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Artist:

Eduardo Srur

Title:

Carruagem

Year:
2008
Adress:
Estaiada Bridge
Website:
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Eduardo Srur
Carruagem
Ponte Estaiada - Octávio Frias de Oliveira - Jardim Panorama, Sào Paulo - SP, 04575-000, Brasil
A intervençào Carruagem feita pelo artista Eduardo Srur ficou exposta em Sào Paulo em 2012 provocava um questionamento sobre os problemas de mobilidade nos grandes centros urbanos. Tanto a carruagem nos tempos do Império quanto os carros no trânsito atual andavam com grande lentidào.
A obra, feita em escala real, foi instalada a mais de 30 metros de altura no mastro da ponte Octávio Frias de Oliveira, na marginal Pinheiros, em Sào Paulo.
Durante a exposiçào, o artista desafiou o maior piloto brasileiro de Stock Car , Ingo Hoffmann, para uma corrida onde Srur conduzia uma carruagem puxada por um cavalo lusitano na ciclovia à s margens do rio Pinheiros, e Hoffmann pilotava um carro esportivo na pista expressa da marginal. O resultado foi um empate técnico. Translation:
The intervention of the Carriage is made by artist Eduardosed at Sào Paulo, in 2012 had led to a question about the problems of mobility in urban areas. Both the carriage and at the time of the Empire, and the cars in the traffic to the current walking very slowly.
The work, done in a real-life scale was set more than 30 feet in height at the end of the bridge Octavio Frias de Oliveira is on marginal Pinheiros, in Sào Paulo, brazil.
During the exhibition, the artist, has challenged the greatest pilot in the brazilian Stock Car , Ingo Hoffmann, to the race, where Srur was driving a horse-drawn carriage that is pulled by a horse park in a bike lane on the banks of the river, Pine trees, and that Hoffman was driving a sports car in the express lane on the waterfront. The result was a dead heat.

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A intervençào provocava um questionamento sobre os problemas de mobilidade nos grandes centros urbanos.
Formada por uma réplica de carruagem imperial e quatro cavalos esculpidos em escala real, a intervençào foi instalada de 30 metros de altura sobre a ponte Octávio Frias de Oliveira na marginal Pinheiros, em Sào Paulo.
A obra comparava a velocidade média de deslocamento de um carro no trânsito paulistano, durante o horário de pico, com a velocidade de uma carruagem nos tempos do Império quando o asfalto sequer existia. Ambos se movimentam a lentos 20 quilà´metros por hora.
Carruagem se apropriava da arquitetura considerada o novo cartào-postal de Sào Paulo para denunciar a transformaçào da paisagem urbana com a mesma polà­tica retrógada de uso do carro.
Durante a exposiçào, Srur desafiou Ingo Hoffmann '' o maior piloto brasileiro de Stock Car da história '' para uma corrida inusitada. O artista conduzia uma carruagem puxada por um cavalo lusitano na ciclovia à s margens do rio Pinheiros. E Hoffmann pilotava um carro esportivo na pista expressa da marginal. O resultado foi um empate técnico.
Para Srur: 'Nào precisamos de mais concreto na paisagem.Precisamos de ideias inovadoras que transformover na cidade.'
Translation:
The intervention had led to a questioning of the problems of mobility in urban areas.
Consists of a replica of the carriage with the imperial, and the four horsemen sculpted in a scale, the intervention has been installed in more than 30 meters high, above the ponte Octávio Frias de Oliveira on marginal Pinheiros, in Sào Paulo, brazil.
The work compared the average speed of the movement of a car in the traffic of sào paulo, during the rush hour, with the speed of a horse-drawn carriage at the time of the Empire, when the asphalt't even exist. Both of them are moving to slow to 20 miles per hour.
The carriage if apropriava of architecture is considered to be in the new, post-card of St. Paul to the report, the transformation of the urban landscape, the local time retrógada to the use of your car.
During the show, Srur, and challenged to Ingo Hoffmann, '' the greatest pilot in the brazilian Stock Car in the history to the race beginning. The artist dhariot pulled by a horse park in a bike lane on the banks of the river in the Pines. And Hoffmann, was driving a sports car in the express lane on the waterfront. The result was a dead heat.
For Srur: 'we do Not need a more practical setting.We need new and innovative ideas that will change the way we get around in the city.'

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In the early 2000s Srur began his research and the use of public space to develop facilities with new materials and different visual languages, paving the way for the experimental production of urban interventions. His distinguished w"Camp of Angels" was exhibited on the facade of the largest abandoned hospital in South America, in Sào Paulo (2004). Srur received awards for his work at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Paraná (2002) and Museum of Art of Santa Catarina (2002). He exhibited in the public space of Paris (2005) and occupied the architecture of secular buildings in the French city of Metz (2005). From 2005 to 2008 he participated in exhibitions in Switzerland, England, Slovakia, Germany, Spain, Holland and Croatia. He was invited to the Havana Biennial in Cuba.
In Sào Paulo, he strengthened his entrepreneurial abilities and developed several large-scale urban interventions throughout the city's landscape, appropriating bridges and viaducts, polluted rivers and dams, public parks and vacant lots. Dozens of kayaks manned by plastic mannequins were placed on the polluted waters of the Pinheiros River (2006).
In 2008, Srur created sculptures in the form of giant PET plastic bottles along the edges of the Tiete River and interfered withfejackets on monuments. A replica of an imperial carriage was suspended 30 meters high on the Estaiada Bridge at Marginal Pinheiros (2012). In the same year he built a giant maze of solid waste in Ibirapuera Park. In 2013 "Lighthouse'occupied downtown, an installation with thousands of rats in the Anhangabaú Valley. In parallel, he developed happenings and political performances li"The Art Saves" in front of the National Congress (2011).
His works use the public space to draw attention to environmental and daily issues in the metropolis, aiming to expand the presence of art in society and bringing it closer to people's lives. Some actions promote social activities with children and the public through workshops that share the creative process of the artist outside the academic environment for thousands of people. In order to spread his ideas, Srur gives lectures at schools and important global events such as TED and Sustainable Brands. In 2014, he launched the book "Manual of Urban Intervention" and was elected the Sustainable Citizen by Catraca Livre for his set of work.
In 2017, at the invitation of the curator Adelina Von Furstenberg, he participated in the "Acqua" exhibition in the public space of Geneva (Switzerland) on the occasion of World Water Day. In Argentina, he brought his work PETS to the Paraná River, Rio de la Plata and Puerto Madero in Buenos Aires, during the 1st Biennial of Contemporary Art in South America. In Sào Paulo, he occupied the contaminated Pinheiros River with the wor"Pintado", a monumental and itinerant intervention throughout the city.
An independent artist, Srur works in his studio in Sào Paulo where he created a personal collection throughout his career that includes series of paintings, sculptures, multiples, photographs, watercolors and prints.
He is the founder and owner of ATTACK Urban Interventions, a company specialized in the design and production of special projects in the public space supporting artistic interventions.