Biopolitical issues in transmedia creation processes

Abstract

A series of biopolitical issues surrounds contemporary creative processes. This article seeks to shed light on investigative paths related to the line of research “Creative processes in different media” through approximations with concepts such as power, biopower and biopolitics. This research approach involves concepts, methods and tactics of connection between theory and practice. We have chosen to consider the processes of production in various media and interfaces (Internet, public spaces, installations, video etc.) that interact in the creation of narratives, which, due to their convergence, can be situated in what Jenkins calls transmedia (2008). Our discussion starts from a review of biopolitics. In this scenario, contrasts with issues such as biopower, control, life, and resistance can reveal the instaurational power that permeates the creative processes. The studies are based on the concept of biopolitics proposed by Foucault and on the further developments by Hardt, Negri, Agamben, Lazzarato and Pelbart. Next, we present works that address these issues. The case studies will be discussed from a processual standpoint, networked and constantly changing, as presented by Salles (2006).