Module 1 – Chapter 1 – Page 4

The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli, 1482-1485

The Birth of Venus by Vik Muniz, 2008
Lixo Extraordinário by Lucy Walker, 2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLTY7t8c_x0
Pets by Eduardo Srur, 2008
Street Pianos www.streetpianos.com

Shopping da Bahia (antigo

Iguatemi), há 5 anos atrás.
One of the forms of philanthropy I find most appealing is recycling. [...]

So when I first read this Financial Times column on Street Pianos by Harry Eyres, I thought it was about recycling pianos.
“Well, that’s interesting,” I said to myself. “How do you recycle a piano?”

Well, Street Pianos isn’t in the business of recycling pianos. They’re much closer in spirit to those art installations that pop
up every once in a while where someone distributes fiberglass elephants, donkeys, or turtles, people paint them, and then
they stay up for a while until they’re removed and auctioned off for charity.

According to the Street Pianos website, Luke Jerram, the British artist who came up with this idea, went to his Laundromat
every week, seeing the same people doing the same wash at the same time, and realized that “no one talked to each other.” If
there were pianos in parks or on the street, he thought, people would get together and bond.

Street pianos were introduced in England in 2008, and since then have been introduced all over the world, including Los
Angeles in 2012 and New York City in 2010. [...]

As it turns out, the pianos, bought second-hand, refurbished, and painted with the “Play Me, I’m Yours” motto, are donated
to schools and other places that could use good pianos once the installation is complete.

Musicians use the pianos to promote themselves. Moreover, the Street Pianos project shows that large cities have very good
pianists.[...]

Available at: https://www.philanthropydaily.com/music-on-the-street/

Words that I know…
Find at least 20 words that you know in the text.
In other words...
a. Their objective is much more similar…
b. ...that appear at times…
c. ...and then continue to be there for some time…
d. ...until they are taken away…
e. ...who first had this idea,...
f. ...and began to understand something that he had not noticed before…

g. ...people would be much more socializing…

h. ...are given to schools…
i. ...after the art demonstration is over...
Looking for specific information
1. What question did the author of the article ask himself when he read about
the Street PIanos project?

2. Is the Street Pianos in the business of recycling pianos?

3. What did Luke Jerram realize after going to his Laundromat every week?

4. Where and when were street pianos introduced?

5. Why is the Street Pianos project good for musicians?

PAGE 6
Page 7
Page 7
Page 7

3 4
2
3
1 1

Page 8
Page 8