Breathe for Ella: artivismo, interseccionalidad y detección de la contaminación del aire

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Lucy Sabin

Este artículo responde a Breathe:2022, una obra de arte pública multisitio situada en Londres y el Reino Unido del artista de técnica mixta Dryden Goodwin. Si se lee como artivismo, argumento que Breathe:2022 desmarginaliza el discurso existente sobre la contaminación del aire interviniendo en el espacio público y enmarcando la contaminación del aire como una experiencia encarnada e interseccional. Este documento contextualiza Breathe:2022 en relación con una política contemporánea de gobernanza atmosférica tras el trágico caso de Ella Kissi-Debrah. Sostengo que el retrato artístico de Goodwin de la respiración muestra una condición procesal de exposición que resitúa el conocimiento del aire en el cuerpo que respira. Al hacerlo, el trabajo sugiere un posible cambio de paradigma en las narrativas de la contaminación del aire, mediante el cual los conocimientos fenomenológicos de la respiración y la disnea podrían mejorar, corroborar, poner en perspectiva o tener en cuenta las mediciones científicas de la calidad del aire. Para orientar este enfoque, presento la noción de interfaces respiratorias como zonas materiales y afectivas (edificios, cuerpos y medios digitales) donde las cualidades del aire se hacen palpables y donde los cuerpos y los mundos se unen. Volviendo a Breathe for Ella, en la conclusión, hago patente las fuerzas de esperanza e incertidumbre respecto al legado del artivismo de Goodwin y sus campañas relacionadas.

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detección de contaminación del aire, artivismo, Breathe:2022, Ley de Ella, feminismo interseccional, interfaces respiratorias, derecho universal a respirar

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Sabin, Lucy. «Breathe for Ella: artivismo, interseccionalidad y detección de la contaminación del aire». Artnodes, n.º 33, pp. 1-10, doi:10.7238/artnodes.v0i33.417688.
Biografía del autor/a

Lucy Sabin, University College de Londres

Está completando un doctorado en Geografía en la University College de Londres con financiación de la London Arts and Humanities Partnership. Su investigación explora la calidad del aire, las condiciones atmosféricas, las experiencias de respiración y las exposiciones desproporcionadas a la contaminación. Sabin cuenta con un máster en Investigación en Diseño de Comunicación del Royal College of Art. Ha enseñado teoría de medios, estudios culturales y diseño gráfico en la Universidad de Artes Creativas, la Universidad de Artes de Bournemouth y la Universidad de Sussex. Sabin también trabaja como artista de medios mixtos y ha sido premiada en el programa DYCP del Arts Council de Inglaterra.

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