“Podría ser así, o quizá todo lo contrario, o nunca existió". Futura: diseñando una utopía sensible
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2011
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Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes. Escuela de Historia
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El siguiente artículo analiza Futura, una performance teatral presentada en el
Instituto Di Tella de Buenos Aires en 1968.
Dialogando polémicamente con las condiciones de vida en una ciudad de
masas como Buenos Aires a fines de los sesenta, la obra articuló críticas y utopías
que problematizaban la sensibilidad, el contacto y la comunicación. Afirmando
la necesidad del cambio y construyendo una serie de imágenes de futuro, Futura
operó en una coyuntura histórica prolífica en enunciados sobre el provenir
recurriendo, vagamente, a nociones provenientes de la psicología, la tecnología
y la sociología.
Echando mano de una serie de autores que han indagado sobre la masa, la
ciudad y los afectos, creemos posible abordar Futura en vistas de aportar a una
caracterización de los modos de comprender el presente y las maneras de
imaginar y desear futuros en el pasado reciente argentino.
This article analize Futura, a theatrical performance presented in 1968 at the Instituto Di Tella in Buenos Aires. Arguing about the conditions of social life in a modern city such as Buenos Aires was in the Sixties, Futura articulated social critics and utopias that thought about sensibility, contacts and communication. Affirming the need to change, while constructing a series of images of future, Futura operated in a historical conjuncture which produced many speeches about the future, vaguely appealing to notions coming from psychology, technology and sociology. Making use of some authors who have investigated about the city, the masses and the feelings, we believe it is possible to deal with Futura trying to contribute to the characterization of the ways in which present was comprehended and future imagined in the recent history of Argentina.
This article analize Futura, a theatrical performance presented in 1968 at the Instituto Di Tella in Buenos Aires. Arguing about the conditions of social life in a modern city such as Buenos Aires was in the Sixties, Futura articulated social critics and utopias that thought about sensibility, contacts and communication. Affirming the need to change, while constructing a series of images of future, Futura operated in a historical conjuncture which produced many speeches about the future, vaguely appealing to notions coming from psychology, technology and sociology. Making use of some authors who have investigated about the city, the masses and the feelings, we believe it is possible to deal with Futura trying to contribute to the characterization of the ways in which present was comprehended and future imagined in the recent history of Argentina.
Keywords
Años sesentas, Sensibilidad, Arte, Utopía, Sixities, Sensibility, Art