Bienal do Mercosul: uma análise no campo da arte e tecnologia

Abstract

This research has the aim to identify the processes of mediation presented in the 5th Mercosul Biennial, in the exhibition environment as well as in the cyberspace, analyzing them from the public available access, looking for a critical reflection. It also emphasizes the importance of this “cultural process” inserted in the scope of the possible relations between Art and Technology, towards the development of links between Art and Education. The key points are the processes of mediation, which should enable a closer relation between Art and Public, relation that is wanted by many artists, curators, critics, historians and teachers. The methodology used in this study is adequate to the research in visual arts. It maintains a qualitative approach, and it has as instruments documental analyses, questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. All of them are constantly permeated by questions inherent to the artistic production and to the performance of the professionals - direct or indirectly involvedto facilitate the analyses and understanding of the object studied. The analyses of the processes of mediation show how they are essential to the Art and to the Public approximation, as well as they can still be more relevant due to the redimension that can be done, in the cyberspace, through the digital interface.