Kasa Invisível
Kasa Invisível, which translates as “Invisible House,” is an autonomous, horizontally run social center and occupied housing collective in the heart of downtown Belo Horizonte. Operating since March 2013, the collective took over a cluster of three Art Deco buildings on Avenida Bias Fortes that had sat empty and deteriorating for more than two decades. The space runs on principles of direct action, self-management, and anti-authoritarianism, with no party affiliation and no state or corporate funding. Its entire operation is sustained through community solidarity.
The buildings serve multiple functions at once. One houses the infoshop 1000contra, with a screen-printing workshop that produces radical art and distributes subversive texts. Another holds the Biblioteca Invisível, a community library with a libertarian studies reading group and regular public discussion sessions. The kitchen is a site of regular food sharing, and the free store offers goods for anyone to take or donate. The broader programming, all free to attend, runs from the Cineclube Kasa Invisível (film screenings followed by debate) to workshops, musical performances, the annual Feira do Livro Anarquista (Anarchist Book Fair), and the Subvercine film and subversion festival. Unions, collectives, and social movements use the space for meetings and events.
The name Kasa Invisível points to the reality of abandoned properties sitting empty while millions live in inadequate housing. Belo Horizonte is home to at least 100,000 people in occupied buildings, houses, and territories, and sits at the center of one of the largest land conflicts in Latin America. The collective has faced eviction proceedings and consistently pushed back through legal solidarity networks and international support campaigns. Collective members toured 20 cities across 12 European countries in 2024, launching a book documenting autonomous occupations in the city, and conducted a South American tour in 2025, connecting with collectives in Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and southern Brazil.
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