Cemento y escritura

“Solía escribir con su dedo grande en el aire […] papel de viento […] pluma de carne […].”  Al crear un espacio que difumina la división entre sujeto y objeto, el poeta peruano César Vallejo buscaba expresar la potencia de vida en el acto de escribir en la pared de Pedro Rojas, personaje basado en las historias de vida de los trabajadores ferroviarios ejecutados en Burgos durante la guerra civil en España.  Cemento, cuerpo y escritura:  una fugacidad en carne viva interpelando un afuera.

El gesto de los versos de Vallejo me vino a la mente cuando me encontré con algunos de los “Cement Tags” en las calles de Madrid, una serie de intervenciones urbanas del muralista 3ttman (Francia, 1978).

Lo que quedaba de “Te piso…” en la Calle San Bernardo el 12 de May de 2012.  Para ver una imagen de la pieza intacta, entrar aquí.

Las piezas consisten en mensajes escritos sobre una base de cemento que él mismo coloca. En varias entrevistas, 3ttman ha

Writing and Cement

“Solía escribir con su dedo grande en el aire […] papel de viento […] pluma de carne / He used to write in the air with his big finger […] paper made of wind […] quill made of flesh […].”  By creating a space that blurs the divide between subject and object, Peruvian poet César Vallejo sought to express the potency of life in the act of writing on the wall by Pedro Rojas, a figure based on the real life stories of the executed railroad workers in Burgos during the Spanish Civil War.  Cement, body, and writing:  ephemerality’s rawness interpellating an outside.

The gesture in Vallejo’s verses kept coming to mind when I ran into some “Cement Tags” on the streets of Madrid, a series of street interventions by muralist 3ttman (France, 1978).

What remained of  “Te piso…/ I step on you…” on Calle San Bernardo, 12 May 2012.  To see an image of the intact piece click here.

The pieces consist of messages written on self-laid cement.  In several interviews, 3ttman has

Dingo Perro Mudo: Flores / Flowers

Muros Tabacalera, 1 June 2014.

El Rastro, 21 June 2014.

Dingo Perro Mudo: Flower.  La Banda del Rotu.  Mufasa.  Dozer.  La Latina, 21 June 2014.

To see more pieces by Dingo Perro Mudo, visit his webpage.

Muros Tabacalera II

This morning I took a walk down Embajadores and took pictures of some of the murals from Muros Tabacalera I didn’t get to see some weeks ago:

Jonipunto:  “Al final de nuestra vida, todos tendremos pájaros en la cabeza / At the end of our lives we all will live in cuckooland.”

 

Dingo Perro Mudo

 

3ttman:  “Manos a la obra / Let’s get to work”

 

Jimena

 

Jimena (Detail)

 

Parsec!:  Opferstein #Parsec!

 

Ciril

 

DR Homes y Sr. MU

 

Dos Jotas: “Mientras estos muros son pintados de forma legal, el ayuntamiento limpia cientos de graffitis ilegales cada día / While these murals have been painted legally, the townhall wipes out hundreds of illegal graffiti every day.”

Miguel Servet, 1 June 2014.

MP5: Mural on Patio Maravillas

Italian muralist MP5‘s mural work (2013) at the entrance of Patio Maravillas at Calle del Pez:

 

Suso33:  Ausencias / Absences

Yipi Yipi Yeah: “Street Art”

To see images of MP5 at work in her mural back in 2013 click here.

Calle Pez, 31 May 2014.

3ttman and REMED: Mural

Mural (2009) by 3ttman and REMED at Calle de la Luna:

Luna, 31 May 2014.

 

 

Liqen and Sam3: La Mosca / The Fly

In my last trip to Cartagena, Murcia I was able to see what remains of “La Mosca / The Fly,” the piece produced by Spanish street artists Sam3 and Liqen at Calle San Vicente for One Urban World 2009.  Here are some images:

Cartagena, Murcia, 13 April 2014.

You can see images of the finished mural back in 2009 at Liqen’s website.

Santiago Morilla: Mural at Calle Ballesta

Calle Ballesta, Madrid, 20 March 2014.

Blu: Mural at the Ribera del Manzanares

Men in suits going in a circle, reaching into each other’s back pockets, stealing each other’s wallets.  We ran into this eloquent mural by Italian street artist Blu as we walked along the Ribera del Manzanares (shores of the Manzanares river) yesterday.  Blu did this piece back in August of 2010, as one of several works facilitated by the Oficina de Gestión de Muros, an office that connects street artists interested in doing pieces in Madrid with neighborhoods and owners of walls interested in urban interventions.

Ribera del Manzanares, Madrid, 5/15/2014.

Zé Carrión: “Angel caído / Fallen Angel” (with and without boxes)

7 May, 2014.

Zé Carrión.  Sticker:  Seven Logos.  Calle Pelayo, 1 May, 2014.

To see Ze Carrión’s work, visit his blog.