04.09.2020
The Museu da Casa Brasileira, an institution of the Secretary of Culture and Creative Economy of the State of São Paulo, participates in the 14th edition of the Spring of Museums with the theme “Digital World: Museums in Transformation”. The event, an initiative of the IBRAM (Brazilian Institute of Museums), aims to promote Brazilian museums for a week, around activities for all audiences. In 2020, the special program will take place between the 21st and 27th of September.
The Museu da Casa Brasileira has three activities during this period. The first will be the virtual conversation circle with Giancarlo Latorraca (technical director of the MCB) and Ana Heloísa Santiago (architect and manager of the MCB exhibition center) on the theme ‘Expographs at MCB – design of temporary exhibitions and collections’, on 09/23, Wednesday, at 7 pm, with live transmission on YouTube from the Museum.
In addition, Educativo MCB promotes on 09, Saturday, at 10am, the online drawing workshop ‘What Object is This?’ With the theme ‘stove’. Still on the weekend, Sunday, artist Rafa Castro performs a live at 8pm. The show brings together works from his most recent CD ‘Teletransportar’ and classics from Brazilian popular music (MPB). The presentation will be held directly from the collection of the Museu da Casa Brasileira and the public will be able to check it out on the musician’s Instagram.
SERVICE:
VIRTUAL CONVERSATION WHEEL | Expographs at MCB – Design of temporary exhibitions and collections
With Giancarlo Latorraca and Ana Heloísa Santiago
Date: September 23, 2020
Opening hours: From 19h00
Streaming:Youtube MCB
ONLINE DRAWING WORKSHOP | What object is that? – Cooker
In this workshop promoted by Educativo do MCB, there is debate about objects and their stories and a lot of hands-on work. After all, here, the imagination is free and so is the creation of your drawing.
Date: September 26, Saturday
Opening hours: 10 am to 12 pm
Registration: MCB website
MCB Recommends | Live Rafa Castro
Presentation of the CD ‘Teletransportar’ and MPB classics
Date: September 27, Sunday
Opening hours: From 20h
Streaming: Rafa Castro’s Instagram
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About MCB
The Museu da Casa Brasileira, an institution of the Secretary of Culture and Creative Economy of the State of São Paulo, has been dedicated, for 50 years, to the preservation and diffusion of the material culture of the Brazilian house, being the only museum in the country specialized in architecture and design . The MCB’s program includes temporary and long-term exhibitions, with an agenda that also includes educational service activities, debates, lectures and publications contextualizing the museum’s vocation for the formation of critical thinking on topics such as architecture, urbanism, housing, economics creativity, urban mobility and sustainability. Among its numerous initiatives, the Design MCB Award stands out, the main segment award in the country held since 1986; and the Casas do Brasil project, to rescue and preserve memory about the rich diversity of living in the country.
The MCB is temporarily closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. During this period, the public can check the contents of the Museu da Casa Brasileira on digital platforms, which have daily updates.
SITE: mcb.org.br/
Brazilian House Museum | Av. Faria Lima, 2705 | Phone: (11) 3032-3727
