Film Screening – Brasilintime: Batucada com Discos
Friday, October 13, 2006—6pm
The Bronx Museum of the Arts
1040 Grand Concourse at 165th Street
Admission: $5.00. Free for Bronx Museum members
Follow a group of North American percussionists (Paul Humphrey, Derf Reklaw
and James Gadson) and DJs (Cut Chemist, Babu, J.Rocc, Madlib, DJ Nuts) as they
scan the sebos in São Paulo, in search of golden nuggets of Brazilian music.
Sebos is Brazilian for used record stores and the protagonists in Brasilintime
undergo a revealing journey through piles of aged vinyl rediscovering classics
such as Jorge Ben & Trio Mocotó, Tim Maia, Tony Tornado, and Azymuth, among
others. This visually stunning documentary also features interviews with and
performances by legendary percussionist Wilson das Neves, João Parahyba a.k.a.
Comanche, and Ivan “Mamão” Conti. Directed by B+ and Eric Coleman.
In collaboration with VH1 and the City of New York for Hip Hop Honors Week,
October 12-17, 2006
Panel Discussion – Under the Sign of Invention: Art and Design After
Tropicália
Saturday, October 14, 2006—4pm
The Bronx Museum of the Arts
1040 Grand Concourse at 165th Street
Admission: $5.00. Free for Bronx Museum members
Paola Antonelli, curator, Museum of Modern Art
Ernesto Neto, visual artist
Karin Schneider, visual artist
Jussara Lee, fashion designer
The great outpouring of creativity in Brazil during the 1950s and 60s was in
large part inspired by the Russian constructivist model, in which the
distinctions between high art and popular culture were blurred. The utopian,
quasi-anarchic spirit of the era is best exemplified in the work of Hélio Oiticica, who
took as inspiration the slums of Rio, its architecture and the lives of both
its everyday heroes and infamous outlaws. Oiticica aimed to bridge a gap
between a certain “aesthetics of the dispossessed” and the well informed
sophistication of the upper classes—best exemplified in his series Parangolés, inspired
in equal parts by the quasi-ritualistic costumes in Noh theater and the
home-made garments worn by escola de samba dancers in Brazil during carnival. Paola
Antonelli will present an overview of the architecture and design in Brazil
since the 1960s. Visual artists Ernesto Neto and Karin Schneider and fashion
designer Jussara Lee will introduce their work and discuss
the influence of the Tropicália era on their
development.
These public programs are in conjunction with Tropicália: A Revolution in
Brazilian Culture, guest-curated by Carlos Basualdo, Curator of Contemporary Art
at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and co-organized by The Bronx Museum of the
Arts, New York; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; and GabineteCultura,
São Paolo. The international tour is sponsored by Altria Group, Inc.; and The
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Additional support is provided by
Etant donnés: The French-American Fund for Contemporary Art. The Bronx
Museum’s presentation is made possible, in part, by the U.S. Small Business
Administration.
Tropicália: A Revolution in Brazilian Culture
October 7, 2006 – January 28, 2007
Open House: Sunday, October 29, 2006, 2-6pm
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For more information about The Bronx Museum of the Arts events, visit
www.bronxmuseum.org
Getting to The Bronx Museum of the Arts
Subway: Take the D or B to the 167 Street / Grand Concourse station. Exit at
rear of station, walk south along Grand Concourse two blocks. 4 to the 161
Street / Yankee Stadium station. Walk east three blocks to the Grand Concourse,
then, walk north four blocks along Grand Concourse to 165th Street.
Bus: Take the Bx1, Bx2, or BxM4 Express to 165th St. and Grand Concourse.
Museum Hours:
Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday from 12 – 6 pm. Friday from 12 – 8
pm. Closed Monday and Tuesday.
Related: WNYC
Posted on October 12, 2006 by D. Bell