Graffiti in Chile part 29
Published on April 30, 2007
Spotted in: Valparaíso
Message: “La Calle No Tiene Dueño” (nobody owns the street)
There. I think that was the last one I have for now
Archive for April, 2007
Graffiti in Chile part 28
Published on April 29, 2007
Spotted in: Valparaíso
Message: “Domestica Violenta” (domestic violence)
This was on the pavement and not on a wall
Graffiti in Chile part 27
Published on April 28, 2007
Spotted in: Valparaíso
Message: Unknown. Just another little expressive wall guy
Graffiti in Chile part 26
Published on April 27, 2007
Spotted in: Valparaíso
Message: Unknown. It looks a bit like either a character from Futurama or one of the dragons from the game Puzzle Bobble aka Bust-A-Move. Probably just an unknown urban wall creature. There are so many unchartered species
People who fancy their cats
Published on April 26, 2007
this link caught my fancy. It poetically elevates our local common house cats into some wild magnificent beast. Just listen to this:
“Each time you see a Norwegian Forest Cat is a feast for the eyes. Each time you touch their spun-silk soft coats is a delight to the fingertips…
…These are the cats that explored the world with the Vikings, protecting the grain stores on land and sea, and which are believed to have left their progeny on the shores of North America as a legacy to the future…
…These lovely cats are really two for the price of one…
…The inner-ear hair that deflects the wind and snow (and can be three to four inches long, curving out and around the ear like flexible racing stripes) remains all year…”
Ok… even though the description is a bit fanciful, there is a true affection for cats that seems to motivate it. The Cat Fancier’s Association really love cats. And why not. Cats are ok animals.
The photo depicts Truls, the first Norwegian Forest Cat to be accepted internationally as a thoroughbred cat in it’s own right. This grand event in the catosphere took place in 1977.
Link discovered by PVC. Photo possibly from Aftenposten.
This post is dedicated to Bagherah. Mjau!
Graffiti in Chile part 25
Published on
Spotted in: Valparaíso
Message: “El Pibe Con Futuro” (another one that is hard to fully understand. M told me that this is pure Argentinian slang and that it means The boy with a future. I suppose the light bulbs mean that he has a bright future. Possibly because he is sitting at his desk and doing what he is supposed to like a good boy)
Edit: Eduardo kindly sent me the following analysis of this by mail. many thanks!
…he is the pibe with future `cos he is studyng by nights (not having fun) while the others are on the streets having fun …the light bulbs represent night time and that is late….a closed room lightened from ..the pibe without present..just future
the bulbs doesnt represent his “ideas” but the efort of keeping himself in a claoustrofovic atmosphere..”bbeleaving that doing so he’ll have a future instead the one who are painting walls at the same ours…is an ironic calling for the spray-guys about life choices…maybe to himself aswell??
Graffiti in Chile part 24
Published on April 25, 2007
Spotted in: Valparaíso
Message: “Paseo” (tricky one to understand. a Paseo is a short walk. It also means Avenue. The grumpy dog could be saying that this street is for walking. Or he could be allowing you to pass. Maybe something to do with dog walking. I simply don’t know)
Graffiti in Chile part 23
Published on April 24, 2007
Spotted in: Valparaíso
Message: unknown
These are not from the same street, but I’m putting them together since they appear to be by the same artist
Graffiti in Chile part 21
Published on April 22, 2007
Spotted in: Santiago
Message: Unknown. Possibly advocating gay rights
Graffiti in Chile part 17
Published on April 18, 2007
Spotted in: Valparaíso
Message: probably: “You are what you watch”
