Tuesday, May 31, 2005

May 31 / Perambulação

Introduction

Perambulação is an immersion experience that discusses urban and architectural issues beyond contemporary art. Considering Brazil a country plenty of contradictions, this project foreseeing an artistic research in city’s structures. Perambulação is an opportunity for Brazilian and Dutch people to exchange life and professional experiences not only between the group but also with community. In this aspect, the project is extremely fresh and democratic, understanding art not just for a special public, but for any student, professional and neighbors interested in achieving knowledge about interventions in foreign public spaces.

The matter of happen in two extremely different cities as Rotterdam and São Paulo, promotes a possibility to discuss totally different realities even for locals: in one hand Rotterdam, the biggest port in the world, but a medium size, new planned city of 600.000 inhabitants with a high percentage of immigrants and social complexities; in the other hand, the megalopolis São Paulo (16 million inhabitants), one of largest cities in world, with serious nature damage problems (with just 4% of green area), but the most important financial center of Brazil.

Perambulação, as an interdisciplinary project, provides a possibility to discuss deeply the cities differences in Holland and Brazil through poetical projects that mixes real aspects and fiction about architecture, urbanism, cultural lifestyle and contemporary art.

It will be the first time to receive such a important project in a Brazilian city. A likely publication after about Perambulação experience is also something never published in Brazil, and is a important material to straight the relationship between involved countries.

Daniela Labra

Improvised List of participants
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Alexandre Vogler
Daniel Lima
Daniela Labra
Erik Hombrink
Felipe Barbosa
Jeroen Jongeleen
Marcelo Cidade
Mirta Demare
Nienke Terpsma
Renata de Andrade
Rob Hamelijnck
Roberto Rocco
Rosana Ricalde
Sonia Cillari
Tatiana Ferraz
Thomas Körtvélyessy
Wendelien van Oldenburgh

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