The concept of artistic truth in trauma aesthetics

The author considers the concept of artistic truth and its transformations in trauma aesthetics. The subject matter of analysis is works of art classfying features relevant in the field of trauma aesthetics, as well as how it transformed the concept of artistic truth. Such features include loss of memory due to traumatic experience, annihilation of symbolic language, impossibility of structured narrative, evidence as a technique. The author refers to the main works on aesthetics and philosophy, actualizing the concept of trauma and its relationship with artistic truth. The study result is that artistic truth in the aesthetics of trauma is transformed into a literal representation of traumatic reality, evidence that aims to re-symbolize language and fill the voids in cultural memory.