Entre cartas e cinzas da ditadura: narrativas, interesses de classe e gamearte a favor da memória

Abstract

The process of delving into Brazilian history can be understood in many ways. In this experimentation, I have developed, through Gameart, ways of getting closer to the past close to the Brazilian people, in this case, the military-corporate dictatorship that began with the 1964 coup d’état. Representing such an event in a playful way is only possible through a confluence of experiences and methodologies drawn from my career in graphic design; readings obtained in the study of Art and Visual Culture, which conceptually feed the way of representing the other; and above all, artistic experiences in the elaboration of playfulness in Games, resulting in the language chosen for this dissertation. The events narrated in the reading of the work blend from the outset, through a separation between what is author, what is fantasy and what is academic research in a gentle way, leading the reader through a conversation about the past, present and future of a class.