San Andres Island, March 2012 [stinkfish.wordpress]
Stinkfish
I think that all free and anonymous expressions that are born on the street and take place in it are important in the life of a city and its inhabitants, not only in terms of the aesthetic dimension to which they may belong, but in terms of their social and political weight. Both graffiti and street art are compelling political manifestations, they allow us to see the city in which we live, and the way in which we relate to it. On the one hand, these expressions constitute a counterweight and an alternative to the endless advertising and institutional images that cross our paths and our readings, to the dietary, prefabricated, and consumerist lifestyle flowing from one corner to another, from one advertisement to another. It is clear that the majority of graffiti and street art does not have a directly anti-consumerist and confrontational content, but it is also clear that these free images do not sell or offer any product, neither do they indicate how you should look, how you should smell, how you should speak or act. On the contrary, these are interventions about people who perceive the street as a place to live in and to share with others, to transgress and opt for another form of communication, in the context of which money and appearances are not the most important elements. [my translation]
Lluvia ninio Quetzal, Medellin, July 2010 [stinkfish.wordpress]
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