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Banho de Descarrego

Hemisferic Institute for Performance and Politics
Banho de Descarrego is a Brazilian performance that stages the removal of fascist ideologies and practices from the social body through the public washing of painted bodies covered in swastikas. As a political intervention, the action seeks to provoke poetic and critical estrangement in public space, enacting resistance to the far right’s discriminatory, neo-fascist policies in Brazil under President Bolsonaro, in the US under President Trump, and around the globe. 
Conceived by artists/professors Marcelo Denny and Marcos Bulhões of the University of São Paulo, this action was performed in the city of Natal, Brazil, in October 2018. The title refers to a ritual bath that washes away negative energies—a practice that is widespread in Brazilian popular culture. The performance creates a powerful visual narrative that provokes a perceptive shock to passers-by and to those who encounter its images and videos online. It enacts the possibility of reversing and defeating the escalating racism, fascism, and xenophobic violence of our time.

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Banho de Descarrego: An Anti-Fascist Urban Performance,” to be held in Washington Square Park, NYC, on September 6, 2019. Preparations for the action will begin at 9:30 am at the Hemispheric Institute, and the action itself will take place at 3pm.  

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