Arte: antídoto contra barbárie

Uma reflexão sobra a arte, à luz da teoria crítica da escola de Frankfurt Cibele Saraiva Kunz

A FUNÇÃO DA ARTE/1 - Eduardo Galeano "Diego não conhecia o mar. O pai, Santiago Kovadloff, levou-o para que descobrisse o mar. Viajaram para o Sul. Ele, o mar, estava do outro lado das dunas altas, esperando. Quando o menino e o pai enfim alcançaram aquelas alturas de areia, depois de muito caminhar, o mar estava na frente de seus olhos. E foi tanta a imensidão do mar, e tanto o seu fulgor, que o menino ficou mudo de beleza. E quando finalmente conseguiu falar, tremendo, gaguejando, pediu ao pai: - Me ajuda a olhar!" este texto faz parte de "O livro dos abraços", de Eduardo Galeano, publicado no Brasil originalmente em 1991, pela L&PM Editores, com tradução de Eric Nepomuceno. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dOkRB2bp0M 'Para os autores da escola de Frankfurt, a barbárie não existiu somente nas guerras, como por exemplo nas duas grandes guerras mundiais; ela está aí e cada vez mais se faz presente e da pior maneira possível, pois se antes ela era declarada, agora ela se disfarça, esconde-se, não se revela totalmente mas influencia completamente as atitudes humanas. A barbárie, para os Frnkfurtinos, é o processo de alienação, de coisificação, de preconceito, de autoritarimo e manipulação ideológica que, hoje, nos chamamdos regimes democráticos, passam despercebidos pois estão camuflados e difusos em todos os "cantos" da sociedade.' Disponível em: https://cienciassociais.ufsc.br/files/2015/03/Artigo-221.pdf Acesso em: 07/01/2021 A Festa do Santo Reis Tim Maia

Now you've found yourself can you tell me how you feel Oh you look so well everything seems new and real Can you rise above all the worldly cares you had All the foolish thoughts have they really left your head Yes I'd like to see if you really know for sure Are you still conviced what you had was less before Will it last for long you're obsessed by new ideas There's a change in you but you change most every year Can you stand there and tell me now It's not only a dream it's better It's a part you could play for ever We all play the game We all play the game And 'though we think again still it will be the same We play the game this foolish game The search goes on never ending thirst unquenched What you're looking for someone yet has to invent Does it please you well did you have to look so hard And you travel far 'though the answer's in your heart Fonte: Musixmatch Compositores: Marcio Leonardo Letra de A Festa do Santo Reis © Warner/chappell Edicoes Musicais Ltda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyTCLMRlpR4 DIA DE SANTO REIS - COMPOSITOR - Márcio Leonardo Tim Maia (Portuguese pronunciation: [tʃĩ majɐ]; September 28, 1942 – March 15, 1998), born Sebastião Rodrigues Maia in Rio de Janeiro city, was a Brazilian musician, songwriter and businessman known for his iconoclastic, ironic, outspoken, and humorous musical style. Maia contributed to Brazilian music within a wide variety of musical genres, including soul, funk, bossa nova, disco, romantic ballads, pop, rock, jazz, baião and MPB. He introduced the soul style on the Brazilian musical scene. Tim Maia is internationally recognised as one of the biggest icons of the Brazilian music. Tim Maia recorded numerous albums and toured extensively in a long career. After his early death in 1998, his recorded oeuvre has shown enduring popularity. A theatrical retrospective of his career, the popular musical Vale Tudo, was first staged in Rio de Janeiro in 2012. 1970s In the 1970s, Maia started to record albums and perform shows promoting his synthesis of American soul and Brazilian music with elements of samba and baião. The movement gradually took the working-class suburbs of the north side of Rio de Janeiro, exploding in 1976 with the black movement. In 1970 Maia recorded his first full-length LP, Tim Maia, which included the classics "Azul da Cor do Mar", "Coroné Antônio Bento", and "Primavera", and topped the charts for 24 weeks in Rio de Janeiro. His first four albums were all self-titled. Next year's Tim Maia had other hits including "Não Quero Dinheiro (Só Quero Amar)" and "Preciso Aprender a Ser Só". His fourth album, released in 1973, included "Réu Confesso" and "Gostava Tanto de Você". Angry at how the music publisher distributed the royalties, Maia opened his own, Seroma (derived from the first syllables of his first, middle and last names), to make sure he had a bigger cut of the profits. After his fourth album, Maia left Polydor for RCA Victor, who offered him a chance to record a double album. The instrumental parts were all ready when Maia went to his composing friend Tibério Gaspar for help with the lyrics. In his house Maia found the book Universo em Desencanto (Universe in Disenchantment), revolving around the cult of Rational Culture. Maia converted to the cult, abandoned the drugs and red meat, and decided to write the lyrics for the songs about the knowledge contained in the book. RCA rejected the albums Tim Maia Racional, Vols. 1 & 2 for the newly found spiritual content, but Maia bought the master tapes from them and released the albums independently through label Seroma Discos, which would split its profits with the cult. While lead single "Que Beleza (Imunização Racional)" had some airplay, at the time these records were not well received, due to inadequate distribution, and the spiritual content alienating both the radios and Maia's fans. Eventually the artist could only perform at events promoted by the Rational Culture. Eventually in 1975 Maia got fed up with the cult, destroyed the unsold records and went back to his carefree life. The Racional albums are now regarded as classics and saw re-release in 2005. For his return in 1976, Maia signed with Polygram and recorded an album also titled Tim Maia, which included the hit "Rodésia" (inspired by the Rhodesian Bush War), and also did a self-published album in English. In 1977 Maia signed with Som Livre, where he recorded the album Verão Carioca.] In 1978 Maia signed with Warner Bros. Records and incorporated the disco sound of the period in the album Tim Maia Disco Club, which spawned the hits "Sossego" and "Acenda o Farol". In 1979 Maia recorded Reencontro for EMI-Odeon, but revolted at the label's estimated promotion costs which were the same as the money spent recording, Maia fought with the marketing executive, and in response EMI president fired Maia, releasing the album with no publicity to low sales. Legacy and homages After his death, Maia was the subject of numerous tributes by Música popular brasileira artists; two lavish commemorations in 1999 and 2000 were each released on CD and DVD. A biography, Vale Tudo – O Som e a Fúria de Tim Maia, was published in 2011 by one of Maia's personal friends, Nelson Motta. Motta later worked with João Fonseca on a stage version of the book – their musical retrospective Tim Maia: Vale Tudo began a successful theatrical run in Rio de Janeiro in 2012. The film adaptation Tim Maia based on the book is expected for 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyTCLMRlpR4