Fields of Prepositions Sesc Ipiranga

The rapper musician Rappin Hood talks about Ipiranga, his community, and the unequal spaces, but also about the coexistence of the neighborhood, in the plenary – part of the sound installation "Aparelhagem" [Rig] of the project Fields of Prepositions - Sesc Ipiranga, by O grupo inteiro (15/09 - 12/04/2016).

Fragment of "Totalitarian Languages", a proposition by Laymert Garcia dos Santos presented at Casa do Povo, São Paulo, on November 12th, 2015, by Programa de Açoes Culturais Autonomas (vimeo.com/153449199 – thanks to: 7 Visões and P.A.C.A.). It was part of the sound installation "Aparelhagem" [Rig] of the project Fields of Prepositions - Sesc Ipiranga, by O grupo inteiro (15/09 - 12/04/2016).

“As a synthesis, a historical painting should be based on the truth, and replicate the essential sides of the fact; as an analysis, it should be based on a vast number of rationales that stem both from the weighing of plausible and probable circumstances, as well as a knowledge of the rules and conventions of art. Reality inspires, as oppose to enslave the painter. He is inspired by that which it holds worthy of public contemplation, but not enslaved by what it conceals against the designs of art, which often coincides with the designs of history.” Pedro Américo.
Reference: “The Cry of Ipiranga or The Proclamation of Independence of Brazil. A few words on the historical event and the celebratory painting by Doctor Pedro Américo de Figueiredo”, Florence, Tipografia Arte della Stampa, 1888. São Paulo University Paulista Museum Collection. BY Solange Lima.

IPIRANGA is an affluent of the Tamanduateí river, on the left shore, in the city of São Paulo. Its bank is historically known as the place where Dom Pedro, then Prince Regent, later Emperor of Brazil, gave the cry of Independence of Brazil on September 7, 1822. Ipiranga is a corruption, or rather, a contraction of the word IPI-RÁ-Ã-N-GA meaning “sloping and uneven bed”. From y – relative; PI – centre, deep; RÁ – uneven, unequal; Ã – slope, with the suffix N G A (brief) to form the supine.
Source: BARRO, Máximo and BACELLI, Roney. Ipiranga – Series: História dos bairros (The History of neighbourhoods). Department of Historical Heritage – Historical Archive Division, 1979.

Solange Lima, director of the Paulista Museum - University of São Paulo, raises questions about the artist's imagination, the historical and current dimensions of the painting "Independência ou Morte" [Independence or Death], by Pedro Américo, which is today in the noble hall of the monument building of the Museu Paulista, in the Ipiranga neighborhood of São Paulo. Sesc Ipiranga. It was part of the sound installation "Aparelhagem" [Rig] of the project Fields of Prepositions - Sesc Ipiranga, by O grupo inteiro (15/09 - 12/04/2016).