We Are Todos, in the heart of Colonia Roma in Mexico City, is a collective space for architects, designers and craftspeople who work together to find inspiration and creative solutions.
Anaranda and I were commissioned to do a mural in their studio. So, here is the process. A big 'Thank you!' to We Are Todos for the creative freedom....
Animals and fantasy will always be embedded in our souls, in our visions....
"Traditional people, and I think the people of the Paleolithic
had, very probably, twoconcepts that change our vision of the world.
The concept of fluidity and the concept of permeability.
Fluidity means the categories that we have, man, woman, horse,
tree, etc., can shift. A tree may speak. A man can get transformed into
an animal and the other way around, given certain circumstances.
The
concept of permeability is that there are no barriers, so to speak,
between the world where we are and the world of spirits. A shaman, for
example, can send his or her spirit to the world of the supernatural or
can receive the visit of supernatural spirits. When you put those two
concepts together, you realize how different life must have been for
those people from the way we live now"
"Humans have been described in so many ways and for a while it was Homo-Sapiens,
and it is still called Homo-Sapiens "the man who knows". I don't think
is a good definition at all. We don't know much. I would think Homo-Spiritualis"
The title: The band salutes the Desert // La banda saluda al Desierto The inspiration: Folk art, toys, animals, alebrijes, the naïve, mirage, old town bands, and the mighty Desert. // El folklore, los animales, los juguetes, los espejismos y alebrijes, las bandas de pueblo y el gran Desierto
Here is the process... it took me a while since the wall has so much texture and the sun was frying my brains like crazy....
Aquí
el proceso que me tomó más de lo esperado ya que la pared estaba
excesivamente porosa y cada que iba a pintar se me chamuscaba el cerebro
bien gacho....
They are coming, the band of toys is coming, but don't let them fool you,
it all might be an illusion....
Vine ya, viene ya marchando la banda de juguetes,
saludando al Desierto
