BRAZIL as a Guest in the GIANT

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BRAZIL AS A GUEST IN THE GIANT SWAROVSKI KRISTALLWELTEN WATTENS

Occurred: 22 November 2008 - 31 March 2009

Crystal is pure fascination and a symbol of fantasy and transformation. It bundles light or disperses it into rainbow coloured rays, provides a clear perspective or seduces with amazement and dreams.

Swarovski's Crystal Worlds in Wattens mirror all these properties and are an interactive venue, which repeatedly conveys ever new visions and information while being a grandiose stage for international art and culture.

This living interaction also characterises the "winter performance" in the Crystal Worlds, which takes the visitor to a different distant country each year. After the enthralling festivals provided by China, Australia, Iceland, Russia and India, the Giant is now, for the next four months host to tropically exotic Brazil, presenting fascinating insights into the large variety of its landscapes, inhabitants, traditions and arts under the title Colous.Rhythms.Realms.

BRAZIL as a Guest in the GIANT

Copacabana, Samba, the Amazon, Rio, Soccer, the Rain Forest, Favelas, Indios … Brazil evokes many associations which, although coherent, only reflect a part of this gigantic country. "Brazil as a guest in the Giant" on the other hand would like to draw attention to the unknown, contemporary Brazil and has, therefore, invited a number of extraordinary artists to present their home country.

This gave rise to a new, diverse and sometimes even controversial image of today's Brazil, which does not, however, lose any of its vitality and beauty.