Tropicalist aesthetics and museum architecture: identity representations of contemporary Brazil
The tropicalist aesthetic comprises a representation of elements of Brazilian culture – Carnival, football, tropical fruits, beaches, favelas – that aim to build the national identity by incorporating mass culture elements. Creating images of Brazil for exportation seeks to insert itself in the...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Centro Universitário La Salle (Unilasalle) |
| Repositorio: | Mouseion (Canoas) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistas.unilasalle.edu.br:article/8521 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unilasalle.edu.br/index.php/Mouseion/article/view/8521 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Tropicalism contemporary architecture audiovisual museography national identity Tropicalismo arquitetura de museus museografia audiovisual identidade nacional Arquitetura de museus |
| Sumario: | The tropicalist aesthetic comprises a representation of elements of Brazilian culture – Carnival, football, tropical fruits, beaches, favelas – that aim to build the national identity by incorporating mass culture elements. Creating images of Brazil for exportation seeks to insert itself in the economic global circuits. Since the 1990s, the reactivation of the tropicalist aesthetics has progressively influenced the disciplinary field of architecture. This article aims to reflect on the relation established between tropicalist aesthetics and Brazilian architecture. As methodology research, we will analyze architectural projects and other relevant documentary sources. The national representativeness associated with tropicalist aesthetics comes close to three main architectural programs: the creation of Brazilian Pavilions at the World Expositions, museography and museum architecture. The article will be structured around three moments: the projects not built in the 1990s, the events motivated by the exhibition Brazil + 500 and the construction of new museums the following decades. |
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