MUDA COSTA E SILVA, agitprop, since 2016

An ongoing series of artistic and pedagogical actions in Joinville, Brazil, with the goal of changing the name of the Costa e Silva neighborhood. 

My hometown Joinville is the only city in Brazil with a neighborhood named after Artur da Costa e Silva, one of the presidents from the Brazilian military dictatorship. A truly nefarious figure, responsible for the beginning of the harshest phase of the regime, which allowed for the illegal imprisonment, torture and murder of countless folks. 

In 2016, I helped start the Movement to Change the Name of the Costa e Silva Neighborhood, nicknamed Muda Costa e Silva, with a group of 4 other residents. The coal is to start a democratic process through which the population of Joinville chooses a new name for the neighborhood. We understand that this will take a lot of work. Many do not know who Costa e Silva was, and what he was responsible for. Some still believe that the dictatorship was a necessary evil to combat communism. Thus the movement focuses on agitprop, artistic and educational activities such as social media campaigns, lectures, film screenings, interventions and opinion polls. I have been responsible for organizing some of these actions.