Working at Copan / Trabalhando no Copan

Working at Copan / Trabalhando no Copan

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2007 · English · Paperback
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Oscar Niemeyer's Modernist landmark Edificio Copan was the largest
residential building in Latin America when it became part of Sao
Paulo's skyline in 1966. In a project that's as much sociology as art,
Berlin-based artist Peter Freidl interviews some of the 107 full-time
employees whose lives are occupied with keeping this vertical utopia
running. The scale is tremendous - the building has over 60 doormen
alone, and employs firefighters, masons, electricians, secretaries and
managers, among others. Friedl asks them about their work and their
lives outside work, trying to paint a picture through first-hand accounts
of the complex urban social reality of a Brazilian megalopolis.

Book Details

Format Paperback
Pages 256 pages
Language English
Published Jan 1, 2007
Publisher Sternberg Press
ISBN-10 1933128372
ISBN-13 9781933128375
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