BRAZILIAN
PORTUGUESE: Tapar
o sol com a peneira... ‡
‡) Lit., “Cover the sun with a sieve...”
= a Brazilian aphorism
used by graffiti muralist Paulo Ito to refer to the billions & billions of
dollars being spent by the Brazilian govt. on the forthcoming World Cup, &
after that, the Olympics,
while making deep cuts in programs to fight poverty, & dislocating
thousands of residents from the stadium sites, all of this galvanizing the
Brazilian public,
resulting in protests & riots, & esp. to the very weak gestures the govt. has made in
response to the protests;
Paulo Ito has tapped into the zeitgeist with a mural adorning the front doors of a São Paulo schoolhouse, a
mural depicting a starving Brazilian child of the favela w/ nothing but a soccer
ball on his plate, &
virally-replicated on social & a-social media all over the world, web media & television —
whether left- or right-wing...
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from curse + berate in 69+ languages, from Soft Skull Press.
http://softskull.com/?p=271
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http://www.topix.com/br/sao-paulo/2014/05/mural-of-starving-brazilian-child-eating-a-soccer-ball-goes-viral
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