Action du moment | Faixas Aqui : Exhibition in Belo HorizonteExhibition of Kidnap Your Designer in Belo Horizonte, Brasil - April 17th to May 10th 2011. Be part of it! For this initiative at the Mini Galeria (Belo Horizonte), Kidnap Your Designer were inspired by a local communication medium popular in Brazil but unknown in Belgium: the faixas. Hung up in the streets, these hand-written canvases are used for different types of content. They are either promotional, informative or cultural and their artisanal manufacture makes them a truly local communication tool. As there are a variety of fonts used, this project puts a focus on the handicraft skills of the faixas painter. 
While the original visual aspect is respected, a semantic twist is introduced for this artistic intervention. Refuting the frustration that 'the grass is always greener on the other side', a single, simple sentence 'it's better here' is positioned many times over. Ones geographical references but also ones personal situation is somehow being questioned. The exhibition is composed : - of more than 100 original faixas hung in a small space. The visitor is invited to physically cross them.- of photographs of faixas in situations in 30 different locations split between Brazil and Belgium. Faixas Aqui : Exhibition in Belo HorizonteExhibition from April 17th to May 10th. Be part of the exhibition!If it's better here, it's even better at your place ! For more information :Kidnap Your Designer + Yannick Falisse + guest : Juão Peixoto Guimaraes Neto (faixas painter in Belo Horizonte) Publication: 06/04/2011 Site(s) intéressant(s) | Recherche de créateur |
