27.11.2021 / 27.02.2022

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The sentence corpo de in(ter)venção colectiva (Body of collective in(ter)vention) is a transformation from a denomination used for a particular body of the police “corpo de intervenção” (body of intervention) that intervenes in public situations, disciplining the civil bodies to obedience.  This meaning is subverted, by introducing two brackets that isolate ‘ter’ in the word ‘intervenção’ (intervention) by changing it to ‘invenção’ (invention). The sentence, therefore, bifurcates in meaning, underlining that the body (any body) exists and is re-invented while in community, collectively. This work appears on the social media through the #corpodeinvençaocolectiva.