Traficantes e substitutos: representações da telepresença em filmes de ficção científica

Abstract

The study has the purpose of analyzing the representation of telepresence in contemporary science fiction cinema. For this, the films chosen were Sleep Dealer (Alex Rivera direction, Mexico/USA, 2008) and Surrogates (directed by Jonathan Mostow, United States, 2009), selected for their distinct approaches of telepresence in the context of their respective fables, establishing dialogues and differences that help in the study of the relationship between technology, imagery and movies. It should be noted that the portrait of telepresence, in these films, presents the use of the human body as support of technologies and its socio-cultural impacts, a scenario that is also represented in other contemporary artwork. The text elaborates the conclusion that the increasing relevance of the human body as the interface on the telepresence works as a significant way of understanding the relationship between art and technology today.