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Drawing on walls isn\u00b4t particularly new. In fact, it\u00b4s often taken as one of the first readily-noticeable markers of human civilisation. From those horses in ancient French caves to mouthless gods in outback Australia, we\u00b4ve been articulating our beliefs, preoccupations, and joy on the walls at hand ever since. However, very recently,\u00a0Bogota has turned up the sound of its graffiti a tad.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

26th Street, which links the historic heart of the city, La Candelaria, to Bogot\u00e1\u00b4s major cemetery, university and airport is now a truly impressive, enormous art gallery<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\"alien<\/a><\/p>\n

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Like any art gallery, it has been commissioned and curated painstakingly. A handful of the best artists from Bogot\u00e1\u00b4s thriving, talented, and diverse graffiti community<\/strong> won government grants to bring their work to new heights.\u00a0Here today, we bring you our selection of the final, staggering outcome.<\/p>\n

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\"octupus<\/a><\/p>\n

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We start off with a series of cartoon-inspired tricyclists<\/strong>, plying their way determinately towards La Candelaria.<\/p>\n

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\"graffiti<\/a><\/p>\n

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Unfortunately for them, if they don\u00b4t watch where they\u00b4re going, they\u00b4ll all get eaten up by a GIANT GREEN MONSTER!<\/strong> Innocent, fanciful, unknowing citizens getting swallowed by the urban complex?<\/p>\n

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\"balloon<\/a><\/p>\n

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There\u00b4s always hope, though. This giant urban angel<\/strong> is a picture of bold determination.<\/p>\n

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Sow cleanly and harvest your ideas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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An absolutely massive baby<\/strong> is under investigation. Are we using clean fuel for our imagination?<\/p>\n

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Hope.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Somewhere between hope and waiting, this indigenous<\/strong> woman possesses wisdom<\/strong> that could change the way we see what\u00b4s behind our gritty surroundings.<\/p>\n

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\"graffiti<\/a><\/p>\n

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An impassive, powerful jaguar<\/strong> looks on as ancient fossils rise up to the surface. What else do we dredge up with them?<\/p>\n

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Weaving hope.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This giant piece, bookended by the totemic jaguar and our future hope, shows different alternatives for feeding our imagination. We have a choice to make.<\/p>\n

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\"graffiti<\/a><\/p>\n

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A pacific oasis<\/strong> right in the middle of the bustling, grimy capital?<\/p>\n

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\"graffiti<\/a><\/p>\n

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Constituents for peace. Peace with bread.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Waiting for the moment when the doves of peace can be released<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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4 150 000 victims forcibly displaced. Memory.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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A displaced family<\/strong> make their reluctant way toward Bogot\u00e1, with their home stories achingly close behind them. Those already in the city must remember, too.<\/p>\n

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3026 victims from the social movement: 95% impunity. 3600 victims from the Union Patriotica: 97% impunity.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Other things the city needs to remember:<\/strong> those fighting for political change killed with impunity. The vulnerable walk on.<\/p>\n

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\"graffiti<\/a><\/p>\n

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What lies beneath the soil. A striking example of how powerful, haunting and immediate<\/strong> street art can be.<\/p>\n

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\"graffiti<\/a><\/p>\n

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A particularly busy and detailed piece.<\/p>\n

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\"jaime<\/a><\/p>\n

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The visage of Jaime Garzon<\/strong>, comedian, politician and martyr, has smiled down on 26th Street with all his characteristic irony, quick-wittedness and benevolence for a good while now.<\/p>\n

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\"graffiti<\/a><\/p>\n

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He is now joined by a troop of strikingly different feet, all walking together on the same path. Fernando from Bogotravel Bike Tours<\/a>\u00a0first hinted to me<\/a>\u00a0that they could be walking the roads of diversity and equality together.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"view<\/a><\/p>\n

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The view of the manic out-bound traffic, and the new, enormous, world-class art gallery.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Equalidiversity.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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