“Vou pra praça da Bandeira e depois pro Formigueiro”: política cultural, memória e sociabilidade no rock independente em Macapá (2008-2015)

Abstract

The history of music is a field of historical knowledge with many specificities, due to the existence of countless musical genres, with their varied compositional structures, from instrumental arrangements to lyrical parts, which emerged at different times throughout history, serving different groups. social. Therefore, this work aims to investigate the production of independent rock in the city of Macapá, between the years 2008 and 2015, through an interview with one of the members of this movement, belonging to collectives such as Liberdade ao Rock and Coletivo Palafita, added to issues related to the formation of rock bands and collectives in the school environment. Also considering the creation of festivals such as Liberdade ao Rock, and Festival Quebramar, this research proposes to understand the production of these festivals, which brought artists of national and international projection to the city of Macapá, to perform in places such as the amphitheater of Fortress of São José de Macapá, Praça da Bandeira, and Largo dos Inocentes (Anthill). For this research, documents from the Macapá Culture Foundation (Fumcult-PMM), posters belonging to the personal collection of sociologist Artur Mendes Costa, and an interview with Diego Meireles, one of the founders of the Movimento de Iniciativa Cultural Liberdade ao Rock were used. , also temporarily part of Coletivo Palafita. In 2013, some of these festive circuits had their performances interrupted, generating a period of greater difficulty for the production of independent rock in the capital. My hypothesis is that the lack of funding by the State, through cultural incentive programs, is one of the main causes for the interruption of these festivals, added to a homicide carried out on one of the days of the Quebramar Festival, culminating in the association of the rock movement to urban violence. Along with this, it is believed that the need to fulfill personal commitments on the part of this member is one of the causes of a period of discontinuity in the editions of the festivals investigated in this research. As a result, in 2015 the Festival Quebramar has its last edition held, with less participation and support from the public authorities.