ARS(TIFEX): articulações na formação e no fazer de tatuadores

Abstract

The present thesis intends to investigate the articulations that constitute the formation of tattoo artists and practice of the tattoo. The research follows the trajectory of three tattoo artists in Juiz de Fora; Breno, Lígia and Sebá; approaching the relationships they weave between themselves and with other tattoo artists, as well as the procedural constitution of their preferences and experiences as a central element of training and specialization of these professionals. On the relationship between tattooists emphasizes, more than a relationship between master apprentice, the influence of "ethical" aspects at the field of tattooing that guide the positioning of (various) tattoo artists in the contemporary world. The research also brings some discussions about the tattoo as a possible form of artistic expression and the presuppositions and consequences on this question, considering the historical moment of the practice; besides exploring reflections that contextualize the theoretical-practical perspectives on the importance of the "creativity" as element and central value in the day-to-day of these tattoo artists, highlighting this factor not as exponent of a romantic genius and inherent in the "nature" of the subjects, but as an expression of a collectivized work with other tattoo artists and clients, along with constant training. The research is based on a developed ethnography in studios and events with the participation of these tattoo artists, highlighting in practice the elements articulated and mobilized in the making of the tattoo, which they put in relation clients, materials, machinery, paints, perspectives and trajectories throughout the process.