This paper investigates the role of artificial light as a tool for spread a political message, focusing on Brazilian political scenario. Given the recent context of the weakening of many democratic institutions around the world together with Covid-19 pandemic, new ways of protesting have been transforming the character of political demonstrations. The aim is to identify which tools are being used in Brazil for this purpose and to comprehend what is the future of light protests. First, an analysis of how light has been incorporated into political art is briefly described. Then, some recent political protests around the world in which light was used in different ways are presented. After an overview of the use of light in contemporaneity, the research focus on Brazilian protest scene using three light tools: drones, lasers and projectors.  The research methodology is conducted through case studies of works by five artists combined with interviews with artists, projection collectives and academic experts. The results show that the pandemic in Brazil along with political mismanagement, triggered a massive wave of projections throughout the country. What before the pandemic had already gained strength, after the year 2020 took on a larger dimension. As a result, projections became popular to the extent that workshops were held in low-income communities to teach people how to build projectors with flashlights and paper. Another aspect raised during the research is that lasers have taken hold and tend to become more popular in the coming years. There is no Brazilian national legislation for the use of lasers, projectors and drones in cities during protest situations, as the laws are in each individual state. Given this growth in the use of these lighting tools, a national law may be created.

A sequência de protestos em junho de 2013 sacudiu o cenário político brasileiro como um terremoto - foram manifestações que começavam e terminavam nas telas. Além de matéria-prima para imagens, as passeatas também como imagens sociais (dependem do olhar social) e itinerantes (para adquirir valor e significado), fundando uma nova visibilidade. Para apreender a dimensão desses eventos na instância da imagem ao vivo, foi analisada a edição especial do Jornal Nacional do dia 20 de junho daquele ano. Nos resultados, obtidos por meio da técnica da análise de conteúdo, é notório o adestramento do olhar que, insensível, olhou a multidão de uma perspectiva superior. / The series of protests in June 2013 has changed Brazilian political scenery in an abrupt way as an earthquake - the demonstrations began and ended on the television screens. More than base for images, the riots constitute social images (which depend on the social point of view) and are itinerant (to form value and meaning). To comprehend the dimension of these events in the context of instance of the live image, this work studies, by content analyses approach, the special edition of Jornal Nacional in the 20th June 2013. The results show that the point of view of the imagetic speech is cold, unsympathetic and arrogant towards the protesters.

A sequência de protestos em junho de 2013 sacudiu o cenário político brasileiro como um terremoto - foram manifestações que começavam e terminavam nas telas. Além de matéria-prima para imagens, as passeatas também como imagens sociais (dependem do olhar social) e itinerantes (para adquirir valor e significado), fundando uma nova visibilidade. Para apreender a dimensão desses eventos na instância da imagem ao vivo, foi analisada a edição especial do Jornal Nacional do dia 20 de junho daquele ano. Nos resultados, obtidos por meio da técnica da análise de conteúdo, é notório o adestramento do olhar que, insensível, olhou a multidão de uma perspectiva superior. / The series of protests in June 2013 has changed Brazilian political scenery in an abrupt way as an earthquake - the demonstrations began and ended on the television screens. More than base for images, the riots constitute social images (which depend on the social point of view) and are itinerant (to form value and meaning). To comprehend the dimension of these events in the context of instance of the live image, this work studies, by content analyses approach, the special edition of Jornal Nacional in the 20th June 2013. The results show that the point of view of the imagetic speech is cold, unsympathetic and arrogant towards the protesters.

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-02-17T11:00:28Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Tatiana Martins Alméri.pdf: 9762508 bytes, checksum: a179b1a39681c8b5273275af960f76b4 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-02-17T11:00:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tatiana Martins Alméri.pdf: 9762508 bytes, checksum: a179b1a39681c8b5273275af960f76b4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-11-21 / The protests of 2013 and 2015 in Brazil mobilized crowds to the streets seeking to demonstrate their dissatisfaction regarding the political class. This mobilization was structured virtually and possible collective action. In order to analyze these actions, guided by the individual and collective interests, this research is justified by the legality of the action and particularly the relevance of the claims in question. The present search aims to structure an explanatory concept of actions, starting from the assumption that the demonstrators participate motivated by both interests individual and collective. Among the scientific methods were used the comparative method, analytical review, data analytics research, interpretative analytical research, data collection survey (opinion) and philosophical analytical research. The results are summarized in the lack of trust of the majority of the population and in one crisis of representation, both in the political context and the social / Os protestos de 2013 e 2015, no Brasil, mobilizaram multidões às ruas em busca de demonstrar suas insatisfações com relação à classe política. Essas mobilizações se estruturaram fundamentalmente de maneira virtual e com ações coletivas. Com o objetivo de analisar os porquês das ações coletivas, dos interesses individuais e coletivos, a presente pesquisa justifica-se pela legalidade da ação e, principalmente, pela relevância das reivindicações em questão. A hipótese tem o intuito de estruturar um conceito explicativo das ações, partindo-se do pressuposto de que os manifestantes participam motivados tanto por buscas individuais quanto coletivas. O recorte da população brasileira investigada foi a juventude, pois, conforme dados apresentados, esta é a faixa etária com maior mobilidade política e intelectual e anseia por mudanças. Dentre os métodos científicos, foram utilizados: o método comparativo, analítico de revisão, pesquisa analítica de dados, pesquisa analítica interpretativa, pesquisa de levantamento de dados (opinião) e pesquisa analítica filosófica. Os resultados encontrados, resumidamente, apontam que as ações coletivas ocorreram principalmente pela falta de confiança da maioria da população brasileira e pela uma de representatividade, tanto no contexto político como no social