“Encruzilhadas” and extremities of the language:

@biarritzzz, contemporary art and social networks

Abstract

In this article, we aim at thinking about language in a decentralized way, as a place that deconstructs languages and coloniality, based on tensions between contemporary art, digital languages and social networks, in the context of the sharing culture from from the 2010-2020 decade. To this end, we propose some critical articulations between Christine Mello’s approach of extremities, Leda Maria Martins's concept of “encruzilhada” (crossroads), and bell hooks’ margin perspective, among other authors. The objective is to understand the presence of biaritzzz, a Brazilian artist (from Fortaleza, CE, 1994)), through the reading of some works in GIF format shared by the artist on her Instagram profile. In @biarritizzz, we will seek to observe certain extremities with which language, contemporary art and social networks re-signify the present.