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167:. With TV Morrinho Live, the group builds a miniature favela, a replica of the Rio original. For the performances, they develop a scripted role-playing drama involving the LEGO-figurine 'inhabitants' of the favela. The story is then played out and projected live via three video cameras onto a large screen for the audience to follow. The exhibition also features a music performance by MC Maiquinho, one of the Morrinho youth who has become a renowned funk singer.
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Throughout the years, Morrinho has garnered increasing attention for its aesthetics and the ingenuity of its child creators, growing from a local phenomenon to a popular international exhibit. It has been able to use that attention to evolve, not only as a work of art, but also, into an organization with aspirations for social change. Currently, more than 20 teenagers are following in the example of
Morrinho's founding members.
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Morrinho aims to bring positive change to the local community, as well as challenge the popular perception of Brazil's favelas. Through its work, Morrinho contributes directly to the socio-cultural and economic development of the surrounding areas. The belief that favelas are merely dominated by
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Curators and critics have recognized the unique character and innovation of the
Morrinho model as a legitimate expression of contemporary art, and has drawn considerable international attention from journalists, architects, musicians, scholars, and tourists. Smaller scale replicas of the Morrinho
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Morrinho Social, the fourth component, was still being developed as of August 2009. Following the slogan "Initiating a Small
Revolution", Morrinho Social intends to offer profession qualification workshops to the residents of the Pereirão community. The idea has been developed over the past two
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that inhabit the model, recreating life in Rio's favelas. Morrinho reproduces the favelas of Rio de
Janeiro as an intricate and multifaceted model. In addition to the Lego people, Morrinho includes cars, police vehicles, and a helicopter, representing the reality lived by these young people.
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Morrinho, TV Morrinho, Expo Morrinho and Morrinho Social. In 2008, after seven years of chronicling the history of Morrinho and the lives of its creators, filmmakers Fábio Gavião and Markão Oliveira released a full-length documentary titled
75:. Morrinho, which was started by local youth in 1997, is a 450m² model of the city constructed from bricks and other recycled materials. It began as a simple childhood game to escape the realities of violence and corruption that surrounded the teens and their community.
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Traveling exhibitions 3 states of Brazil (São Paulo: from 10 to 22 March) (Brasilia: 03/03 to 04/04) (Manaus: from 04/13 to 04/26) (Partners): Itaú Cultural / Rumos / Producer Numen @MorrinhoProject
Artistic Name of the Process: Micror Residências Project Morrinho 2017
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Morrinho has been recognized domestically, as well as internationally at various exhibitions and festivals. At these events, a small scale model was built by the members of Morrinho to display to spectators. The following is a list of exhibitions:
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and he decided to playfully reproduce this reality in his own backyard with bricks and paint left over from his father's work in construction. This diversion caught the attention of seven other local youths, and what began as a game became a hobby.
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TV Morrinho serves as a center for original independent and contracted video productions that derive from the model. TV Morrinho is a performance-based exhibition that began after the success of the 2007 Venice
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Morrinho is open to the public and encourages travelers and locals to visit the project. This facilitates an exchange of ideas and allows a better understanding of the project and its meaning to the community.
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Morrinho was created in 1997 by Cirlan Souza de Oliveira, a 14-year-old boy who had recently moved to Rio de Janeiro. Oliveira was impressed with the architecture and style of life in the city's
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drug trafficking and violence is not all encompassing. Morrinho communicates the realities of life through film, plastic arts, theater and music and shows that life in the favela is multi-dimensional.
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In 2001, on a visit to the community, film directors Fábio Gavião, Marco
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In addition to productions created specifically for exhibitions around the world, TV Morrinho has produced numerous independent videos based on stories that have been developed in Morrinho.
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