
Resumo A dissertação investiga o conceito de fracasso como uma chave interpretativa para problematizar as promessas de progresso linear e racionalidade que estruturam a modernidade ocidental. Ao abordar a falha como motor de reinvenção, a pesquisa enfatiza o potencial crítico da arte em tensionar dicotomias fundantes, como a separação cartesiana entre mente e mundo, evidenciando as hierarquias sociais e raciais que sustentam o sujeito moderno transparente. Mobiliza-se o arquétipo do Trickster como figura que desestabiliza ordens estabelecidas e revela contradições do sistema. Elementos como a arquitetura de vidro e os chamados “grandes projetores” são analisados enquanto símbolos de vigilância, controle e disciplinamento social. A reflexão propõe ainda a noção de museu-fábrica como metáfora de uma arte viva, relacional e situada, que rompe com a lógica produtivista e institucionalizada. Nesse sentido, a atuação do artista enquanto educador e mediador de saberes localizados emerge como prática emancipatória, capaz de valorizar processos coletivos e territórios de criação que resistem às formas hegemônicas de representação, como exemplificado no projeto “A Fonte”. Assim, a pesquisa articula arte, educação e crítica social, defendendo o fracasso como estratégia política de fissura e possibilidade de transformação. Palavras-chave: Arte contemporânea; Trickster; educação artística Abstract This dissertation investigates the concept of failure as an interpretative key to problematize the promises of linear progress and rationality that structure Western modernity. By approaching failure as a driving force for reinvention, the research highlights the critical potential of art to challenge foundational dichotomies, such as the Cartesian separation between mind and world, exposing the social and racial hierarchies that sustain the transparent modern subject. The Trickster archetype is mobilized as a figure that destabilizes established orders and reveals systemic contradictions. Elements such as glass architecture and the so-called “great projectors” are analyzed as symbols of surveillance, control, and social disciplining. The reflection further proposes the notion of the museum-factory as a metaphor for a living, relational, and situated art practice that disrupts the productivist and institutionalized logic. In this sense, the role of the artist as educator and mediator of localized knowledge emerges as an emancipatory practice, capable of valuing collective processes and territories of creation that resist hegemonic forms of representation, as exemplified by the project “A Fonte.” Thus, this research articulates art, education, and social critique, defending failure as a political strategy of rupture and a possibility for transformation. Keywords: Contemporary art; Trickster; art education;
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