Concrete poem

Escadaria Selaron (the tiled stairs in Rio)

Artist Jorge Selaron was from Chile

but lived a long time in Rio. 

He started to tile the

steps around his home.

He originally had the stairs tiled in colors to

represent Brazil.

It soon became very popular and people from

all over the world began to send him tiles

You can find lots of tiles from Utah, probably from

all of the LDS missionaries who have been to Rio.

He  spent 20 years on the

staircase and would have

continued until the entire

place was covered.

However, the artist was found

murdered on his famous

steps earlier this year. 

There are over 4,000 tiles. 

Flamengo for Alex!

One of the many Utah titles