The Haciendo calle project consisted of the intervention of an area of 400 meters in which artistic murals were incorporated on the walls. Photo courtesy
Guayaquil left lessons in urban art that the professor and researcher of the branch Maria Fernanda López taken as an example and reversed in favor of buskers on the sixth anniversary of his professorship.
To celebrate the six years of the chair of Urban artwhich he founded and offers in University of the ArtsHe did it all Common forgot to implement millionaire contracts how Living letterswhich cost about 400 thousand dollars or the murals of the road Panamain which the contractor has subcontracted to real artists.
Mafo López, as she is known in the ‘street of art’, invited those who painted so that others would take the credit for the murals carried out and launched on Strengthening Of these artists with murals now displayed in El Telégrafo, Government, Illingworth passage and Manzana 14 buildings, resulting in what it describes as a “heroic and historic endeavor”.
The Haciendo calle project consisted in the intervention of an area of 400 meters in which the walls were incorporated artistic murals. López was the curator of the works of Ecuadorian artists and other guests of Mexico yes Colombia.
The claim of urban art
López was particularly critical of the interventions of to contract from shopping public from Common (without quote, but with his finger) and his way of looking at the urban artof inclusion, of vindication, earned him detractors at an academic level.
However, she is convinced that there may be policies public to claim today’s stage. Take as an example Quitowhere he was a member of a Committee technician in which they were made policies public in favour of recognition of the artists.
What was done in University of the Arts It was thanks to the “political will” of some officials such as the rector, William Herrera, who gave the green light to the initiative of this professor who offers her class in five parallels and confirms that the street is her religion.
One team ahead
Daniel Ochoa, Camilla Calderón, Mono Chrome yes Amber air are some of the authors of the 10 murals that the specimen has, measuring about six meters wide by six meters high.
Larisa Espinosa22 years old and graduated from Visual arts, created an intervention of a child playing with the structure of the building. “It was a rewarding experience, I had never had the opportunity to perform murals in this university. It is a great experience to be able to intervene on the walls”.
John Herrera, 26, took photos of the old adobe houses, saved the memory of the neighborhood, and then transferred it to painting. “It’s something that should always be done. Show what we do, let a wall come to life, show that there are artists”.
The Sixth Anniversary of the Chair also showcased an investigation into the chapeteo and Guayaquil gang lyrics, as well as scheduling activities such as zine workshops, rallies, and more.
