Graffiti in Valparaiso

Educational Graffiti

There was another march today about the state of the educational system here in Chile (bad) and a recent bill that passed through congress. To be honest, I haven't really been following the whole thing very closely so I don't have all that much to say. If you do, feel free to post. What I do know is that there are two separate causes at the moment. One is the bill I just mentioned and the other is the pase escolar which is the subsidised transport pass for students. Protests about this topic have lead to both students and bus drivers going on strike (they're not in agreement with each other) and universities being 'taken', resulting in cancelled classes.

So this piece of graffiti says: splurg running over education (I couldn't read the first word).


And this one asks: State Education? with ironic question marks.


That's it.

Graffiti in Valparaiso

More stencil graffiti from around town:

Anyone want to explain this?

DIY revolutionaries:

Here comes...the same old year.

Not sure which genocide this is talking about:

Pro-Farcness in Valpo:

More Graffiti in Valparaiso: Faces

So here are more photos of graffiti in Valparaiso. I thought I'd got most of it but I was walking along Yungay yesterday and found a building covered in stuff I've not seen anywhere else in the city. I'm going to have to go back and photo all of it soon.

I took these photos a few weeks ago.

Graffiti in Valparaiso (and also in Santiago)

A few bits of graffiti I enjoyed:

"I'm watching you" (better before some muppet smashed the mirror).


"What do you do for your rights?"


The council gets in on the act:



And this, from Santiago:

Graffiti: Catching The Criminals In The Act

(Parece que el humor ingles no se traduce muy bien asi que si el ingles no es tu idioma, lo que sigue es una broma...)

So as I mentioned in my previous post, on the zig-zagging walk back from La Piedra Feliz we bumped into a group of criminals destroying private property with stencil graffiti. Fortunately, I was able to get a number of photos of their faces and I have, of course, passed the information on to the appropriate authorities.

Preparation:

Painting:

The finished product (although perhaps someone could tell me who it is-I reckon Lauryn Hill):

Chaplin was next up:






Now, for a group of nasty, blank wall destroying criminals, they were a nice bunch of kids and it was cool to meet some of the people who are actually making my favourite form of urban art.

Chicos, si estan leyendo esto- les felicito el trabajo. Realmente me gusta esta forma de expresion artistica. Que sigan asi..! Pero no en mi casa por favor :)

Click here for more graffiti in Valparaiso.

Graffiti in Valparaiso: A Porteño Reaches His Ton.

Over in Buenos Aires, stencil graffiti is a dying art. Here in Valparaiso, it's still going strong and there's quite a lot of new stuff appearing all the time. There's a load of work that I need to go out and photo.

2008 marks a century since the birth, in Valparaiso, of left wing legend Salvador Allende and this stencil is popping up all over the city.

Grafitti in Valparaiso

On the way down to the bank a few minutes ago, I came across this bit of stencil art. I don't think it's new but for some reason I've stepped over it dozens of times in the last year or so (it's on the floor in Pasaje Galvez/Fischer).

It reads: 'Don't let them murder us this May 21st'


What it refers to is that every 21st May, the Navy has a big parade and all the dogs get cleared off the street. Many people reckon they get put down and protest (the people, of course-the dogs don't seem to know what's going on)...but I know the truth...An English friend who is, unfortunately, no longer living out here in Valparaiso was going out with a girl whose father would go around and collect all the dogs, lock them in his back yard (with the other 4 million stinking mutts he has collected over the years-the neighbours don't like him all that much) and then, once the parade is over, release them back onto the streets. My friend couldn't help but follow his puppy-loving girlfriend and was cajoled into joining in the 'fun'.

It'd be better to liquidate them if you ask me. And I love dogs.

Of course, now the council can lock all the dogs in the new pound they built. But hey...hang on...they built the pound before counting how many dogs there were and there's not enough room. Now that's good planning.

Pasaje Bavestrello-More Graffiti

A veritable goldmine of street art is to be found in the Pasaje Bavestrello...i walked up the other day and there was a load more new stuff that had appeared over the last week or so.

Grafitti in Valparaiso again

There's a bit of new graffiti just around the corner from me in the Pasaje Bavestrello.

This is a really cool stencil depiction of the Pasaje itself


The next two penned by someone called "arthur".


















I've seen this a few times around town and recognise the face...but i just can't quite place it...any ideas?

Graffiti Jackpot

Ok, so there's time for one more post before heading off to Buenos Aires...

This morning, we went up to the ex-prison (worthy of a separate post at some point) as the carpenter who is making our kitchen cabinets works up there (he works purely with recycled wood so it's good for the environment and he's very good at what he does. Muy chanta though, got to watch him carefully).

Anyway, there's tons of really good stencil graffiti on the walls. Here's a selection...most of it is of a sexual or violent nature, so if you're under 18 please STOP READING NOW.





















And the Godfather watching over them all...