Vertigo Graffiti: Camilo Fidelo Lopez on Bogotá, Colombia, Public Murals and Social Justice

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Show Notes:

2:00 relationship with public space changes when art is placed in it

4:00 nature of graffiti; Vertigo blog’s proposal to leave graffiti in Bogotá’s transit system

10:00 focus of Vertigo’s graffiti on universal issues of tolerance, acceptance and diversity

15:00 ‘Kiss of the Invisibles’ mural

23:00 graffiti’s ability to help create empathy for others

25:30 reaction to public murals

31:00 advise to graffiti artists to doubt everything 

33:30 self-sensorship

39:00 ‘Shared Glance’ mural 

47:30 legal spaces for graffiti

52:00 Grandmother series

1:04:00 thoughts for those who doubt the importance of graffiti

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