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Thursday, March 11, 2010

"small places"...a project in faro...an urban palimpcest.....grafitti.....punk funk.2010

"small places" is a combination of flyposted walls....grafitti.......street art.........hidden messages.....lilliputian sized people...poetics.......it is an urban palimcest.....invisible cities....this project is takingplace in mariana madeiras studio in faro........it is an enormous x business space complete with pigeons and holes in the roof......the building makes eerie sounds...mariana is work on"an imginary city"constructed fom mother boards...in the shape of portugal.....i am trying  link my idea with to her city.......the sheer  scale of cities......exciting and also lonely....e  and what part do we play in this urban playground....each of us going about our daily routine...each in our own bubble.....like ants ........the little people are here too....watching from the window....unseen.....invisible...........we are people of different tribes........different values...different customs......we inhabit the city....we work in the city....some live in the city....some have nices apartments....some live in doorways....some have jobs.....today many have no job..... decay



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