Visual literacy as a social practice: sociosemiotic connections from the sculptural set of Alfredo Ceschiatti in the spaces of power in Brasilia.
multiliteracy, art, discourse, intertextuality, education.
The sculptural set of the artist and former professor at the University of Brasília, Alfredo Ceschiatti, is the starting point of this research that seeks to unite art, language and education. Born in Minas Gerais, the Greek-Italian descent is the creator of the sculptures that are integrated into some of the most important spaces of power in Brasilia. Ceschiatti's female sculptures are in the National Congress, the Federal Supreme Court, the Central Library of the University of Brasília, the Itamaraty Palace, the Alvorada Palace, the Jaburu Palace and the Claudio Santoro National Theater. In order to address visual literacy as a social practice, the research permeates critical discourse analysis, intertextuality, social semiotics and multimodality. Along the way, it is important to know which are the intertexts that dialogue with the works and how they collaborate with visual literacy and teaching. Other areas of language such as cinema, theater, painting and dramatic literature were summoned for this purpose. As Greco-Roman mythology is linked to the main theme of the sculptures, this was also addressed with the aim of expanding literacy and the study of language. The research has testimonials involving art, language and education: these, integrated at the end of each chapter. Methodologically, some collaborators were chosen, among the representatives of each of the public spaces that receive the works on canvas are: two parliamentarians, two judges, a dean, a diplomat, a sociologist, a teacher and a dancer.