Wednesday, June 20, 2007
street art part 1: quito
Quito's graffiti/street art was dominated by scrawled sloganeering - with the (then) upcoming elections for president and the proposed free trade treaty with the US, political issues dominated the walls, but, I did find a few others. I'll do my best to translate and contextualize, but cant promise accuracy, here goes:
I'm not going to stop
KILL THE HUMANS
(on the ground in a park)
Vote blank for the [sake of the] country
with bikes, to take [over] the streets
classifies: the country's dignity for sale signed - correa [election winner]
self government
gay with pride
acrossitic poem based on NOBOA - a rightwing presidential candiate, the acrostic logic, like bill murray, gets lost in translation:
Our Own Bush Another Murderer
another acrostic, this one for Bush:
Beast Outraging Human Beings - makes more sense in spanish
i love you bush, signed alvaro naboa (previously mentioned rightwing candidate)
the TLC was the proposed free trade treaty with the US (Tratado de Libre Commercio), there were tons of acrostics based on this:
Time of Criminal Leaders
ive got/am wearing a black shirt (the name of a very popular song by Juanes - refers to mourning a girlfriend)
time to cry farmers
ecuador yes, TLC no
ive seen this one in santiago too
does your cell phone give you love?
keep your rosaries out of our ovaries -written on a church wall
you can cut down one of 1000, but you cant stop the spring
sex when i want it, pregnant when i decide
rebel against apathy - women's front
deep throat - this one was EVERYWHERE in quito
lesbians against capital
liberty, my right! to be free, my conquest!
and thats that for quito. next the very different street art of valparaiso and the stencil-heavy santiago
I'm not going to stop
KILL THE HUMANS
(on the ground in a park)
Vote blank for the [sake of the] country
with bikes, to take [over] the streets
classifies: the country's dignity for sale signed - correa [election winner]
self government
gay with pride
acrossitic poem based on NOBOA - a rightwing presidential candiate, the acrostic logic, like bill murray, gets lost in translation:
Our Own Bush Another Murderer
another acrostic, this one for Bush:
Beast Outraging Human Beings - makes more sense in spanish
i love you bush, signed alvaro naboa (previously mentioned rightwing candidate)
the TLC was the proposed free trade treaty with the US (Tratado de Libre Commercio), there were tons of acrostics based on this:
Time of Criminal Leaders
ive got/am wearing a black shirt (the name of a very popular song by Juanes - refers to mourning a girlfriend)
time to cry farmers
ecuador yes, TLC no
ive seen this one in santiago too
does your cell phone give you love?
keep your rosaries out of our ovaries -written on a church wall
you can cut down one of 1000, but you cant stop the spring
sex when i want it, pregnant when i decide
rebel against apathy - women's front
deep throat - this one was EVERYWHERE in quito
lesbians against capital
liberty, my right! to be free, my conquest!
and thats that for quito. next the very different street art of valparaiso and the stencil-heavy santiago
# posted by jacob @ 2:03 PM 
