Years of Stone

Abstract

The documentary focuses, in an intertwined way, the spatial form and the social mechanics of the camelódromo from Praça XV, in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and its modus operandi. It faces the daily metamorphosis suffered by the square, which mutates, along the day, taken by this living organism, the camelódromo, which grows, occupying spaces and reacting to the wind, the sun or the rain. The film shows a spatial structure of large size, collectively created, which continuously adapts to the climatic conditions. If, on the one hand, the spatial mechanic of the camelódromo behaves admirably, on the other hand, the socioeconomical and cultural mechanics are not left behind. The atmosphere is bustling.