TERRITORY OF THE BIXIGA RIVER: CANUDOS REFORESTATION
Continuing the cultivation of the Denuzia vegetable garden, located within the Território (Parque) of the Bixiga River — carried out in a community and voluntary manner every Sunday, for three years — we propose, during the 14th Architecture Biennial, to share this experience with a program of sympoetic activities.
Description of laboratory activities:
Poetic Macumba Massacre Canudos Rio Bixiga
Construction of small wattle and daub houses (bioconstruction) scattered throughout the Denuzia garden, creating a vast voodoo map that fuses the images and stories of what was once Canudos and what is now the Bixiga River territory, proposing a mutual decimation of these ecosystems, united in the same struggle for land and collective modes of existence. This provokes reflection among participants on an architecture that merges with nature, the autonomy of quilombo, indigenous, and marginalized communities in the construction of their homes, and the relationship between construction and ritual. We propose this "voodoo acupuncture" in the territory, as a practice of calling upon the forest and the Bixiga River.
Dates 09/21 – 09/28 from 10am to 2pm with a picnic and chat to share experiences at the end.
Local Horta Denuzia located in the Territory of Rio Bixiga. Jaceguai Street, 548 – Bixiga
Jungle of Cities, forest workshop and post concrete
A group reading of Bertolt Brecht's play "Selva das Cidades" (Jungle of Cities). A discussion circle on the workshop theater experience of this production and the fight for the Bixiga River Park.
Teatro Oficina's production, directed by José Celso Martinez Corrêa and with set design by Lina Bo Bardi, is an important reference in the history of Brazilian theater, a reaction to urban transformations and a period of military dictatorship. Today, we want to connect with this history of (re)existence to foster our questions about the needs and possibilities of reforesting cities and experiencing a "post-concrete" society. We reflect on what direct and planned actions we need to implement to dismantle the reinforced concrete reality imposed on concrete cities. What will cities be like without all this concrete? Where will it go, and what can we do with all this concrete? How can we help the earth free itself from the hostage situation of reinforced concrete waterproofing in cities?
Date: 05/10 10am to 2pm with picnic at the end.
Local Horta Denuzia located in the Territory of Rio Bixiga. Jaceguai Street, 548 – Bixiga
Free
No registration required.