An act of memory, or the day we defended Goya as a healthcare dictator.
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sars-coV2, biopolitics, Eugenio Noel, artistic researchAbstract
Throughout the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, different voices have insisted on the use of terms and expressions with a military origin. But... Are we talking about an anecdote or is there some kind of justification that explains the use of this military logic while referring to a health crisis? And, if that was the case, is this something new?
In order to answer these questions we propose the study of the multi-faceted (and polemical) figure of the journalist and art critic Eugenio Noel (1885-1936). An author through whom we can see how the hygienist discourses from the 19th and 20th century used a medical language in which abounded war and authoritarian references. Furthermore, we can also see the decisive influence that these same ideas had on the development of the European artistic world in the 20th century (especially in relation to the appearance of styles such as the fascist painting and sculpture).
This review of the past will allow us to carry out an exercise of memory, which will help us to understand our present and to question ourselves about our responsibility as researchers and artists.
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