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June 01, 1992: Sideshows Galore
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
June 01, 1992 RIO:Coming Together to Save the Earth
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
COVER STORIES, Page 59
RIO: SUMMIT TO SAVE THE EARTH
Sideshows Galore
</hdr><body>
<p>Summiteers who find the official speeches a snooze can skip
out for some rousing rhetoric, tribal wisdom and a festival
of the arts. Here's a sampler.
</p>
<p>By ANDREA DORFMAN -- Reported by Ian McCluskey/Rio de Janeiro
</p>
<p> The '92 Global Forum, Flamengo Park and other city sites,
Rio, June 1-14 The largest sideshow will be an ecological
Woodstock for an estimated 12,000 people from "nongovernmental
organizations," including environmental groups, human-rights
movements, religious communities, women's caucuses, youth
associations, trade unions and alliances of indigenous peoples.
</p>
<p> Some highlights of the agenda: an Open Speakers Forum,
whose guest list includes U.S. presidential candidate Jerry
Brown and former Brazilian Environment Minister Jose
Lutzenberger, and a debate on the possible creation of an
International Green Cross.
</p>
<p> "TRANSFORMING AND RE-CREATING RESIDUES: GARBAGE MADE
CLEAN," Paco Imperial, Rio, May 7 to July 5 Fifteen Brazilian
photographers display their views of garbage: what it is, how
it has evolved, how it is disposed of, how it can be recycled.
The show also features "waste decorations" by artist Antonio
Manuel.
</p>
<p> INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' CONFERENCE ON TERRITORY, ENVIRONMENT
AND DEVELOPMENT, Kari-Oca Indian Village, Rio, May 25-30 Some
400 Indian leaders from Brazil's 180 indigenous nations, as
well as 200 representatives from the U.S., Canada, Australia,
Latin America, Scandinavia, Asia and Russia, are gathering at
a specially constructed village near the Pedra Branca Forest.
Besides environmental issues, the agenda includes such topics
as land rights and self-government. On May 30 the tribal leaders
will celebrate the "Day of the White Man" with dance and
rituals.
</p>
<p> ECOBRAZIL '92, Anhembi Park Convention Center, Sao Paulo,
June 6-11 An environmental-technology trade fair, EcoBrazil '92
will showcase the latest in pollution-control and other green
equipment from 85 Brazilian companies and dozens of foreign
firms, including Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi and Sun Electric.
</p>
<p> "30 POSTERS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT," Museum of
Modern Art, Rio, May 29 to June 29 Leading graphic designers
from 25 countries have contributed posters that portray
optimistic visions of sustainable development. Organized by
Design Rio, the show will open simultaneously in dozens of
galleries around the world.
</p>
<p> "AMAZON ART," Museum of Modern Art, Rio, June 5-28 This
eclectic array consists of works by 26 artists from 14 countries
who were deposited in far-flung corners of the Amazon and told
to use local materials to depict the region's natural beauty
and environmental ills.
</p>
<p> A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM IN THE AMAZON FOREST, Joao
Caetano Theater, Rio, May 15 to Dec. 15 In this elaborate
production directed by German filmmaker Werner Herzog, Puck is
transported to the contemporary Brazilian rain forest. The play
opens with a Herzog film documentary on the ecological
devastation of Kuwait.
</p>
<p> FOREST OF THE AMAZON, Municipal Theater, Rio, June 1-21
Set to music by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, Forest
of the Amazon is the story of a white goddess who falls in love
with a rubber tapper, angering both the Amazon tribe that
adores her and the forest itself. The ballet, described by
choreographer Dalal Achcar as "a poetic fantasy," is an expanded
version of one she originally created for Margot Fonteyn.
</p>
<p> CONCERT FOR THE LIFE OF PLANET EARTH, Rodrigo de Freitas
Lagoon, Rio, June 7 Actor Jeremy Irons is the host of this
charity event, which features performances by Placido Domingo,
Wynton Marsalis and other artists, as well as a fireworks
display. The nonpaying public can watch the festivities on large
screens flanking the lagoon.
</p>
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