Pedestre

Daniela Brasil, and Bernhard König in collaboration with Marcus Handofsky
installation view at the exhibition “A rua é de todos nós” curated by Margareth da Silva Pereira
Centro Cultural da Justiça Federal, Rio de Janeiro, April 2009

This game proposes a drift through the city using real and imaginary transport systems. Players become stereotyped characters: school girl, businessman, tourist, street-seller, senior citizens, young artist, etc. Each has a different pace and can only use certain transportation modes. Places to be visited vary from architectonic heritage sites to curiosities and everyday activities that imprint vitality on city life.

Envisioning better futures within the game, some spaces of the city have been improved, as if environmental friendly politics would have been successfully implemented. We created a fictive ferry company – Rio Blurb (Barcos Leves Urbanos) that would solve mobility problems through aquatic connections.

see details from board (downtown and zona sul), playing cards and Rio Blurb map

character cards

detail from playing mat – displayed on the floor

Pedestre

tagged under: 2009 Bernhard König Daniela Brasil event publication