CCC's Street Art Contest #247 "International Comic Book Fair mural" Part II / "Mural da Feira Internacional BD" Parte II - APURB, Amadora, Portugal [Eng-Pt]
Good afternoon, friends!
Welcome to another post in the Street Art community!
Who remembers those instant photo machines that were located in shopping malls? We would go in and sit on a chair, close the curtain, have a mirror in front of us and prepare to be photographed. There were four photographs, if I'm not mistaken. And all four could be different. But at the time, those who used these machines usually did so because they had an urgent need for a passport-style color photograph. And it was used to hand in to a transport company so that we could get a transport pass, or for our identity card... Other times.
Nowadays, if you tell a kid about it, he'll think you're joking. Today, photos are taken on the spot and digitally attached to documents, or even the photo on our ID card is digitally read by the entities that need it.
The mural I want to share with you today is a continuation of the mural I shared with you here last week, and is part of the same event at the International Comic Fair in the city of Amadora.
Although this book doesn't have a title, I confess that I would like to “baptize” it as “Everyday Heroes”. Why? Well, if you look closely, the graffiti consists of eleven images of at least four different characters. The secretary with the curly hair, the grandmother, the businessman with the tie and the boy! Although they all look the same, they have different poses, just like in those photographs we used to take on the automatic cameras I mentioned earlier.
And why did I call it “Everyday Heroes”? Because they all appear as if “masked” with a piece of underwear - a pair of briefs! As if challenging us to do the same... to show the world and put on our faces what we rarely show. Is our mask really the most intimate part of us? Do we show others every day what we don't want to be?
I'd love to have your opinion, if you'd like to share it, of course. I'd be delighted to see any further explanations for this very different work!
Thank you for stopping by.
Have a good week, everyone!
Cheers🍀
Bem-vindos a mais uma publicação para a Comunidade Street Art!
Quem se lembra daquelas máquinas de tirar fotografias na hora que estavam localizadas nos centros comerciais? Entravamos e sentávamos numa cadeira, fecharmos a cortina, tínhamos um espelho em nossa frente e preparávamos para sermos fotografados. Faziam 4 fotografias, se não estou enganado. E as quatro poderiam ser diferentes. Mas naquela altura quem recorria a essas máquinas, normalmente fazia-o por ter uma urgência em ter uma fotografia a cores tipo passe. E servia para entregar numa empresa de transportes, para que nos fosse feito o passe dos transportes, ou para o nosso bilhete de identidade... Outros tempos.
Hoje em dia, se falarmos de isto a um miúdo, ele vai até pensar que estamos a brincar. Hoje as fotografias são tiradas na hora, e digitalmente anexadas aos documentos, ou mesmo lida de forma digital, a fotografia do nosso cartão de cidadão, pelas entidades que dela precisem.
O mural que eu hoje aqui quero partilhar, é uma continuação do mural que aqui com vocês partilhei na semana passada, e encontra-se englobado no mesmo evento da Feira Internacional da BD da cidade da Amadora.
Apesar de esta obra não ter título, confesso que a gostaria de "batizar" como "Heróis do Dia-a-Dia". E porque razão? Pois bem, se bem repararem, o graffiti é constituído por onze imagens de pelo menos quatro personagens diferentes. A secretária de cabelo encaracolado, a avó, o empresário de gravata e o rapaz! Todos eles apesar de parecerem iguais, têm poses diferentes, tal como naquelas fotografias que tirávamos nas maquinas automáticas que eu falei inicialmente.
E porque é que eu a chamei de "Heróis do Dia-a-Dia"? Porque todas elas aparecem como que "mascaradas" com uma peça de roupa interior - um par de cuecas! Como que nos desafiando a fazer o mesmo... a mostrar ao mundo e a colocar na cara, o que raramente mostramos. Será que a nossa máscara é mesmo o mais íntimo de nós? Será que mostramos diariamente aos outros aquilo que não queremos ser?
Gostava de ter uma opinião vossa, se a quiserem partilhar, claro. Ficaria muito contente em ver mais eventuais explicações para esta obra tão diferente!
Obrigado por terem passado por aqui.
Um boa semana para todos!
Bem Hajam🍀
| Name of the Piece | Artist | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Comic Book Fair mural | APAURB | Amadora, Portugal | 2014 |
I hope you enjoyed another fantastic piece of work!
Location of this StreetArt.
Thank you very much for your attention!
Bem Hajam🍀
Photographic edition with PhotoScape X
Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
Thank you so much ewkaw for putting my post in the list of the curated posts from qurator team!
Haha such funny characters you found.
Thanks for sharing.
Enjoy the evening 😎
!HUG
At first, when I arrived there by car, the mural aroused my interest because it took advantage of the yellow background color, which really stands out from its surroundings. Then, when you get closer, you realize the characteristics of each character, and even the facial features that make them almost human in comic book style.
Have a great day, LB4!
Weekend is almost here 😁
Yes, the background make them stand out even more.
They are funny and each are so different.
Thank you so much, enjoy the last evening of the weekend.
Mine was so busy busy… new crazy ideas popped up too. Soon more about that.
Take care!
!PIZZA
Cool series with these four characters, very fun. Special to wear an underwear on your head, I hope it's not the one you wore the day before 😀 Thanks for sharing these pics on The StreetArt Community.
Have a wonderful day
Well, that would add an extra "layer" of superhuman power to them, or maybe not! LMAO
Enjoy your day, Heroldius!
$PIZZA slices delivered:
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Come get MOONed!