icom’s 23 rd general conference, rio de janeiro, 12-17 august 2013
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The event:. ICOM’s 23 rd General Conference, Rio de Janeiro, 12-17 August 2013. The weather : . C’mon, Rio, you can do better than this: . -- oh, . The venue:. Cidade das Artes, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. The delegates:. – some few of them – – and all as - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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ICOM’s 23rd General Conference,
Rio de Janeiro, 12-17 August 2013
The event:
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The weather :
-- oh,
C’mon, Rio, you can do better than this:
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The venue:
Cidade das Artes,Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
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The delegates:
– some few of them –
– and all asnoisy as lions at feeding time –
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– the flowers,the colors,the scents –
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The ICR booth at the Museum Fair ---quite simply the best one there ---
Go, ICR!
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Chair Rune in action, picking up a new member for ICR ---
Go, Rune!
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ICR’s birthday party on 13 August
Happy50th , ICR!
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The Edison CarneiroFolklore Museum ---
--- site of ICR’s birthday celebration ---
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The ICR Excursion on 15 August ---
--- starting with a windy wait for the bus --
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The first stop: Sitio Roberto Burle Marx ---
--- a landscape park, a botanical collection and a home museum, filled with a sense of timelessness and perfection ---
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--- using native tropical plants as structural elements of design ---
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--- in gardens which seem to have existed since the beginning of time ---
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--- and where water features are used as free and natural forms.
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A short pause before going on to the Home Museum ---
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--- a museum filled with its founder’s “--- objectos poéticos e emocionais ---”(his“--- emotionally poetic objects ---”)--- all of them sublime examples of arts and crafts, made of every possible natural material and in every possible form:
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--- textiles ---
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--- ceramics ---
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--- stone ---
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--- wood, painted and natural ---
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-but- -- And to top off this fantastic visit – a
great lunch ---
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--- after which the ICR financial geniuses took over ---
(Hands on the table, guys, and what were you planning to do with those wads of bills?)
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The second stop: Museu Casa do Pontal --
--- with the most charming guides any museum could hope for ---
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They and their colleagues pay homage to ICR’s new chair, Rune.
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As artes do imaginário ---From the collections:
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Religião ---
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Carnaval ---
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Carnaval ---
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Profissões ---
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Profissões ---
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Festa popular? História do Brasil? Ou os dois?
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Time for the obligatory family picture – a great day, with smiles all around!
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–
The ICOM Excursion to the Imperial Palace, Petrópolis ---
--- not at all up to ICR standards. Our excursion was far, far better.
And on 16 August:
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But they did give us the Children’s Choir of Petrópolis:
--- utterly charming, completely dedicated and immensely talented ---
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-- and the combination floor-polisher / floor protector ---
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The
Then on 17 August a complete change of scene:The Closing Party at Mangueira’s
Palacio do Samba
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The Party-going Ladies
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The Gentleman
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Two more Gentlemen
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The Party Girls
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The Reveler ---
--- just love the hat!
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The Geeks --
ICR’s new chair and secretary on the job, online, 27/7.
And then ---SAMBA!
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The Merry-makers ---
See:
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--- and the more the merrier Merry-makers ---
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The Culprit ---
--- but how can anything so sweet be really wicked?
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Over to our hosts, who included the Professional ---
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T--- the Master of the Revels
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--- and the King of Misrule ---
--- until the coaches came for ICOM Cinderellas and Prince Charmings ---
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--- but for those of us on our way to Goiás and the Post-conference Tour the next day, the best was yet to come !