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0209/2022 - The drama of artists in the Brazilian pandemic
O drama dos artistas na pandemia brasileira

Author:

• Rafael da Silva Malhão - Malhão, R.S. - <malhao.rafael@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1269-7162

Co-author(s):

• Arlei Sander Damo - Damo, A.S. - <arleidamo@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4368-6754


Abstract:

The purpose of this article is to present the dramas experienced by Brazilian artists during the period of the COVID 19 pandemic. The investigation is part of one of the axes of a broader research on the social impacts of the pandemic in Brazil. Initially, it is argued that the pandemic is a critical event with multiple scales, which impacts populations in unequal ways, as is the case of professionals in the artistic world, in itself an unorthodox field in terms of specialties, remuneration, which was already emerging. sufferingthe impacts of the reduction of investments in public policies in the cultural area since the mid-2010s. In view of the measures to face the pandemic, among which the restriction on agglomerations, artistic events were prohibited and professionals were unable to act conventionally, generating economic problems and psychological distress. The article explores the dramatic report of some of these professionals, highlighting the strategies adopted to face the crisis resultingthe impossibility of acting, the scarcity of public policies for the sector and the disdain for the arts and culture on the part of the national political and economic elite. In-depth interviews were conducted with scenic artists, musicians and DJs between August and December 2020.

Keywords:

Art; COVID-19; Infrastructure; Economics; Internet.

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