![Obra Através, 1983-89, de Cildo Meireles. Acervo de arte contemporânea Inhotim](https://www.inhotim.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Atraves-Cildo-Meireles_1.jpg.webp 1920w, https://www.inhotim.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Atraves-Cildo-Meireles_1-300x169.jpg.webp 300w, https://www.inhotim.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Atraves-Cildo-Meireles_1-1024x576.jpg.webp 1024w, https://www.inhotim.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Atraves-Cildo-Meireles_1-768x432.jpg.webp 768w, https://www.inhotim.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Atraves-Cildo-Meireles_1-1536x864.jpg.webp 1536w)
![Obra Através, 1983-89, de Cildo Meireles. Acervo de arte contemporânea Inhotim](https://www.inhotim.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20070620_Cildo_Meireles_Atraves_Eckenfels009.jpg.webp 1920w, https://www.inhotim.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20070620_Cildo_Meireles_Atraves_Eckenfels009-300x201.jpg.webp 300w, https://www.inhotim.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20070620_Cildo_Meireles_Atraves_Eckenfels009-1024x685.jpg.webp 1024w, https://www.inhotim.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20070620_Cildo_Meireles_Atraves_Eckenfels009-768x514.jpg.webp 768w, https://www.inhotim.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20070620_Cildo_Meireles_Atraves_Eckenfels009-1536x1028.jpg.webp 1536w)
Através (1983-1989) takes as a point of departure the child recollections of Cildo Meireles, a turning point from a moment when one could freely circulate between domestic spaces and the street, to the time when such spaces started to be surrounded by surveillance mechanisms – in the physical sense as much as in the psychological and ideological ones.
The artist makes use of everyday objects and materials to build a barrier – like grates, fences, and wires – so that, through a formal play with elements, the visitor can walk by this maze. The floor covered by shards of glass introduces the soundscape to the atmosphere of the work.