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Video Between Museums Today - Where to find old photos of the country? Visit the Moreira Salles Institute

07/10/2021
Thematic Axis
Identifier
BR.MDA.ARQ.00435
Title
Video Between Museums Today - Where to find old photos of the country? Visit the Moreira Salles Institute
Vídeo Entre Museus Hoje - Onde encontrar fotos antigas do país? Visite o Instituto Moreira Salles
Museum of TomorrowOrganization
Collection
MemoryCollection
Fund
Museu do Amanhã
Description
In the "Between Museums Today" series, sponsored by Engie Brasil, the public visited the Instituto Moreira Salles (IMS) in Gávea, in the southern zone of Rio de Janeiro. The museum, housed in the former home of the Moreira Salles family, was designed in the 1940s by architect Olavo Redig de Campos, with modernist solutions that include glass walls, cobogós (decorative perforated bricks), brise-soleils (sunshades), and gardens designed by Roberto Burle Marx. The IMS houses one of the most extensive and important collections of Brazilian memory: more than 2 million photographs, 2,000 iconographic pieces (paintings, engravings, drawings), as well as a valuable literature department with archives of great writers and a music section with scores, recordings, and radio program transcripts. All of this is free for visitors. The episode also highlighted the "Escuta Festival" project, developed by the IMS's education and social action area in partnership with peripheral cultural institutions, collectives, artists, and activists from the city of Rio de Janeiro, with the aim of occupying and experiencing common space through art produced in the peripheries.
No Entre Museus Hoje, com patrocínio da Engie Brasil, o público visitou o Instituto Moreira Salles (IMS) na Gávea, zona sul do Rio de Janeiro. O museu, instalado na antiga casa da família Moreira Salles, foi projetado na década de 1940 pelo arquiteto Olavo Redig de Campos, com soluções modernistas que incluem paredes de vidro, cobogós, brise-soleils e jardins assinados por Roberto Burle Marx. O IMS abriga um dos mais extensos e importantes acervos da memória brasileira: são mais de 2 milhões de fotografias, 2 mil peças iconográficas (pinturas, gravuras, desenhos), além de um precioso departamento de literatura com arquivos de grandes escritores e um setor de música com partituras, gravações e registros de programas de rádio. Tudo isso é gratuito para os visitantes. O episódio destacou ainda o projeto "Escuta Festival", desenvolvido pela área de educação e ação social do IMS em parceria com instituições culturais periféricas, coletivos, artistas e ativistas da cidade do Rio de Janeiro, com o objetivo de ocupar e experienciar o espaço comum por meio da arte produzida nas periferias.
Production Date
07/10/2021
Genus/Species
Audiovisual/ Vídeo institucional
Unit
Item documental
Sound
Color Pattern
RGBColor Pattern
Duration
05min 51s
Graphic Presentation
Colorido
Thematic Axis
AccessibilityThematic Axis
CultureThematic Axis
EducationThematic Axis
Producer
Museum of TomorrowOrganization
Restriction Condition
Reproduction Conditions
Language
PortugueseLanguage
Conservation Condition
GoodConservation Condition
Subject/Keyword indexing
ArtsSubject
Covid-19Subject
MemorySubject
MuseumsSubject
Collection Item11
Image
Video