Abstract
ABSTRACTThis text introduces and discusses the MOVIMENTO HO (HO MOVEMENT), a collective action conceived by Brazilian performance artist Eleonora Fabião and realized November 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. Performed by 4,700 bricks, 3 books, a group of 7 artists-collaborators, gallery visitors, the cultural center’s staff, a truck and moving workers, among others, the action started at Centro Municipal de Arte Hélio Oiticica (Municipal Art Center Hélio Oiticica, located in downtown Rio) and ended in front of the Casa das Mulheres da Maré (Women’s House at Maré, located in one of the city’s major conglomerates of slums). During 7 days people, bricks, books, and truck, among others, moved one another through varied spaces, tangible and affective matters, and performative dimensions.
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