Rio Suburbano

CURADORIA

Rafael Mattoso

Speaking of the suburbs presupposes addressing the entire complexity of the knowledge, flavors, and experiences of its residents. The Rio Suburbano gallery is an invitation to understand the history of the areas that emerged from the construction of factories and the railway line, their own forms of spatial, cultural, and mobility organization. Their renewed knowledge and traditions, their identities and ways of being and being in this urban and affective cartography. It is a celebration of the specific practices of its inhabitants. Memories that account for the minutiae of suburban life, such as running after and delighting in sweets from Cosme and Damião, flying kites in the streets and on rooftops, appropriating the sidewalk or public roads to lay a stroke of concrete or to celebrate some important date.

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Caminhos dos subúrbios

The relationship between the subúrbio and mobility has been intertwined since the beginning. The development and growth of these areas have a close connection with the railways, even in the 19th century, and with the opening of avenues and paths for wheeled modes in the 20th century. Therefore, the history of the Rio suburbs is intimately related to the history of the expansion of the city of Rio de Janeiro and the expansion of its transport system. This also means that the difficulties and hardships experienced by suburban residents inside trains, buses, and vans, despite pertaining to their respective contexts, traverse generations of suburbanites. Between adventures and misfortunes, the home-work-home journey is an experience that the population of the Rio suburbs experiences in a typical way.

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