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Project Morrinho (in Portuguese ''"Projeto Morrinho''") is a social and cultural project based out of the Vila Pereira da Silva favela (Pereirão) in the Laranjeiras neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Morrinho, which was started by local youth in 1998, is a 320m² model of the city constructed from bricks and other recycled materials. It began as a simple childhood game to escape from the realities of violence and corruption that surrounded the teens and their community. Within this miniature urban world of Morrinho ("little hill"), participants act out a role-playing game with the numerous people made from Lego that inhabit the model, recreating life in Rio's favelas. Morrinho reproduces the favelas of Rio de Janeiro as an intricate and multifaceted model. In addition to the Lego people, Morrinho includes cars, police vehicles, and a helicopter, representing the reality lived by these young people. Throughout the years, Morrinho has garnered increasing attention for its aesthetics and ingenuity of its child creators, growing from a local phenomenon to a popular international exhibit. It has been able to use that attention to evolve, not only as a work of art, but also, into an organization with aspirations for social change. Currently, more than 20 teenagers are following in the example of Morrinho’s founding members. ==History== Project Morrinho was created in 1998 by Nelcirlan Souza de Oliveira, a 14-year-old boy who had recently moved to Rio de Janeiro. Oliveira was impressed with the architecture and style of life in the city’s favelas and he decided to playfully reproduce this reality in his own backyard with bricks and paint left over from his father’s work in construction. This diversion caught the attention of seven other local youths, and what was began as a game became a hobby.〔http://www.thegringotimes.com/news/rio-entertainment/favelas-in-miniature/〕 In 2001, on a visit to the community, film directors Fábio Gavião, Marco Oliveira, and Francisco Franca invited the boys to participate in their work of image captivation. This partnership became a non-governmental organisation composed of four components: tourism at Morrinho, TV Morrinho, Expo Morrinho and Morrinho Social. In 2008, after seven years chronicling the history of Morrinho and the lives of its creators, filmmakers Fábio Gavião and Markão Oliveira released a full-length documentary titled ''Morrinho: God Knows Everything But Is No Snitch''. The unique character and innovation of the Morrinho model has been recognized by curators and critics as a legitimate expression of contemporary art, and has drawn considerable international attention from journalists, architects, musicians, scholars, and tourists. Smaller scale replicas of the Morrinho model have been exhibited throughout Brazil and Europe, including the 2004 Urban World Forum in Barcelona, the 2005 Point Ephémère in Paris and the 2007 Venice Biennale.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Morrinho Project at the Venice Biennale )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Project Morrinho」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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