He mentions UNESCO, who put Brasilia on the World Heritage List in 1987. When I ask him, ‘what do you dream Brasilia to be’, he answers:

The capital city expresses its modernity through the architecture of the buildings of the Three Powers, including the Presidential Palace, the National Congress Building, and the Supreme Federal Court Building ‘if you grow more than this,’ he explained, ‘we lose the idea of community.’ Brasilia is in the middle of Brazil and, on the map, the Plano Piloto (Pilate Plan) resembles an aeroplane. The idea comes from Lúcio Costa, the architect who designed the Plano Piloto (central area) of the capital: future population s can settle in the areas around Brasilia, but do not make the capital city itself bigger. He also loves the concept of ‘ community‘ in Brasilia. The citizens share a similar environment with each other which narrows the perceptions of socio/economic gaps between them. Everyone lives in a small residential area, everyone resides in the buildings, and they have very similar space. He loves the concept of ‘ equal‘ in Brasilia. There are more public spaces than private spaces in the city, and all the ground floors are also public, where citizens can walk across and through the buildings. He loves the concept of ‘ democracy‘ in Brasilia. That is how Nobrega considers the moment of establishment of the capital. The founding fathers wanted to break with the past and to create a new perspective of Brazil. In a sense, Brasilia became a symbol of change. In 1956, Brasilia was established at the initiative of the then president, Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira. The word is related to a project in Nobrega’s home state, Paraíba. Nobrega was not born in Brasilia, but he decided to move to this capital city of Brazil fifteen years ago, because of his love for the idea of the city.

These communities leave marks in his works of art. … in conversation with Hu Yisheng BrasiliaĬhristus Nobrega is a Brazilian artist who travels between multiple communities and keeps an open mind to the various ideas he encounters.

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