Saturday, June 11, 2005

Awaken from Lethargy

Art and Public Life in São Paulo at the Century’s Turn – by Suely Rolnik / RÉSUMÉS/ABSTRACTS 116 Parachute Magazine

Guest editor Suely Rolnik introduces this special issue with background commentary on Brazil’s colonial history and the effects of global capitalism, remarks on the development of the art scene through dictatorship and commercial boon, and descriptions of Sao Paulo as a city of particular complexity, intensity and productivity. She foregrounds the recent proliferation of a particular genre of art practice – public intervention – which is activist, event-oriented, collaborative, even humourous. Seeking to invent new ways of existing within the urban context, as well as resolving the inequalities afflicting many of its residents, this mode of practice also aims to reconfigure art as an essential function to collective life.

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