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Staying Creative Between Beauty and Chaos in Rio de Janeiro.
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Caccuri, Vivian, Author, Musician.
- Series:
- Timezones ; 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Artists.
- Electronic music.
- Music.
- Racism.
- Sociology.
- Sound.
- Genre:
- Podcasts
- Podcasts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified], Goethe-Institut, 2021.
- [Place of publication not identified], Norient, 2021.
- Summary:
- "This episode explores how Rio has shaped its music over the centuries and invented its future through the vision of artists, creators, and scholars. Samba was persecuted, it was a source of embarrassment for a lot of rich, wealthy, Eurocentric Brazilians, but in many ways, it won out. So a lot of the urban spaces that were designed to keep out Black Brazilians and poor Brazilians became the spaces that are now used for street "blocos" (carnival blocks) that are now central to grassroots samba during carnival. (Bruno Carvalho) Behind the picture-postcard landscapes and the stereotypical images of carnival, beaches, and beautiful women lies an enigmatic and broken city: Rio de Janeiro. Rio's musical and creative identity, such as samba and carnival, seems to be ever transforming and flirting with traditional forms, yet at the same time, those forms have a history of struggle, intimately connected to Afro-Brazilian musical and religious expressions. In a challenging historical moment of crisis, a pandemic and political ruthlessness, artists in Rio are integrating those identities with the most immediate needs and perceptions of reality. The goal is to stay alive, sane, and, most of all, creative."-- provided by distributor.
- Notes:
- Archived and cataloged by Library Stack
- Standard Copyright.
- Description from resource landing page (Library Stack, viewed on 09/29/2025).
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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