Berlin
A piece of Berlin in Valencia, “Ernst Kurzhals & Co, Berlin.” A search on Google didn’t reveal much, except that there’s also a similar poster somewhere on a wall in London. Of course, there’s a phone number you can call. I didn’t. I think leaving something invisible, in the dark, and untraceable adds to the […]
Burn
A burned house I walked past on my way to a boxing gym. It’s uninhabited and stands on a corner, decaying in an otherwise trendy neighborhood. To me, it’s a kind of Abstract Expressionism, a Rothko or a Pollock, but created by fire, firefighting, and time. Isn’t that just as intense as how those great […]
Entrada Prohibida
It seems like a cheerful scene, colorful, with a man and a woman in the bottom left corner enjoying a drink. But the building is collapsing, and the beautiful doors are broken and serve no purpose, except as a canvas for the spray paint used on them. The real work of keeping people out is […]
Bicicleta
In Valencia, you have to pay attention to the small details, or you’ll walk right past them. This lady can be found near the Cathedral of the city, but she’s very small. She has a face from a different era than her bicycle. It could well be that the head has been placed on a […]
Jazz
The man’s face looks as though it’s been carved, like we used to do in primary school. Carving in linoleum, rolling ink over it, and then printing. It seems to be the face of a Black man, and near the place where this face is found, there’s also a jazz club. Hence the name: Jazz. […]
Être
A wall with many messages. The letters in the top left corner I’ve seen in Valencia, but also in Berlin. Somewhere in the middle is the word “être,” which means “to be.” Very existential—being, being there, being who you are? Also present is “#staysafe,” an image you can see all over the city, a call […]
Mucho mas
‘Mucho más’ means ‘much more’ in Spanish. It’s the name of a delightful wine, and when you look at this photo, the name seems completely fitting. What a busy scene, there’s so much to see! Every street artist who, after some cutting and pasting at home, wandered through the streets of El Carmen at night, […]