Brasília's Cultural Events Take to the Street

Brasília's contemporary cultural production gives extreme importance to occupying public space to assert one's right to the city. The trend crosses class, race, gender, and sexuality lines and is particularly notable since 2012. Cultural street events—an umbrella term for free art and leisure events (block parties, art festivals, rap battles, slam poetry events, LGBTIQ+ pride festivals, etc.) in streets, public squares, and parks—are...