ABSTRACT
In today's debates, the artist has been considered as a possible worker of the future, an intrinsically motivated subject. However, we observe that this perspective of analysis conceives art and art activity in a romanticized way and tends to mask the real conditions of such work activity. In view of the above, we have developed a study with the purpose of understanding and analyzing the possible relationships between the artistic work context in the region of Florianópolis, and experiences of pleasure and suffering of the workers included in it, considering the process of commodification of culture. For this, we use as theoretical framework of the Psychodynamics of Work. Participated in this research, which occurred between September and December 2016, four artists working in the region of Greater Florianópolis. After delimiting the participants, we performed with each subject, three individual semi-structured interviews in depth and observations of their work routines. The interviews were recorded, transcribed and submitted to the analysis of thematic categorical content proposed by Bardin (2016). We conclude that the context of artistic work can enable both the experiencing of pleasure and suffering to the artist. However, we observe a possibility of intensification of suffering at work, influenced by the greater approximation of artists to the marketing logic.
Artistic Work; Pleasure and Suffering at Work; Commodification of Culture