Performing ideologies in sympoietic faces

In this paper we explore the telluric temperament typical of the paradigmatic depths of ideological arrangements through the syntactic analysis of a specific artistic manifestation. Thus we consider the plastic, figurative and performative levels of a photograph by Fukase Masahisa. In order to analyse this case, we recall crucial insights on ideology by scholars such as Keane, Haraway, Ricoeur, Leone and Watsuji, among others. The performativity of the ideological conformation itself, but also of the face as the main object of our study, is shown through an organisational scheme elaborated on the base of Greimas and Courtés’ reflections, with specific reference to concepts such as collectivity and relationality.