Why Style Collective

Those are a coupple of pictures I shot in Mexico some months ago, during a trip trough the states of the south, between Quintana Roo and Chapas.
I found there a firmly rooted tradition of sign painting. Almost every kind of communication is hand painted on the walls: shop sings, advertisement, house numbers with family names, rules and restrictions, Catholic icons, political messages, etc.etc.
The practice of wall painting goes from simple decorations to protest murals and is a deep aspect of the mexican culture, along the roads there are a lot of buildings with signs on the outside telling you wich activity the family living there does to live, if they sell water, food, gas, a place to sleep, etc.etc. Many people live of this and for them is a must to paint signs on their houses. Even the narcos use walls to threaten their enemies with long messages written with black and red spray paint.

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By now you should know what is Calligraffiti and who in Shoe, the man shouldn’t need presentation by now, his stuff trough time speak for him. But if you are one of the few not knowing what I’m talking about go to Calligraffiti site and study.

Anyway Calligrafiti is in Los Angeles at the Project Space in a show called Throw Ups.

Here’s the data if you’re lucky enough to be there in LA :

Throw-Ups
Niels Shoe Meulman

21 October – 21 November 2010

Opening reception
21 October 2010
19:00 – 22:00 PT

Project Space
603 North La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90036
+1 323 938 8818 Telephone

Artist will be in attendance.

Lo devo ancora vedere, ma sembra un bel film sul surf in Italia, spero ci sia qualche scena con le onde di banzai, (ex) mio local spot! Comunque il trailer fomenta mi fa venire troppa voglia di scappare con le due lire che ho in tasca ed avventurarmi per le coste sarde.

Nel seguente video anche una intervista carina del filmaker Luca merli e il socio Matteo Ferrari.