Insights on Laura´s life and the social function of graffiti

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Por Amor del Arte





These fotos are of a small wall in parque canal, right by the canal metro stop in Madrid.
Members of USC, the usual suspects crew, meet here about once a week to paint this wall. They just paint one piece on top of another (as you can see in the foto), constantly topping their own works so that fotos are all that remain of last weeks masterpieces. It is there wall, no one else paints here, and they can paint tranquilamente. One of the members commented that when he was younger he did alot more painting in the street, but for him that time has passed. He doesn´t care about the fame, coverage in graffiti magazines, any of that... he just likes to meet here in the park, paint, and chill with his friends.




1 Comments:

Blogger Kent Sweitzer said...

Laurita:

Very rich colors and content - wouldn't it be nice to have a webcam linked to your blog so your viewers could see what's happening every week ?

I suppose being immersed in graffiti could be somewhat like the"advertising media" - what worked last year is no longer relevant(today) so let's do something new and different - only here it looks like a new campaign every single week (like getting a public magazine cover every week) - what talent and enthusiasm.

Best to you,

Kent

11:58 AM

 

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