Bogota Week - Part 1

This article was posted by Martha Cooper 2 years, 4 months, 2 weeks, 3 days, 11 hours, 53 minutes ago.

Last March I accepted an interesting invitation from artists Bastardilla and Stinkfish to come to Bogota
for a week to participate in a project called Memoria Canalla—an exhibition with related events that they
and their friends organized with support from the University of the Andes. Bogota turned out to be
overflowing with graffiti and street art of every description. The scene heated up around 1993 and
the city has been bombed since!  Since there’s been almost no buffing, some pieces have survived
for years and as a result have a slightly worn and faded look, helping them blend seamlessly into the
somewhat chaotic urban landscape.

One week and over 3000 photos later I’m back in NYC hopelessly trying to organize them.  Here’s
a random selection of flicks—more coming soon.






















© Martha Cooper & 12ozProphet - Tuesday September 29, 2009

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