Dr. Alex Giuliano Vailati - Federal University of Pernambuco
Image as an infrastructural axis. Contact and exposure of the port of Suape
One of the most disruptive infrastructures in the history of Brazil is the Suape Port Complex, which from the 1970s was responsible for a rapid transformation of the coast south of Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco. The communities that were displaced and that live today around the port have been the object of extensive imagetic exploration, and many images and audiovisual recordings have been made in coincidence with reports or other events. This paper aims to propose an analysis of these images, highlighting how these material forms are a fundamental part of the Port's infrastructure. Images allow an exploration of the poetics and temporalities that were imposed on the residents of the regions affected and a re-politicization of the Port, through the materiality of the images, beyond the concrete of its installations.
Image by Daniela Nader, Complexo Industrial Portuário de Suape from Brasil - SUAPE.
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