Experiência estética no heavy metal: uma análise a partir da cena uberlandense e seu entorno.

Abstract

Heavy metal might be taken by most people strictly as a musical genre. In order to debunk this concept, this paper understands heavy metal as a multilingual aesthetic cultural movement enhanced by other expressions that are sometimes neglected or omitted, such as flyers, album covers and sleeves, promotional photos, fanzines, video clips, movies, dances, clothing, verbal and body language, among others. Therefore, it is understood that all of these forms of art mentioned above are intrinsic. Being the subject matter strongly linked to everyday life aspects, autoethographic method of research was sought, since this method understands that active participants are essential during the research process. Thus, this paper is focused on the manifestations of heavy metal in the region of Uberlândia and the whole universe surrounding it. In order to investigate the aesthetic potentialities of heavy metal, this research is supported by the concept of art from a perspective of aesthetic experience addressed by Richard Shusterman and John Dewey. According to their concept on the aesthetic experience, it happens first by one's appreciation of nature, and therefore, it is not submitted to the boundaries of hegemonic art, bringing art closer to ordinary life. It is understood that this subject matter has a wide range of applications, so this research was organized in five groups called "metallic components" distributed in the form of essays containing discussions on the various possibilities of an aesthetic appreciation over them, being: underground, Inverted Cross, Headbanging, Satanic Triângulo Mineiro and Glam Invasion. Furthermore, by raising some of the characteristics of heavy metal, some of its aesthetic expressions were highlighted through the process of research, pointing out the aesthetic potentials of the style from the multiplicity of its expressions and its competence as a truly relevant artistic and cultural movement in the region of Triangulo Mineiro.