{"id":1615,"date":"2009-11-17T15:42:09","date_gmt":"2009-11-17T14:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/diffusion.org.uk\/?p=1615"},"modified":"2010-02-22T00:09:46","modified_gmt":"2010-02-21T23:09:46","slug":"belo-horizonte-anarchaeology-by-giles-lane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diffusion.org.uk\/?p=1615","title":{"rendered":"Belo Horizonte Anarchaeology by Giles Lane"},"content":{"rendered":"

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About<\/strong> : Fragments towards an anarchaeology of Belo Horizonte<\/a> is a series of eBooks created as part of Proboscis’ contribution to arte.mov<\/a> festival and symposium 2009. Very simply the aim is to offer an outsider’s eye on some of the outstanding features of the city by going for a series of walks and photographing the things that seem particular to the city. The walks were done during gaps in the symposium programme over two days, so are a very cursory engagement with Belo Horizonte, its people and life. However, the patterns discerned and organised into thematic eBooks perhaps give a taste or hint of what could be revealed in a deeper anarchaeology.<\/p>\n

Waves<\/em> \u2013 captures some examples of the use of waveforms in Brasilian design: from motifs printed on city rubbish bins, to the ubiquitous wave patterns embedded into the pavements.<\/p>\n

Corners<\/em> \u2013 Belo Horizonte is Brasil’s first planned city, the central district laid out on a rigid orthoganol grid cut through by diagonal avenues. At many intersections there may be up to eight streets converging leading to numerous wedge shaped buildings, almost all with elegant curved corners.<\/p>\n

Street Art<\/em> \u2013 much of Belo Horizonte seems to be colonised by elaborate street art and graffitti, on a scale I’ve not seen anywhere else. Complex artworks are sometimes run the length of an entire city block or radically transform municipal features such as bridges and stairs. These are clearly artworks, not just random graffitti \u2013 some are clearly commissioned for private or public buildings, but most seem to be tolerated if not officially sanctioned.<\/p>\n

\u201cFragmentos para uma anarqueologia de Belo Horizonte\u201d \u00e9 uma s\u00e9rie de eBooks criados como parte da contribui\u00e7\u00e3o do Proboscis para o Simposio do Festival arte.mov de 2009. Muito simplesmente, o objetivo \u00e9 apresentar um olhar estrangeiro sobre algumas das principais caracter\u00edsticas da cidade, atrav\u00e9s de uma s\u00e9rie de caminhadas nas quais foram feitas fotografias daquilo que parecia ser particular na cidade. As caminhadas foram feitas nos intervalos do simp\u00f3sio durante dois dias e s\u00e3o, assim, um engajamento muito superficial com Belo Horizonte, sua gente e seu cotidiano. No entanto, os padr\u00f5es eleitos e organizados nos eBooks tem\u00e1ticos talvez possam apresentar um sabor ou uma dica do que poderia ser revelado em uma anarqueologia mais aprofundada.<\/p>\n

Ondas<\/em> \u2013 capta alguns exemplos da utiliza\u00e7\u00e3o de formas de onda no design brasileiro: desde motivos impressos em lixeiras da cidade, at\u00e9 os padr\u00f5es repetitivos de onda assentados como pavimento no ch\u00e3o.<\/p>\n

Esquinas<\/em> \u2013 Belo Horizonte \u00e9 a primeira cidade moderna planejada no Brasil. O centro da cidade foi colocado sobre uma grelha ortogonal r\u00edgida, cortada por avenidas em diagonal. Em muitos cruzamentos, pode haver at\u00e9 oito ruas convergentes levando a numerosos edif\u00edcios em forma de cunha, quase todos com elegantes curvas na esquina.<\/p>\n

Arte de rua<\/em> \u2013 grande parte de Belo Horizonte parece ser colonizada por uma arte de rua elaborada e por graffiti, numa escala que n\u00e3o vi em nenhum outro lugar. Obras complexas s\u00e3o, por vezes, do comprimento de um quarteir\u00e3o inteiro ou transformam radicalmente obras municipais tais como pontes e escadas. S\u00e3o claramente obras de arte, n\u00e3o apenas graffiti aleat\u00f3rio \u2013 alguns s\u00e3o claramente encomendados para os edif\u00edcios p\u00fablicos ou privados, mas a maioria parece ser tolerada se n\u00e3o oficialmente sancionada.
\n(tr. Renata Marquez)<\/p>\n

Published November 2009<\/p>\n

Giles Lane<\/strong> is an artist, researcher and teacher. He founded and is co-director of Proboscis, a non-profit creative studio based in London where, since 1994, he has led projects such as\u00a0Urban Tapestries<\/em>;\u00a0Snout<\/em>;\u00a0Mapping Perception<\/em>;\u00a0Experiencing Democracy<\/em>;\u00a0Everyday Archaeology<\/em>; and\u00a0Private Reveries, Public Spaces<\/em>. Giles is a Visiting Tutor on the MA Design Critical Practice at\u00a0Goldsmiths College<\/a> (University of London) and is a Research Associate of the Media and Communications Department at\u00a0London School of Economics<\/a>. Giles was elected a Fellow of the\u00a0Royal Society of Arts<\/a> in 2008 for his contribution to community development through creative practice.<\/p>\n

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