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Aproximación autoetnográfica a la insatisfacción corporal a través de una instalación artística
(Universidad de Cuenca, 2025-03-07) Andrade Guerrero, Celeste Alegría; Ordóñez Carpio, Santiago
Through autoethnography, this work addresses body dissatisfaction through an artistic installation, which requires recognizing one's own insecurities and seeking reconciliation with the body. The goal is for the viewer to reflect on their relationship with their body and their appreciation of beauty. The creative process, in turn, includes several stages. The personal experience of confronting the body was documented through an autoethnographic journal. Simultaneously, a nude photo session was conducted, showcasing body insecurities, and the selected images were transformed into embroidery, which is then placed on fabric in front of a broken mirror. The installation consists of the journal, the embroidery, a bed, the mirror, and a bedside table. As for artistic references, the work draws on the work of Polett Zapata, Adriana Varejão, Virginia Sosa Santos, Kathrin Marchenko, and Sally Hewitt—artists who explore the body and the perception of beauty in different ways. The theoretical framework of this project is grounded in Umberto Eco's The History of Beauty (2004) and The History of Ugliness (2006), Sigmund Freud's The Ego and the Id (1923), Zygmunt Bauman's Liquid Modernity (1999), and Bolívar Echeverría's The Modernity of the Baroque (1998).