Colture - See places through the happiness glasses
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At the exit of the street, when I start to walk the saws and hammers can still be heard, the dust is stashed in my shoes and a heavy marble piece is in my hand (who could resist buying such an enchanting and cheap art piece). As I walk away one thing is certain: there is no place like this anywhere else in the Bogot\u00e1, and indeed a lost art is being washed away by the increasingly used technology. On the other hand, a sculptor's character is a strong as the marble they carve, they will resist and exist as long as we know of their existence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Colture - See places through the happiness glasses
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In spite of the constant and intricate work, they made the workers suffer low demand for their products so several pieces can have a low and even lower price depending on the needs of the worker. Right next to the street there is the Marble workers park in which they execute several competitions and show their skills while they sell some pieces. Even though they have shown their work in some exhibits their needs are to be relocated in a more appropriate space. However, it has not been possible due to the unfeasibility of enlarging the 20th street. All the skills of these workers have been passed generation trough generation without any record. In the words of Henry Alonso, one of the main workers in the guild, \u201cthe day we die, all the things we know will die with us, nobody makes this art anymore\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the exit of the street, when I start to walk the saws and hammers can still be heard, the dust is stashed in my shoes and a heavy marble piece is in my hand (who could resist buying such an enchanting and cheap art piece). As I walk away one thing is certain: there is no place like this anywhere else in the Bogot\u00e1, and indeed a lost art is being washed away by the increasingly used technology. On the other hand, a sculptor's character is a strong as the marble they carve, they will resist and exist as long as we know of their existence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Colture - See places through the happiness glasses
\n\u00a9 Photograph by Grabado sobre ruedas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In spite of the constant and intricate work, they made the workers suffer low demand for their products so several pieces can have a low and even lower price depending on the needs of the worker. Right next to the street there is the Marble workers park in which they execute several competitions and show their skills while they sell some pieces. Even though they have shown their work in some exhibits their needs are to be relocated in a more appropriate space. However, it has not been possible due to the unfeasibility of enlarging the 20th street. All the skills of these workers have been passed generation trough generation without any record. In the words of Henry Alonso, one of the main workers in the guild, \u201cthe day we die, all the things we know will die with us, nobody makes this art anymore\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the exit of the street, when I start to walk the saws and hammers can still be heard, the dust is stashed in my shoes and a heavy marble piece is in my hand (who could resist buying such an enchanting and cheap art piece). As I walk away one thing is certain: there is no place like this anywhere else in the Bogot\u00e1, and indeed a lost art is being washed away by the increasingly used technology. On the other hand, a sculptor's character is a strong as the marble they carve, they will resist and exist as long as we know of their existence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Colture - See places through the happiness glasses
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The workers in this amazing street, even though they are constantly laboring, offer help in the kindest way, a lot of their shops allude to classic art names such as Roma and Rodin. Over the frames and entrances, you can see several carved pieces made by the original design. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00a9 Photograph by Grabado sobre ruedas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In spite of the constant and intricate work, they made the workers suffer low demand for their products so several pieces can have a low and even lower price depending on the needs of the worker. Right next to the street there is the Marble workers park in which they execute several competitions and show their skills while they sell some pieces. Even though they have shown their work in some exhibits their needs are to be relocated in a more appropriate space. However, it has not been possible due to the unfeasibility of enlarging the 20th street. All the skills of these workers have been passed generation trough generation without any record. In the words of Henry Alonso, one of the main workers in the guild, \u201cthe day we die, all the things we know will die with us, nobody makes this art anymore\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the exit of the street, when I start to walk the saws and hammers can still be heard, the dust is stashed in my shoes and a heavy marble piece is in my hand (who could resist buying such an enchanting and cheap art piece). As I walk away one thing is certain: there is no place like this anywhere else in the Bogot\u00e1, and indeed a lost art is being washed away by the increasingly used technology. On the other hand, a sculptor's character is a strong as the marble they carve, they will resist and exist as long as we know of their existence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Colture - See places through the happiness glasses
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Once you come in into one of the workshops your mind will be filled with antique virgins and pieces of broken marble, tools of every size and kind, images and photographic references from every source that the artists use to carve and burn via engraving images that loved ones have asked to be depicted in stone forever. Football teams, faces, poetic elegies and baby hands that will remind you that death is always near, and there are living people working hard to preserve the memory of the ones that are no longer here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00a9 Photograph by Grabado sobre ruedas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Colture - See places through the happiness glasses
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Here is the thing, beauty is easily seen in the big picture, but actually these little details in Bogot\u00e1 that have us stuck observing the same wall for 10 minutes and admiring a small page in a 10 by 10 cm book are what actually transform the perspective in which this beauty is seen. Supporting these kinds of events and production is actually encouraging more people to speak up and rethink their everyday life. The beauty of it is that we all get to be a part of it, participate, create, buy and repost what we see. All in all, information is power and we all get to take part in its making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Colture - See places through the happiness glasses
\n\u00a9 Photograph by Grabado sobre ruedas <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Here is the thing, beauty is easily seen in the big picture, but actually these little details in Bogot\u00e1 that have us stuck observing the same wall for 10 minutes and admiring a small page in a 10 by 10 cm book are what actually transform the perspective in which this beauty is seen. Supporting these kinds of events and production is actually encouraging more people to speak up and rethink their everyday life. The beauty of it is that we all get to be a part of it, participate, create, buy and repost what we see. All in all, information is power and we all get to take part in its making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Now, it\u2019s important to know that the scale of this alternative graphic movement is not always fit to stay in your pocket. Some artist collectives have impulse events, such as Grabado sobre ruedas (Engraving on wheels) and the engraving encounter in public space by P3 collective, in which engraving and serial production is taken to bigger perspectives and invades public space with strong messages and images and reminders that the city needs to scream. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00a9 Photograph by Grabado sobre ruedas <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Here is the thing, beauty is easily seen in the big picture, but actually these little details in Bogot\u00e1 that have us stuck observing the same wall for 10 minutes and admiring a small page in a 10 by 10 cm book are what actually transform the perspective in which this beauty is seen. Supporting these kinds of events and production is actually encouraging more people to speak up and rethink their everyday life. The beauty of it is that we all get to be a part of it, participate, create, buy and repost what we see. All in all, information is power and we all get to take part in its making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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They depict the underground reality of the city via their individual points of view. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, it\u2019s important to know that the scale of this alternative graphic movement is not always fit to stay in your pocket. Some artist collectives have impulse events, such as Grabado sobre ruedas (Engraving on wheels) and the engraving encounter in public space by P3 collective, in which engraving and serial production is taken to bigger perspectives and invades public space with strong messages and images and reminders that the city needs to scream. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00a9 Photograph by Grabado sobre ruedas <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Here is the thing, beauty is easily seen in the big picture, but actually these little details in Bogot\u00e1 that have us stuck observing the same wall for 10 minutes and admiring a small page in a 10 by 10 cm book are what actually transform the perspective in which this beauty is seen. Supporting these kinds of events and production is actually encouraging more people to speak up and rethink their everyday life. The beauty of it is that we all get to be a part of it, participate, create, buy and repost what we see. All in all, information is power and we all get to take part in its making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Colture - See places through the happiness glasses
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The graphics production of the city is not only focused on selling and getting almost rich coin by coin, this movement is also working for the preservation of the memories of the current thoughts and needs of the people. In fact, the National Library of Colombia has started to collect and archive several fanzines in order to preserve the production of artists that ever since the 80\u2019s, have been doodling and screening the reality and the underground reality of the city via their individual points of view. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
They depict the underground reality of the city via their individual points of view. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, it\u2019s important to know that the scale of this alternative graphic movement is not always fit to stay in your pocket. Some artist collectives have impulse events, such as Grabado sobre ruedas (Engraving on wheels) and the engraving encounter in public space by P3 collective, in which engraving and serial production is taken to bigger perspectives and invades public space with strong messages and images and reminders that the city needs to scream. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00a9 Photograph by Grabado sobre ruedas <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Here is the thing, beauty is easily seen in the big picture, but actually these little details in Bogot\u00e1 that have us stuck observing the same wall for 10 minutes and admiring a small page in a 10 by 10 cm book are what actually transform the perspective in which this beauty is seen. Supporting these kinds of events and production is actually encouraging more people to speak up and rethink their everyday life. The beauty of it is that we all get to be a part of it, participate, create, buy and repost what we see. All in all, information is power and we all get to take part in its making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Colture - See places through the happiness glasses
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It is hard not to see and lose yourself in every little appropriation of the city manifested in a small piece of sticker paper and it is also easy to lose yourself in the often placed autonomous fairs of graphics and design that take place around the city that allow you to purchase these small pieces and fanzines and especially get to know the upcoming artists while you grab a beer or a vegan muffin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The graphics production of the city is not only focused on selling and getting almost rich coin by coin, this movement is also working for the preservation of the memories of the current thoughts and needs of the people. In fact, the National Library of Colombia has started to collect and archive several fanzines in order to preserve the production of artists that ever since the 80\u2019s, have been doodling and screening the reality and the underground reality of the city via their individual points of view. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
They depict the underground reality of the city via their individual points of view. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, it\u2019s important to know that the scale of this alternative graphic movement is not always fit to stay in your pocket. Some artist collectives have impulse events, such as Grabado sobre ruedas (Engraving on wheels) and the engraving encounter in public space by P3 collective, in which engraving and serial production is taken to bigger perspectives and invades public space with strong messages and images and reminders that the city needs to scream. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00a9 Photograph by Grabado sobre ruedas <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Here is the thing, beauty is easily seen in the big picture, but actually these little details in Bogot\u00e1 that have us stuck observing the same wall for 10 minutes and admiring a small page in a 10 by 10 cm book are what actually transform the perspective in which this beauty is seen. Supporting these kinds of events and production is actually encouraging more people to speak up and rethink their everyday life. The beauty of it is that we all get to be a part of it, participate, create, buy and repost what we see. All in all, information is power and we all get to take part in its making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Colture - See places through the happiness glasses
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As was established by the New York Times in an article, Bogota is stated as one of the hippest and upcoming cities in Latin America depicting a wide variety of art and culture sizzling in a colonial neighborhood, (La Candelaria) . However, as we seasoned Bogotans know, the city is more than the vestiges colony. Art is everywhere, in the periphery and in the center; it\u2019s in every protest, event, and every manifestation of existence via visual media. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is hard not to see and lose yourself in every little appropriation of the city manifested in a small piece of sticker paper and it is also easy to lose yourself in the often placed autonomous fairs of graphics and design that take place around the city that allow you to purchase these small pieces and fanzines and especially get to know the upcoming artists while you grab a beer or a vegan muffin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The graphics production of the city is not only focused on selling and getting almost rich coin by coin, this movement is also working for the preservation of the memories of the current thoughts and needs of the people. In fact, the National Library of Colombia has started to collect and archive several fanzines in order to preserve the production of artists that ever since the 80\u2019s, have been doodling and screening the reality and the underground reality of the city via their individual points of view. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
They depict the underground reality of the city via their individual points of view. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, it\u2019s important to know that the scale of this alternative graphic movement is not always fit to stay in your pocket. Some artist collectives have impulse events, such as Grabado sobre ruedas (Engraving on wheels) and the engraving encounter in public space by P3 collective, in which engraving and serial production is taken to bigger perspectives and invades public space with strong messages and images and reminders that the city needs to scream. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00a9 Photograph by Grabado sobre ruedas <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Here is the thing, beauty is easily seen in the big picture, but actually these little details in Bogot\u00e1 that have us stuck observing the same wall for 10 minutes and admiring a small page in a 10 by 10 cm book are what actually transform the perspective in which this beauty is seen. Supporting these kinds of events and production is actually encouraging more people to speak up and rethink their everyday life. The beauty of it is that we all get to be a part of it, participate, create, buy and repost what we see. All in all, information is power and we all get to take part in its making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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