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Hotel Madness - Rio, Brazil { 25 images } Created 15 Jan 2017

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  • A patient playfully tries on a wig and other costumes in a workshop room dedicated to the Loucura Suburbana (Suburban Madness) program at the Instituto Municipal Nise da Silveira, a psychiatric center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. At the Instituto Municipal Nise da Silveira in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, patients take part in programs of theatre, music and artwork, to name just a few, as a method of therapy and rehabilitation. These programs of creativity, compassion and culture were created in the 1940’s by the late Dr. Nise da Silveira who chose to use creativity to treat  psychiatric patients as opposed to more traditional ways such as electroshock treatment and lobotomies. As an example of her more organic method, Dr. Silveira wanted to get in touch with a Schizophrenic patient’s inner world, connecting with them, understanding their pain and trying to improve their living conditions. In 1952 Dr. Silveira founded the Museum of Images of the Unconscious, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a study and research center that collected the works produced in painting, drawing and modeling studios. One of the programs at the psychiatric center is the Hotel da Loucura, or Madness Hotel, where some of the patients live in dorm style rooms with tourists who come to volunteer as creative tutors and participate in the theatre, music and art programs for short periods of time. The center also has a program of music and dance called Loucura Suburbana or Suburban Madness which participates as a bloc in the annual Carnaval parade in Rio de Janeiro.
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  • Patients, staff members and volunteers take part in a samba group at the Instituto Municipal Nise da Silveira, a psychiatric center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, July 22, 2014.
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  • A patient sings along with the group as staff members and volunteers take part in a samba group at the Instituto Municipal Nise da Silveira, a psychiatric center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, July 22, 2014.
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  • Staff members encourage others to dance during a samba group at the Instituto Municipal Nise da Silveira, a psychiatric center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, July 22, 2014.
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  • A patient plays his alto sax along with the group as staff members and volunteers take part in a samba group at the Instituto Municipal Nise da Silveira, a psychiatric center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, July 22, 2014.
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  • A man stands alone under a tree in the courtyard as patients, staff members and volunteers take part in a samba group at the Instituto Municipal Nise da Silveira, a psychiatric center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, July 22, 2014.
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  • Jaci Oliveira dances in the setting sun during a theatre group at the Instituto Municipal Nise da Silveira, a psychiatric center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, July 22, 2014.
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  • A patient draws in one of the art classes at the Nise da Silveira psychiatric center. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, July 23, 2014.
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  • A patient draws in one of the art classes at the Nise da Silveira psychiatric center. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, July 23, 2014.
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  • Volunteer Maria Eugenia Matricardi gives a kiss to Reginaldo Rodrigues Terra at the Instituto Municipal Nise da Silveira psychiatric center Hotel da Loucura, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, July 23, 2014.
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  • Volunteer Agno Coelho (right) looks on while two patients embrace as patients, staff members and volunteers taking part in a Hotel da Loucura theatre group arrive on a new floor of their building as the Hotel da Loucura expands for more resident space, at Instituto Municipal Nise da Silveira, a psychiatric center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, July 24, 2014.
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  • A woman walks an empty hallway of the Hotel da Loucura, at the Instituto Municipal Nise da Silveira, a psychiatric center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, July 24, 2014.
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  • Patient Reginaldo Rodrigues Terra prepares for the weekly public performance of Hamlet, at the Instituto Municipal Nise da Silveira psychiatric center Hotel da Loucura, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, July 23, 2014.
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  • Patient Reginaldo Rodrigues Terra sits with his crutches while waiting to take part in the Sarau Tropicaos performance at the Hotel da Loucura, at the Instituto Municipal Nise da Silveira psychiatric center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, July 25, 2014.
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  • Volunteers take part in the Sarau Tropicaos performance at the Hotel da Loucura, at the Instituto Municipal Nise da Silveira psychiatric center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, July 25, 2014.
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  • Patients, staff members and volunteers take part in a Hotel da Loucura theatre group at the Instituto Municipal Nise da Silveira, a psychiatric center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, July 24, 2014.
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  • Agno Coelho (left) and Bianca Leticia Vale dance and prepare for a Hotel da Loucura theatre group at the Instituto Municipal Nise da Silveira, a psychiatric center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, July 24, 2014.
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  • During an impromptu parade around the grounds, patients, staff members and volunteers greet a patient in his wheelchair while taking part in a Hotel da Loucura theatre group at Instituto Municipal Nise da Silveira, a psychiatric center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, July 24, 2014.
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  • During an impromptu parade around the grounds, Hotel Loucura Director Dr. Vitor Pordeus hugs a patient while taking part in a Hotel da Loucura theatre group at Instituto Municipal Nise da Silveira, a psychiatric center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, July 24, 2014.
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  • Volunteer Mari Brites (left) spends time with a patient as patients, staff members and volunteers taking part in a Hotel da Loucura theatre group arrive on a new floor of their building as the Hotel da Loucura expands for more resident space, at Instituto Municipal Nise da Silveira, a psychiatric center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, July 24, 2014.
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  • Reginaldo Rodrigues Terra, a patient at the Instituto Municipal Nise da Silveira psychiatric center gets help with his costume as he prepares with others for a public performance of the play Hamlet on the beach at Ipanema in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, July 23, 2014.
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  • Volunteer Mari Brites joins patients, staff members and volunteers from the Instituto Municipal Nise da Silveira psychiatric center Hotel da Loucura program offer a public performance of the play Hamlet on the beach at Ipanema in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, July 23, 2014.
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  • Patients, staff members and volunteers from the Instituto Municipal Nise da Silveira psychiatric center Hotel da Loucura program offer their weekly public performance of the play Hamlet on the beach at Ipanema in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, July 23, 2014.
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  • Under a night sky, patients, staff members and volunteers from the Instituto Municipal Nise da Silveira psychiatric center Hotel da Loucura program offer their weekly public performance of the play Hamlet on the beach at Ipanema in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, July 23, 2014.
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  • Patients, staff members and volunteers from the Instituto Municipal Nise da Silveira psychiatric center Hotel da Loucura program sing and dance to the music of a guitar during their weekly public performance of the play Hamlet on the beach at Ipanema in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, July 23, 2014.
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