10.26.06
-POST-08—Ponto de Cultura—-
“Pontos de Cultura” are hubs, communities Linux “hot-spots”, Capoeira or Cinema groups, for example. Several of these communities work with artistic expression, by the use of theatre, fine arts, circus, video, and internet. As a condition, this locations must have cultural projects for social inclusion.
There are around 500 associations like this all over Brazil. They all have applied for governmental funds to become a so-called “Ponto de Cultura”. It doesn’t mean they all are producing quality content on Linux, but certainly that’s the plan. www.estudiolivre.org is a good starting place to sneak into the Brazilian open source adventure. Lots of info and Free Media well organized over an amazing web site architecture.
Brazcast is THIS online audio/visual performance tool that users from “Pontos de Cultura” will use. Phil, the other artist coming from the UK is doing Fluxo.org, a WebTV
for these same places.
I’m organizing a event in Sao Paulo for the Launch of both platforms Brazcast and Fluxo, We are making a call for Brazilians creative to participate in a small contest with their own content. This Loops will be the demo-loops for Brazcast and Fluxo’s Trailer. Hopefully, this call for content will positively influence a new generation of Brazilina creatives.