A 5.000m2 leaf on the ground of a square that screams the word LIFE to remind the 457 families who have been relocated to this social housing development that they must rebuild their future together in order to move forward.
DESIGN
They have been living together for about two months. Each family comes from a different part of the country. They have nothing in common with each other: some come from the Pacific, others from the Caribbean, others from the Amazon or the mountains. The only thing they have in common is the drama of fleeing without looking back, abandoning their lands, clothes and most of their families, as a consequence of the terrible armed conflict that the country is experiencing.
It is in this context that the mural appears, validated by the neighbors and generated in a participatory manner with them and other citizens, to transform this new place in which they live by building new relationships that strengthen this new community, working to be part of this new identity.
CONCEPT
The work consists of a large leaf, built from hundreds of smaller leaves, which are assembled in such a way that the word LIFE can be read. Each of these leaves belongs to the most significant species of the different ecosystems of the country, making a parallel with the people who live in the building, symbolically representing their places of origin. Bringing them a little peace from their lands. The painting is on the floor and its perception is totally different if you walk on it than if you look at it in the building. When you are on top you only see geometric shapes and gigantic colors, but from above it makes perfect sense, representing a new beginning full of hope.
+ INFO
+ 5.000m2 intervention carried out in September 2015, on Carrera 30 Avenue and Calle 22 in Bogotá, Colombia
+ Water-based plastic paint on the floor
+ This social project has been possible thanks to the “Bogotá Humana” programs of the Habitat Secretariat in conjunction with Metrovivienda. With the sponsorship of the Orbis Pintuco Foundation, which has provided all the necessary material, and the collaboration of DADEP, in logistical matters.
+ A huge thank you to John Zuluaga for believing in madness, and also to the Habitat Secretariat for their great work. To Juana Leal and all her university colleagues for their selfless collaboration. To Juliana, Lorena and Camila. To Yira, Hernán, Angela, Jessica, Alejandra, Camila Rodríguez and the rest of the volunteers. To Juan Carlos Silva and the students of the “School of Arts and Letters”. And to all of them, who made this project possible.
+ We would like to especially thank all the residents of Plaza de la Hoja who have made us feel at home. You have been a part of us forever.
+ Photography by Adrian Suarez aka Mr Lausiv, Daniel Mora G. and Good Mixture
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