Artes Visuales-Pregrado

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Abordaje visual de la relación Ser Humano-Cuerpos Celestes como experimentación con las potencialidades estéticas universales de lo sublime
(Universidad de Cuenca. Facultad de Artes, 2026-02-24) Arpi Rivera, María Daniela; Novillo Mora, Ángel Gustavo
In contemporary art, aesthetic categories receive increasingly less creative, analytical, and critical attention, to the point that an engagement with the beautiful or the sublime might even be considered extemporaneous, despite their potential for artistic, expressive, and communicative enrichment. In this context, we set out to test the potential of the sublime as a possible aesthetic experience in the visual arts through an installation that addresses the Human Being–Celestial Bodies relationship. The resulting multisensory work invites the viewer to move through a space inhabited by celestial bodies, while being confronted by textures, images, and sounds that seek to generate a physiological state close to emotional overflow or estrangement, with potential manifestations of fascination, exaltation, and ecstasy.
Animals Parts, uso y des-uso en el reino animal
(Universidad de Cuenca, 2023-12-11) Chalco García, Belén María; Novillo Mora, Angel Gustavo
“Animals parts uso y des-uso en el reino animal”, is a artistic production of art object. The production have been elaborated with common residues taken from animal waste used by human being all days for example bones, wool, feathers and scales with this elements make common objects. The concept of workarte was born as a response to man´s habit of using animals for his financial and pleasurable benefit. Bioethics and morality are the defiance in this artistic proposal just as publicity in the animal consumption market, the production aim to play a critical, metaphorical and satirical role in response to actually society in order to understand the subject from the point of view: animalist, philosophical and artistic.
Artes contemporáneas – percepción multisensorial – espacios de inclusión para personas en situación de discapacidad visual: un acercamiento al tema
(Universidad de Cuenca, 2023-11-17) Trelles Herrera, Andrea Jacqueline; Álvarez Palomeque, Julio Efraín
In this exercise of multisensory perception - spaces of inclusion for people with visual impairment, paradigms established over time and in the understanding of people without disabilities are being challenged. One of the paradigms being broken is the conception of the visual arts as an art exclusively to be seen with the eyes. Although it may seem paradoxical, this project uses actions and elements-objects that a visually impaired person cannot see, but can perceive through their other senses. On the other hand, normo-visual people could observe, but in the context of the project they are prevented from doing so, so that their experience resembles that of blind people. In this work, several actions and elements-objects are intertwined to form an artistic installation in the field of Contemporary Art. As main objective, the interest lies in promoting spaces of inclusion through the planning and development of a Contemporary Art Laboratory, this proposal is to develop an experimental artistic product of inclusive character with a research component, which allows us to reach our secondary objective, which is to know the communicative scope of the proposed multisensory art installation, perceived by a group of young people with visual impairment and normo-visual people of the city of Cuenca.
Catálogo ilustrado de la iglesia parroquial neogótica de Santiago de Calpi - Riobamba como un aporte para su conservación
(Universidad de Cuenca, 2021-08-02) Guadalupe Barriga, Daysi Germania; Ordóñez Carpio, Santiago
Cultural heritage, one of the main axles on which this thesis is based on. This work represents what is inherited and must be preserved for our future generations, that is to say, it is a reflection of people´s cultural continuity and identity. This work addresses the history of the tangible and intangible heritage care in Ecuador, specifically of the "Riobamba-Chimborazo" canton, which is located in the neo-Gothic architecture of the Parish Church in "Santiago-Calpi". Moreover, studying its concepts and constituent elements, as it is the approach of significant living history elements through the ethnographic survey that is added to the historical research of the property, as well as the photographic architectural survey. In conclusion, as the result of this degree work; An illustrated catalog will be made, that, fed by all the information collected, it will be reflected through the use of ink and the watercolor drawing technique, as a contribution to the conservation of the memory associated with the tangible and intangible cultural heritage enclosed in the context of the "Basilica" of "Santiago de Calpi''.
Documentación fotográfica de formas de expresión artística no convencionales en la ciudad de Cuenca
(2007) Sánchez Eguez, Paulina; Mosquera Vallejo, Julio César
Experimentación estética Inocencia/Barbarie con el Juego de Carnaval y la actividad militar infantil, como crítica visual a prácticas sociales contemporáneas
(Universidad de Cuenca. Facultad de Artes, 2026-02-27) Cedillo Novillo, Pablo Gustavo; Machado Gutiérrez, María José
War is a global problem that has expanded to involve children. Countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo and Colombia have seen thousands of child soldiers in the ranks of paramilitary groups, removed from a childhood where it is possible to live through play, deprived of their innocence. In this context, we propose to construct a visual artistic critique of social manifestations of cruelty, starting from the Carnival Game (as a veiled form of symbolic violence) and child military activity, through an aesthetic experiment based on the relationship between Innocence and Barbarism. From left to right, a mixed scenario is proposed, with a transition from children playing carnival to others in the midst of war rubble. Carnival elements are transformed, through visual metaphors, into real weapons. A gloomy atmosphere is created in which the children take on gray tones, typical of lifeless bodies, and what is a festive scene is sinisterly transformed into an act of violence. Through this contrast between play and war, a sinister aesthetic experience is created, inviting the viewer to reflect and question.
Exploración Autoetnográfica Vinculada a la Inhibición Emocional Mediante el Autorretrato y la Experimentación de Medios
(Universidad de Cuenca. Facultad de Artes, 2026-03-03) Vásquez Pugo, Carla Lisseth; Moreno Rios, Ximena Janneth
The project “Emotional Inhibition: Inevitable Break Self-Portrait” is the result of an artistic research-creation process based on the visualization of emotional inhibition and its effects on a person. Through self-portraiture, the work acknowledges the importance of mental health in today’s world and the fundamental role that interpersonal and family relationships play in individual development. The research artistically addresses how emotional inhibition, also known as emotional repression, can negatively affect individuals’ mental health and communicative and social capacities in contemporaneity. The project combines a theoretical foundation centered on psychology with an autoethnographic approach, allowing the creative process to become a tool for reflection. Through media experimentation, it seeks not only to express repressed emotions but also to provoke an emotional response in the viewer, inviting them to connect with their own emotional experience and question their relationship with unexpressed feelings. The project is documented through a narrative memoir that details the artistic and experimental process involved in the work.
Fetishhh: proyecto artístico
(2007) Feijóo Arévalo, Patricio; Mosquera Vallejo, Julio César
Fragmentos de un sueño cosmogónico
(2008) Brito Abril, Edwin Bolivar; Novillo Mora, Angel Gustavo
Instalación y diario de artista con caligramas y figuras escultóricas para el análisis de la percepción corporal femenina adolescente
(Universidad de Cuenca. Facultad de Artes, 2026-03-02) Guallpa Saldaña, Dayanna Verónica; Pañora Chacha, Juan Carlos
This thesis project focuses its analysis on the body image of adolescent girls in the city of Cuenca. Through a research-creation methodology with an ethnographic approach, it examines how beauty standards and social criticism promoted by influencers and social media influence their self-esteem and distort their body image. This pressure triggers various psychological disorders related to physicality. In this context, the project proposes to make visible, through artistic expression, the concerns and internal conflicts of these young women, which affect their bodily identity. The work materializes in sculptural pieces with morphological alterations and calligrams in the clothing. In this way, the results of the analysis on the internalization of these external pressures are represented, allowing for visual documentation of the focus group's perception of themselves and their environment. The main objective of the work is to raise awareness of how these social pressures affect the bodies of adolescent girls and invites reflection on the formation of bodily identity during this stage of life. Finally, an exegesis of the process and result of the artistic proposal was carried out, from a reading by planes, integrating theory and image.
La Mama Huaca: Recuperación de la memoria colectiva desde la realización de un cuento ilustrado por medio de dibujo y pintura digital
(Universidad de Cuenca. Facultad de Artes, 2026-03-02) Bermeo Portilla, Darwin Santiago; Guzmán Galarza, Manuel Giovanny
This work recovers and reinterprets a folk tale from the areas surrounding the Guagualzhumi hill, seeking to safeguard the identity and collective memory of its communities. It is an illustrated story that narrates the legend of 'Mama Huaca,' an iconic local figure about whom countless stories are told—ranging from the seduction of men to the abduction of newborns. This project stems from an investigation into the oral traditions of the San Joaquín de Tepal community, involving interviews and recordings of the legend as told by its elders. By analyzing and reinterpreting the legend’s key elements into a visual language, this work aims to reach a wider audience and prevent the loss of this vital cultural pillar. Despite being passed down through generations, this legend has faced a decline due to new technologies, shifting ideologies, and a growing lack of appreciation for folk narratives.
La paradoja del progreso: Materialización mural de la memoria borrada por el Complejo Hidroeléctrico Paute Integral en Sevilla de Oro
(Universidad de Cuenca. Facultad de Artes, 2026-03-05) Rubio Sagal, Mayte Gabriela; Washco Castro, Adrián Efrén
This thesis addresses the impact of the Paute Integral Hydroelectric Complex on the heritage, ecological, and human aspects of the Sevilla de Oro canton in Ecuador. The research examines, through the artistic process, the tension between energy development, promoted under discourses of national progress, and the socio-environmental consequences that remain invisible in official narratives. The artistic proposal materializes through an installation with an expanded mural that combines impasto painting, high and low relief techniques, and object art. The work uses materials collected from the affected territory (landslide soil processed through fire experimentation, abandoned objects, crop residues, adobe, among others), transforming them into compositional elements that function as physical testimonies of territorial losses and memorials. The creative and experimental process revealed that the materials of the territory are resistant to manipulation: the clay detaches, cracks, and demands constant "healing," operating as an unintentional metaphor for Derridean impossible mourning. This work integrates ethnographic fieldwork with material experimentation, developing a visual archaeology that recovers and reinterprets the material vestiges of the altered landscape. The expected result goes beyond representation to generate a visual and sensory experience that activates the memory of the transformed landscape, proposing new visual epistemologies to understand the contradictions of energy extraction and establishing a critical counterpoint to the official development discourse.
Lucas 6:22-23. Historias de resiliencia frente a casos de discriminación hacia estudiantes cristianos de la Universidad de Cuenca mediante retratos en tinta
(Universidad de Cuenca. Facultad de Artes, 2026-03-02) Ramos Meza, Lady Brigitte; Pacheco Ayora, Sonia Katterine
This research-creation project addresses the issue of religious discrimination against Christian students based on experiences lived at the University of Cuenca and how they have faced it from a position of resilience and faith. The project stems from the discussion between the progressive discourse of inclusion and tolerance and the growing rejection of expressions of Christian faith, which some sectors consider incompatible with modernity. Through a qualitative approach and intentional sampling, testimonies were collected through semi-structured interviews, which were visually translated into a series of portraits drawn with ink on formats created from pages of a Bible. This artistic technique allows for strong chiaroscuro contrasts through stains and hatching, capturing the emotional depth, inner strength, and resilient faith of the students. The project proposes a digital and physical repository, composed of testimonies, biblical verses, and significant phrases, with the aim of making this problem visible from a critical and artistic perspective. The work does not intend to inspire pity, but rather to confront the viewer with a silenced reality and to exalt a living faith that sustains itself with joy in the face of adversity.
Lo lúdico como herramienta para una pedagogía del arte, dirigido a niños(as) de 9 a 10 años de edad en una escuela fiscomisional del cantón Biblián
(2016) Calle Arévalo, Guido Gabriel; Pacheco Paredes, Juan Efraín
The following research work discusses the development of playful processes as a pedagogic tool for art education classes. In order to do this, one must examine three points: first, one must revise pertinent literature, beginning with postulates created by renowned thinkers, researches and teachers of the beginning of the twentieth century who try to define the act of “playing”, from its functionality and its impact. Second, one must focus on the importance of Art in education from the point of view of constructivism during the twentieth century, from Winnicott to Gardner, to finally expose contemporary concepts that arise from the experience in North American pedagogy that connects play-art-learning through the principles of educational institutions Reggio Emilia in Italy. Finally, one must develop practical workshops of Art education, beginning with the playful, empowering the youth with new knowledge, creating opportunities for the students to enjoy their approach to artistic expressions, achieving a significant learning experience.
Propuesta escultórica en representación del cuerpo femenino centrada en las tensiones visuales entre erotismo y censura en el arte contemporáneo
(Universidad de Cuenca. Facultad de Artes, 2026-02-23) Barrera Chacón, Stiven Javier; Machado Gutiérrez, María José
Censorship in art has historically been used as a control mechanism that has conditioned the sensual representation of the female body. Although in the contemporary context a discourse of freedom of expression is promoted, there persist forms of censorship (religious, political, media and social) that regulate the visible and demand the constant justification of eroticism in art. In this context, a visual critique is constructed, from art, to the contemporary discourses of censorship around the female body and sexuality, through a sculptural proposal that works with an ambiguous aesthetic of the erotic. In the central part is a sculpture, whose visual language refers to the prehistoric Venus, through a voluminous body and an abstract head. Around the sculpture, in a glass casing, there are open books related to freedom of expression and the various mechanisms of censorship. This set establishes a thought between the sculptural body and the systems that have historically regulated its representation, inviting the viewer to meditate about the body as a territory of symbolic dispute.
Propuesta escultórica textil como forma de actualización y transmisión de leyendas ecuatorianas en los formatos del arte visual contemporáneo
(Universidad de Cuenca. Facultad de Artes, 2026-03-05) Carchipulla Aucapiña, Joseline Fernanda; Moya Méndez, Misael
Oral narratives, including Ecuadorian legends, face a serious risk of disappearing, primarily due to globalization. This process is accelerated when cultural practices lack contemporary means of safeguarding and symbolic spaces for their preservation. According to the UN (2023), 49% of intangible cultural heritage is in danger of extinction, including oral narratives. In this context, the need arose to create this artistic proposal that helps reconnect people's symbolic ties to their cultures of origin. The research focused on finding a contemporary representation of Ecuadorian legends such as the Chuzalongo and the Chupacabras, thus proposing an aesthetic experience based on modern textile sculpture techniques that contributes to strengthening collective memory. The artistic merit of the work lies in its use of crocheting as a sculptural medium to preserve symbolic memory, integrating elements of contemporary art with traditional techniques.
Tatuajes experimentales con propósitos estético-terapéuticos para casos en situación de rechazo a cicatrices corporales no deseadas
(Universidad de Cuenca. Facultad de Artes, 2026-03-05) Illaisaca Muñoz, Joseph Damian; Moya Méndez, Misael
This work is part of a research-creation project that seeks to redefine tattooing as an artistic tool with aesthetic and therapeutic potential, especially for people who have physical scars as a result of traumatic experiences. Tattooing, traditionally stigmatized and associated with marginality, is approached from an interdisciplinary perspective that positions it within the legitimate practices of contemporary art. Through an ethnographic and collaborative approach, the body is proposed as a territory of memory and symbolic transformation, in which scars are not hidden but reinterpreted, celebrating resilience. In this way, it develops as an experimental practice that generates unique designs, with the aim of contributing to the emotional well-being of the collaborators, while exploring the boundaries between art, therapy, and healing. The proposals are generated through direct dialogue with the collaborators, through interviews and creative design sessions, where they share their personal stories to be used as the basis for the artistic designs. It is not only visual, but also symbolic, as tattooing is considered an act of reappropriation of the body.

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