FANTASMA_B
intelligere (or I know I have a somewhat stupid way of being)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.47456/rf.rf.2234.53338Keywords:
phantom; intelligence/stupidity; artificial; photography; paintingAbstract
Eternal questions hover over art, artistic creation, and painting—questions regarding their definition, place, necessity, function, and more—that resurface like recurring specters even when they seem resolved. This essay explores the phantom that the *cosa mentale* (according to Leonardo, Francisco de Holanda, and others) has always implied within the paradoxical materiality of painting and art in general. Is it, after all, base matter like paint, or is it idea—pure spirit? This, in turn, draws the intelligence-stupidity dichotomy into the context of the natural-artificial debate. For does not the phantom of human stupidity hover over artificial intelligence, just as it does over all materiality that gives form to ideas? Thus, let us speak of phantoms through film, music, and—especially—art and painting, inquiring into their wisdom.
References
APPLEBAUM, Anne. O crepúsculo da democracia: o fracasso da política e o apelo sedutor do autoritarismo. Lisboa: Bertrand Editora, 2020.
APPLEBAUM, Anne. Autocracia, Inc.: os ditadores que querem governar o mundo. Lisboa: Bertrand Editora, 2024.
ARTAUD, Antonin. Van Gogh: o suicidado pela sociedade. 1947. Disponível em: https://monoskop.org/images/0/08/Artaud_Antonin_Van_Gogh_O_suicidado_pela_sociedade.pdf. Acesso em: 30 abr. 2026.
BARTHES, Roland. A câmara clara: nota sobre a fotografia. Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira, 1984.
BAUDRILLARD, Jean. De la séduction. Paris: Galilée, 1979.
DEITCH, Jeffrey (dir.). Unrealism: new figurative painting. New York: Rizzoli Electa, 2019.
DELEUZE, Gilles; GUATTARI, Félix. Rhizome. In: DELEUZE, Gilles; GUATTARI, Félix. Mille plateaux: capitalisme et schizophrénie. Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1980. v. 2.
FEIO, Francisco. Uma imagem, um negativo, todos os rostos. 2003. Disponível em: https://www.joseluisneto.pt/pt/04-01-02-01.html. Acesso em: 30 abr. 2026.
FISHER, Mark. Ghosts of my life: writings on hauntology, depression and lost futures. Winchester; Washington: Zero Books, 2014.
GINGERAS, Alison. Striving to be stupid/Grâce à la bêtise: entretien avec Thomas Hirschhorn. Art Press, Paris, n. 239, p. 19-25, 23 out. 1998.
GIORDANO, Stefana. A importância da estupidez na arte. Electra. Disponível em: https://electramagazine.fundacaoedp.pt/editions/edicao-2/nossa-querida-estupidez. Acesso em: 3 abr. 2026.
GUERREIRO, António. A nossa querida estupidez. Electra, Lisboa, n. 2, 2018. Disponível em: https://electramagazine.fundacaoedp.pt/editions/edicao-2/nossa-querida-estupidez. Acesso em: 2 abr. 2026.
HIRSCHHORN, Thomas. My Atlas # Our Atlas, 2025-2026. Publicação de Benjamin Weil no Instagram, 16 abr. 2026. Disponível em: https://www.instagram.com/p/DXM5hybDk-Q/?igsh=N2p2bGRkbWI2MjA2. Acesso em: 30 abr. 2026.
LASSNIG, Maria. The pen is the sister of the brush: diaries 1943-1997. Zürich; London: Hauser & Wirth, 2009.
LYOTARD, Jean-François. L'inhumain. Paris: Galilée, 1988. p. 20.
MUSIL, Robert. Da estupidez. Lisboa: Relógio d'Água, 2025.
RONELL, Avital. A experiência da estupidez. Electra, Lisboa, n. 2, 2018. Disponível em: https://electramagazine.fundacaoedp.pt/editions/edicao-2/nossa-querida-estupidez. Acesso em: 2 abr. 2026.
SABINO, Isabel. FANTASMA_A: Figurae (estranha forma de vida). Porto Arte: Revista de Artes Visuais, Porto Alegre, v. 29, n. 52, 2025. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/PortoArte/article/view/152316. Acesso em: 30 abr. 2026.
SZIMANSKY, Miguel. Medo, muito medo. Publicação no Facebook, 11 out. 2026. Disponível em: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1LpGBgYTvm/?mibextid=wwXIfr. Acesso em: 30 abr. 2026.
ŽIŽEK, Slavoj. Organs without bodies: on Deleuze and consequences. New York; London: Routledge, 2003.
ŽIŽEK, Slavoj. Elogio da intolerância. Lisboa: Relógio d'Água, 2006.
ZUBOFF, Shoshana. A era do capitalismo de vigilância: a disputa por um futuro humano na nova fronteira do saber. Lisboa: Relógio d'Água, 2020.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2026 Isabel Sabino
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
The authors of works submitted to Revista Farol authorize their publication in physical and electronic media, solely for academic purposes, and may be reproduced as long as the source is cited. They attest to their originality, authorship and originality.
