Work Card
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TatTOOing-Performance

Work Card (original “Carteira de Trabalho") by TAIOM is a tattooing-performance that was presented at the 1º Salão Vermelho de Artes Degeneradas in Ateliê Sanitário on May 1, 2019, in Rio de Janeiro, and also at the exhibition "O que não é floresta é prisão política" at Galeria ReOcupa on November 20, 2019, in São Paulo.

TAIOM has been working since 18. Despite having completed tertiary education and being a professional for many years, he has never been part of the formal job market.
The profession of a tattoo artist, while recognized, has never been officially regulated or granted state guarantees.

Confronted with the imminent erosion of workers' rights and having always been on the margins, TAIOM began the piece by creating sketches, drawings, and textual interventions on his official work document, the 'Carteira de Trabalho' (Work Card).

PROPOsal

- The work involves exhibiting the "Carteira de Trabalho" along with the drawings present on it.

- Offers to tattoo the public for a value they define themselves. There will be no negotiation of the tattooing fee.
The public are free to determine the value they want to pay.

- The determined value is then written and signed on the designated page of the 'Carteira de Trabalho.' The tattoo is done immediately afterward.

* Only individuals over 18 years old are allowed to get tattoos during the performance.

** All hygiene and asepsis conditions necessary for tattooing will be strictly adhered to.