Esta animação é uma alegoria da atual situação brasileira referente a Copa do Mundo e seus preparativos. O conflito se resume a crescente critica aos custos da Copa versus a paixão nacional ao futebol.
Baseada no conto Grego de Ícaro que estando preso em um labirinto construído por seu pai Dedalo, usa asas de cera para fugir voando. Voa tao alto, porém, que ao aproximar-se do sol, a cera das suas asas derrete, caindo então no mar.
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Animação: Siloé Oliveira
Música: Lilian Oliveira
Icarus: There will be (no) World Cup
This animation is an allegory of Brazil’s current struggle in preparing itself for hosting the World Cup. Recent heated protests have heated the country politically. The Brazilian population has grown critical of the costs for such event and the inherent social disenfranchisement it causes, while at the same time finally savoring the childhood dream of hosting the World Cup, asserting Brazil as relevant in the international community.
It is based on the Greek story of Icarus, who being imprisoned in a labyrinth built by his father Daedalus, ingeniously uses wings of wax to fly to freedom. He flies so high, however, that as he approaches the sun, his wings of wax melt, and he falls to the sea.
This parallels Brazil’s rise to international prominence, and perhaps, foreshadows, as some have predicted, it’s possible future. Yet even amongst adversity, Brazilians learn to find working solutions.
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