Propuesta contemporánea en pintura digital para una inserción de la literatura ecuatoriana en las prácticas de la cultura visual dominante

Abstract

In the midst of the dominant Visual Culture in the 21st century, Ecuadorian literature suffers, like all, the systematic loss of readers, in favor of the increase in the consumption of audiovisual productions, video games and media interaction on networks. Faced with this problem, the work Glosa visual aims to enrich the link between Ecuadorian visual and literary arts, through a contemporary proposal that inserts characters and scenes from national literature in the areas and practices of Visual Culture. To this end, we proceeded with a series made up of three digital paintings, each of which builds a different visual experience. The painting based on the novel El Dios Terrestre by Atanasio Viteri takes advantage of the literary landscape potential of this work, and elaborates through transposition a look at territoriality as a sick possession. The painting based on the novel Un hombre y un Río by Horacio Hidrovo develops the expressions and body language of characters immersed in situations of social injustice. The third painting, based on Los Murmurantes by Santiago Páez, faces the theme of the characters' journey along an indeterminate and symbolic hostile route, in which universal human hopes and beliefs are developed. The selection of narrative works is due to the plot potential of the genre. The contemporary visual series promotes an aesthetic experience of immersion in the new visuality of this century, digital in nature, far from the traditional techniques with which the publishing world has illustrated its texts; at the same time, it awakens possible interests in reading authentic, original and contributing creations from Ecuador.