Di Melo, um olhar sobre a expansão na esfera de experiência artística: entre rupturas e transições

Abstract

This case study aims to understand and analyze three processes of ruptures and transitions in the artistic-musical trajectory of Di Melo from Recife: break with the record company after non-payment of the homonymous album released in 1975; pseudo-death and resurgence, and recording of a documentary about his life. In order to develop the argument of this study, we adopted the theoretical-methodological assumptions of Semiotic Cultural Psychology, specifically the concepts of life trajectory, spheres of experience and rupture-and-transition. For data construction, we used the analysis of interviews for TV shows, documentary, in addition to a semi-structured interview with the artist, through a social network. The results indicate that through the analysis of three flows that can occur in the transition processes (Construction of meaning, Redimensioning of identity and Acquisition of skills and knowledge), it was possible to recognize a sociocultural phenomenon that occurred in the trajectory of the artist's life, which we call expansion of the sphere of experience, which expanded from musical to artistic, in order to integrate the various expressions of art that Di Melo was building throughout his career.