Clubbers prosopographies in São Paulo and London:

Fashion, style, aesthetics and contemporary music scenes

Authors

  • Paula Guerra Instituto de Sociologia da Universidade do Porto
  • Henrique Grimaldi Figueredo Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas IFCH-UNICAMP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21669/tomo.vi37.13382

Abstract

In this article, we seek to analyze the São Paulo clubber movement in the 1990s as a creator of innovation in fashion and in the contemporary visual imagery. In this opportunity, we will take as a comparison the London clubber scene of the same time, prosopographing two central figures of both scenes: Alexander McQueen and Alexandre Herchcovitch. Our argumentation is that the clubbers' scenes experienced in the 1990s by these two fashion designers, independently activate playful energies and socialities intertwining creation, intermediation and cultural enjoyment on the dance floor. These scenes are spaces of versatility (and simultaneity) of creative roles. Network, simultaneity, versatility, interdisciplinarity, materiality, immateriality are assumed as ineluctable attributes of the musical scenes that are transported to the clubs, and later to the careers of McQueen and Herchcovitch.

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Author Biographies

Paula Guerra, Instituto de Sociologia da Universidade do Porto

Professora do Departamento de Sociologia da Universidade do Porto – Faculdade de Letras. Investigadora Integrada do Instituto Sociologia Universidade do Porto (IS-UP), Adjunct Associate Professor do Griffith Centre for Cultural Research (GCCR). Investigadora Colaboradora do Centro de Estudos de Geografia e do Ordenamento do Território (CEGOT) e do CITCEM – Centro de Investigação Transdisciplinar «Cultura, Espaço e Memória». E-mail: pguerra@letras.up.pt. ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2377-8045

Henrique Grimaldi Figueredo, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas IFCH-UNICAMP

Doutorando em Sociologia pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (IFCH/UNICAMP) e Bolsista da Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP). Mestre em História da Arte e Cultura de Moda pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Arte, Cultura e Linguagem da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (PPGACL-UFJF). E-mail: henriquegrimaldifigueredo@outlook.com. ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6324-4876. Bolsista da Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP). 

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Published

2020-07-08

How to Cite

Guerra, P., & Grimaldi Figueredo, H. (2020). Clubbers prosopographies in São Paulo and London: : Fashion, style, aesthetics and contemporary music scenes. TOMO Review, (37), 215–252. https://doi.org/10.21669/tomo.vi37.13382

Issue

No. 37 (2020): jul./dez.

Section

Special Issue

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