This Is IT – December 1st
December 1, 2008
This is IT! Over the past week jordae, RIPO, and VADr hit 7 barrios over 7 nights, installed around 150 paintings, consumed countless porros and cerveza-beers, and suffered an average of 5 degree temperatures every night (that’s cold in Barcelona!). In the end, this show turned into quite the social experiment and we experienced some of the less visible sides of Barcelona’s streets, including junkies shooting up, prostitutes in action, undercover cops, young Gracia okupa-revolutionaries, and unexpected street art fans. Overall, a successful action, loads of exercise and just a plain old-fashioned good time…
Total pieces in each barrio
Poble Sec – 11 Raval – 31 Barrio Gótico – 24
Ribera/Borne – 24 Poble Nou – 17
Gracia – 13 Eixample – 14
Map
Below is an abridged map of Barcelona showing some of the spots with our works. It only covers the very center of Barcelona, but as you can see above, the show spreads beyond the center, so it’s up to you to keep your eyes open.
click on map to enlarge
Selected Cross-Streets
- c/ Pallars & c/ Pere IV (Poble Nou)
- c/ Exposición & c/ Blasco de Garay (Poble Sec)
- c/ Robí & c/ Verdi (Gracia)
- c/ de Sant Joaquim & c/ del Planeta (Gracia)
Selected Photos (click to enlarge)
EXTRA PICS (click to enlarge)
Feel free to contribute to this project as much as you want to…. and, see you in the streets.
jordae.
November 13, 2008
constantly surrounded by heartbeats, loud music and footsteps, jordae subsists through his art. a raging emotionalist, an eccentric passionista, he makes art because he must. a creator at heart, he manifests this creativity in many forms, whether it be through canvas, photography, computer illustration or street art. having experienced the debasement of barcelona’s art culture, his part in this exhibition aims to embolden the voice of artists in general (both resident and foreigner), to help further enlighten the question of “what is art?”, and to boldly ‘get up’ as much as possible.
RIPO.
November 13, 2008
RIPO. Communicates thoughts and messages to the public on the streets in the form of type-based and figurative paintings and large murals. There is almost always a subtle but essential sarcasm and contradiction in what he chooses to say, as there is in all of our lives. He has exhibited his work (mostly illegally) in over 36 countries across the world.
VADr.
November 13, 2008
Though sporadic and perhaps misguided, VADr has always held public expression close to heart. From the streets to the galleries to the bars, his ongoing pursuit for beauty, culture and a good laugh stretches far and wide. Through this project, as well as his previous in 2006, “The Tear Drop Project”, he fights what we are losing on a day to day basis…BARCELONA. Battling the scourge of asphalt, cookie-cutter architecture, and of course, the erasure of the once illustrious walls of BCN. As always, irony, humor and cold truth play a part in the menagerie of subject matter.
