Showing posts with label popular culture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label popular culture. Show all posts

Monday, May 30, 2011

Oaxaca street art

Untitledtaggerover my shoulderSilviauliseseyes of love
pray for mesurprised kingfishdead lookingtake me awayBaroque 2arte divina
almost goneasaroAJbleeding heartassassin clownbright bird man
as it isbaroquedead saintcurly precautiondangerous playdancing spray

Oaxaca street, a set by lesliepule on Flickr.

Photos by a good friend of Oaxaca's street art in May 2008. Some of this graffiti was still visible last summer.

Friday, April 8, 2011

Empire of the Sun-We Are the People



A highly stylized, surreal video with some beautiful shots of the desert near Monterrey, Mexico. A friend of mine finds the use Mexico's cultural icons in the service of fashion and entertainment distasteful, but I didn't see it that way. For an interesting take on the video and lyrics -- that just happens to be in agreement with my perceptions :-) -- read Who's Got the Power?.