Brasilia: images of glory, memories of exclusion
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https://doi.org/10.26807/cav.v0i04.65Keywords:
Brasilia, art, Cildo Meireles, Através, Adirley Queirós, Branco sai, preto fica, memoryAbstract
In the early 1950s, a modernist explosion occurred in Brazil, which manifested in a wide range of projects and institutions, including the construction of Brasilia City, during the presidency of Kubitschek (1956-1961). Its building was vested as the concreteness, on an urban level of the imagination of technological progress and modernization, a project to make Brazil move forward fifty years, in only five of construction. This paper deal with artistic productions articulated as counterparts of Brasilia’s mythical construction. We will analyze Cildo Meireles’ installation Através (1983-1989) and Adirley Queirós’ film Branco sai, preto fica (2014). Both productions provide different perspectives regarding the experience of living in Brasilia, opening critical discourses on situations of social exclusion and debate over public space.
Key words: Brasilia, art, Cildo Meireles, Across, Adirley Queirós, White leaves, black stands, memory.
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