.jpg?1615390051 "MASP and Avenida Paulista in São Paulo. Image © Cifotart | Shutterstock")
MASP and Avenida Paulista in São Paulo. Image © Cifotart | Shutterstock
In recent years, several movements in Brazil and around the world have contributed significantly to society by emphasizing the need to occupy public spaces in the cities to claim quality and freedom of use for the community. The Ocupe Estelita movement in Recife, Brazil, for example, confronted the growing real estate speculation in the region and challenged the aggressive commercial urban planning on the banks of the Capibaribe River. Based on cases like this one, professor, critic, and curator Guilherme Wisnik, in an interview with Fora, addressed the issue of public space as a place of conflict.