Rio de Janeiro is one of the most celebrated cities in the world, famous for its beautiful scenery and diverse cultural population. However, the gap between the haves and have-nots is painfully obvious both physically, in its large sprawl of favelas, and psychologically, in stigmatizing and antagonizing differing social groups. #RioVisivel proposes through participatory experiences and performative interventions to address the impact of visibility—for the ordinary to the extremely marginalized Cariocas—in one of the most dynamic of world’s cities at a time when the world is focused on the city for one of it’s major sporting and cultural events. The project involves two delivery vehicles: ‘Podia‘ and ‘Will we be Crime?‘
Creative Lab Artist-Researchers: Charles Feitosa, Kate Stewart, Kazz Morohashi, Renato Rezende, Tiago Cosmo