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Source: Nina” Blackbook Self Portrait
Category Archives: Graffiti
Women of the street
Graffiti Portaits from Oaxaca City ; Stunning.
In Oaxaca city…
In Tlacolula de Matamoros…
They are seen and they are watching.
Write… something…. ;)
“Write, write something”. She said. Staring at the screen with a blank stare. But wait a second, this is emptiness in form, it’s non-conceptual. Of value or of nothingness but, it is writing…. so…. “your going somewhere right?”.
Write, write something”. She said again to herself getting frustrated. She takes a deep breath and thinks of her lover lying in bed. Someone whos special to her and she’d be lying to herself if she said she didn’t love her.
“Write, write something”. She starts to smile while the hip hop blares in the background. Thinking of the markers in her bag and how she’s about to ride the train.
I want to write.
“Write, write something”.
To L.C.
NINA Yin.
On Codes and Translation: Understanding Alaa Awad
The following is a shorter version of a chapter I contributed to Translating Dissent: Voices from and within the Egyptian Revolution, ed. Mona Baker, out now via Routledge and available for purchase. This content has been edited for brevity.
In 2013, I gave a talk at the Petrie Museum in London to an audience of Egyptology students and academics. I presented the work of Alaa Awad, a 33-year-old Egyptian street artist who had painted murals of ancient Egyptian art around ahrir Square during the political protests of 2011 and 2012.
As I showed them a series of murals depicting women in fierce, coloured robes walking to battle, or a row of bearded men kneeling before the throne of a mouse being fanned by a cat, I could sense the room temperature changing as they began to realise that the paintings were almost perfect replicas of the ancient Egyptian murals they had studied.
Why…
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eL Seed bringing people together through calligraffiti
Ted Talk in Vancouver “Calligraphiti” French Artist writing in Arabic Worldwide.
eL Seed, a French-Tunisian calligraffiti artist, spreads messages of peace and appreciation for the Arabic script through his colourful and poetic street art. But did you get a chance to watch his TED talk?
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Street Art: Around the World in Eight Photos
Whenever I get the chance to travel, I always photograph local street art. The topics, colors, and scenes help me absorb the feel and atmosphere that makes each destination truly unique. Join me for a tour of some amazing street art from around the world, right from the comfort of your armchair.
Welcome to Berlin, Germany, our first stop on the tour, where we find Christine Estima‘s photo of street art by ElBocho. I love the bold lines and striking expressions:
#ElBocho Berlin Baby (Photo by Christine Estima)
And now, over to Cardiff, Wales, for something slightly more muted. DIFF GRAFF did a great job capturing Rmer‘s portrait of Marlon Brando as the Godfather. It’s quite striking, wouldn’t you agree?
Marlon Brando by the artist Rmer (Photo by DIFF GRAFF)
Heading to Dunedin, New Zealand, we stop off at Dunedin Wears the Pants. The site, run…
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A Ghetto Self Portrait
Area” Blackbook Session
I love.love.love. to draw.
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