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They call her the muse of Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival. She insists she’s a missionary – Newsday

Raquel Potí has become the preeminent face of Rio’s Carnival street parties, and is a fixture on the front pages of Brazilian newspapers and magazines. Source: They call her the muse of Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival. She insists she’s a missionary – Newsday

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Philippe Petit, High Wire Artist, Performs The Ribbon Walk At The Cathedral Of St. John The Divine

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine welcomes Philippe Petit, High Wire Artist and Artist in Residence at the Cathedral, for “The Ribbon Walk.” The event Source: Philippe Petit, High Wire Artist, Performs The Ribbon Walk At The Cathedral Of St. John The Divine

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Philly man walks on Christmas Eve to recreate Harriet Tubman’s holiday rescue of her brothers

Ken Johnston, the Philly “walking artist,” who walked to Canada last year, is walking on Christmas Eve – from the Poplar Neck Plantation where Harriet Tubman rescued family members in 1854. Source: Philly man walks on Christmas Eve to recreate Harriet Tubman’s holiday rescue of her brothers

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60-year-old walks for hours on end to create epic snow art with just his feet – Upworthy

The photographs are truly something to behold. Source: 60-year-old walks for hours on end to create epic snow art with just his feet – Upworthy

An art lover’s guide to NYC: Where to find galleries, creative space, and public art in Dumbo | 6sqft

Top right photo: Cey Adams’ “Love” mural; Photo courtesy of Dumbo BID Dumbo, “Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass,” is a highly Instagrammable neighborhood that also happens to boast world-class art and cultural attractions. Once a manufacturing hub full of abandoned warehouses, Dumbo is now a vibrant area that is one of Brooklyn’s biggest draws. With newfound popularity buoyed by an influx of galleries, creative spaces, and public art, this former no man’s land has been refashioned into the height of cool. Mural by Victor “MARKA27” Quinonez; Photo courtesy of Dumbo Bid Mural by Sophia Dawson; Photo courtesy of Dumbo Bid Public art From window installations to monumental murals, Dumbo has a wide range of public artworks on constant rotation. “Every project is different,” explains Alexandria Sica, President of the Dumbo Improvement District. “For example, our latest round of mural installations which include works by Cey Adams, Marka27, and Sofia Dawson, were part of a new

Source: An art lover’s guide to NYC: Where to find galleries, creative space, and public art in Dumbo | 6sqft

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pedestrian acts

By de Certeau: In “Walking in the City”, de Certeau conceives pedestrianism as a practice that is performed in the public space, whose architecture and behavioural habits substantially determine the way we walk. For de Certeau, the spatial order “organises an ensemble of possibilities (e.g. by a place in which one can move) and interdictions (e.g. by a wall that prevents one from going further)” and the walker “actualises some of these possibilities” by performing within its rules and limitations. “In that way,” says de Certeau, “he makes them exist as well as emerge.” Thus, pedestrians, as they walk conforming to the possibilities that are brought about by the spatial order of the city, constantly repeat and re-produce that spatial order, in a way ensuring its continuity. But, a pedestrian could also invent other possibilities. According to de Certeau, “the crossing, drifting away, or improvisation of walking privilege, transform or abandon spatial elements.” Hence, the pedestrians could, to a certain extent, elude the discipline of the spatial order of the city. Instead of repeating and re-producing the possibilities that are allowed, they can deviate, digress, drift away, depart, contravene, disrupt, subvert, or resist them. These acts, as he calls them, are pedestrian acts.

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