Projeto Respiração

"The Breathing Project, whose 13th edition is sponsored by the State Secretariat of Culture (SEC), is a daring and stimulating work, which encourages contemporary artists to produce interventions in the Fundação Eva Kalabin's collection of classic art in Rio de Janeiro (...) The project has therefore not only produced daring reunterpretations of the Eva Kablin collection, but also shared this experience by stimulating the creativity of young people."--T.p. verso. This innovative project created different readings of the same body. The book arose from a desire to leave a permanent record of the "Breathing Project" over a period of eight years since the first project in 2004. The book is divided into 3 parts: The first is a theoretical essay by the curator and a visual essay, by Sonia Barreto, reflecting on the concept of the Breathing Project experiment. The second part contains sections of each of the 18 interventions carried out between 2004 and 2011. Each text was writtent at the time of the interventions. Some of them were reviewed and modified to bring them into line with the current thinking of the curator. In these cases, the original date has been retained, followed by the date on which the text was reviewed. The third part of the book is devoted specifically to the Breathing Project workshops held in the under-privileged communities in the city and State of Rio de Janeiro in 2011 and 2012.