Poemas De La Carretera
Poems from the Highway
2018, Digital Collage, Series of 6
Poems from the Highway
2018, Digital Collage, Series of 6
This is a series inspired by a ten hour car ride from Bogota to Cali, Colombia.
Driving through the highway in Colombia, there are graffiti-filled yellow wall barriers that separate the road from the side of the mountain. The graffiti here is a united collection of different poems, protests, chants, and names that you see have been written by the locals who live near the mile markers.
I categorized each compositions by organizing the similar themes of the messages on the wall.
I was compelled to document as much of these walls as possible, because they speak of nature, loving the land, protecting the earth, social class, love, and of course, soccer.
This shared practice shows a united communication of Colombians who have never met, whom I have never met, all of us living hours away from each other in similar, small barrios - some that no larger than 2 miles surrounded by mountains on both sides.
Driving through the highway in Colombia, there are graffiti-filled yellow wall barriers that separate the road from the side of the mountain. The graffiti here is a united collection of different poems, protests, chants, and names that you see have been written by the locals who live near the mile markers.
I categorized each compositions by organizing the similar themes of the messages on the wall.
I was compelled to document as much of these walls as possible, because they speak of nature, loving the land, protecting the earth, social class, love, and of course, soccer.
This shared practice shows a united communication of Colombians who have never met, whom I have never met, all of us living hours away from each other in similar, small barrios - some that no larger than 2 miles surrounded by mountains on both sides.
