Location:Gaffa Creative Precinct
281 Clarence Street
Sydney NSW
Australia
Hours:
Entry Fee:
Free
Exhibition Event:
Official Opening29/05/2014 6:00 pm
The title, Viver no Meio do Barulho (Living in the Middle of the Noise), comes from a song written by one of the subjects of this documentary project set in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It describes growing up in a world as a young person trying to take charge of their own destiny amid the noise of gunshots and drums, in a world of poverty and inequality.
In 2006, Nicola Dracoulis photographed nine young people across four favelas in Rio. Seven years on, she has reconnected with those same people to discover what their lives are like now.
Like any group, each person has a different story, some with dramatic events in their journeys, some with more quiet rites of passage. Universal themes of growing up are depicted alongside the challenges and social issues faced by those specific to growing up poor in Brazil. These everyday stories offer another perspective on a world that is more often eclipsed by the media attention on glamorous beach carnival life, or dramatic violent crime.
While all eyes are on Brazil with the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, Nicola investigates the rumblings of social and economic change in Brazilian society through the worlds of people who are living thorugh it. Since 2006, the country has undergone a number of changes and she has met with a new version of Rio de Janeiro, asking these young adults to share their personal experiences at another significant moment in their lives. Some things change, some things remain the same.
