Kategorie: South America

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CHILE: Streetart Angol – Nahuelbuta Graff Jam – Angol’s First Urban Art Festival

ZEN, the father of the character Smile, created the first graffiti festival ever held in Angol! He looked for sponsors, spoke with the Municipality, and with the support of musician OUCLASS and the culture center FRONTERA SUR, he organized and convened the NAHUELBUTA GRAFF FESTIVAL between February 23rd and 24th in 2024. Numerous artists from Angol and the region participated and painted several awesome walls around a soccer field close to the Rehue River. Check out the artworks from this “Encuentro Cultural de Graffiti”.

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CHILE: Streetart Valparaíso – Maestranza Barón – Festival de Artes y Oficios

After the great first art event “Festival de Artes y Oficios” in 2023 this year the second edition took place in the historical buidling complex of the Maestranza Barón. Numerous local and national artists created fantastic works in large and small scale. The event was organized by the MARGINAL GALERIA and LA HOGUERA and all the collected funds during the happening went to families affected by the wildfires in Viña del Mar.

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BRAZIL / ISRAEL: Multidisciplinar Artist ALANDER ESPECIE – Paintings, Installations and Macramé

The artist ALANDER ESPECIE is a sculptor, designer and installation creator whose practice of intensive work is based on traditional weaving and macramé with curiousity about how the search for ancestry and his own path intertwine. Born in Brazil and after having an art period with his design art, he moved to Isreal where he discovered abstract painting. A multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural artist. Check out the interesting interview and his great artworks!

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ARGENTINA: Streetart Mar del Plata – Don Bosco – DeInstinto Urban Art Festival – Transformation of the old Railway Line

The first international urban art festival DeInstinto brought more than 50 local, national and international muralists and graffiti artists to Mar de Plata. The mission was to beautify the abandoned organic railway line between Guido and Funes. This area from the streets Castelli to Almirante Brown got transformed into an amazing and free open air urban art gallery spanning several blocks.

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PERU: Streetart Lima – Graffiti and Urban Art in the Peruvian capital

The Pacific coast city of Lima is the capital of the South American Andean state of Peru and, with around 8.5 million inhabitants, by far the largest city in the country. It is an important transport hub and the bustling metropolis has a well-preserved center from the colonial era with numerous universities, colleges, museums and monuments. The old town of Lima was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991. However, also modern cultural heritage can be found in the streets in the form of fantastic graffiti and streetart.

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ARGENTINA: Streetart San Fernando – PAF – Paseo Festival – Awesome Urban Art Event

At the end of 2022, the long term urban art festival called “Paseo Festival San Fernando” a.k.a. PAF started to color up the city, promoted by the district municipality of Buenos Aires and organized by the prestigious artist SEBA CENER. A lot of artworks already have been finished and many more are going to come. Check out the fantastic creations and there is also a cool video included.

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CHILE: Streetart Santiago – Barrio Lastarria – GAM Complex – Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral

The UNCTAD III complex, including the 23 story tower, was built to host the UN conference on trade and development, held in April 1972 in Santiago, Chile. Once the conference was over, the architectural complex was used, as it was originally conceived, as a cultural center open to the people and called “Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral” or in short GAM. Around the building complex are great urban artworks, check out the gallery!

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ARGENTINA: Streetart Buenos Aires – Parque Alberdi – Mataderos Skate Park – Sports & Graffiti

In 2007 a group of local skaters started a movement to have their own space to practice their passion. They presented a project to the local municipality, and in 2011, a mega skate park was inaugurated in the Mataderos neighborhood of Buenos Aires! The design was created by specialized architects, and the construction was supervised by the Argentine Skateboarding Association. Besides the sports fun there are numerous fantastic graffiti and urban artworks around the area.

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ARGENTINA: Mar de Cobo – La Caleta, Parque Lago & La Baliza – Architecture & Beautiful Nature

Mar de Cobo is a town within the Partido de Mar Chiquita, in the southeast of the province of Buenos Aires. The Mar de Cobo cluster includes the districts of La Caleta, Parque Lago, and La Baliza. It is a destination that is located 25 kilometers from Mar del Plata, the largest coastal city on the Atlantic Coast of the province of Buenos Aires. This article focuses on the beautiful architecture and nature.

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