Mural Art: Pere Blanco Molina and scorns.one
Storytelling: Oana Maroti
Street art intervention on the Zoo wall, which otherwise was a long grey cement agglomeration parallel with the road and the Estació de França train station had some serious decadence moments and is now renowned.
The painting is oriented toward the road and railway. The imposing buffalo and the chimpanzee observe the transportation system.
The presence of the buffalo is familiar to me, as buffalo are still raised in mountainous areas for their tasty cheese and milk, and were also used for transportation in difficult terrain, as cattle are better adapted to rough roads than horses.
With the imposed imperial menu the buffalo became a product, just like cows. In Europe, the way we culturally relate to cattle is more than strange. Humans have hunted zimbru (bison) to extinction in some areas, proving that something is wrong with the food system.
If we settle for meat every day, we will eat all the animals to extinction and raid our neighborhoods to eat their animals and cause even more extinctions. As a group, humans are unreasonable. How fortunate that not all nations in the world include meat in their daily menus and that some animals have survived.
A toast to all the humble people out there who learned to cook with plants, and a warm greeting to the descendants of indigenous families who preserved the recipes.
The eye of the monkey observes, as a reminder that we are never alone; the space we inhabit is shared with an entire ecosystem that we modify and too often destroy. For animals, the reduction and even disappearance of their habitats so we can build more roads and ugly buildings is like a silent war, leading to extinction. Humans don't understand the animal's cry for help, and most haven't even tried, their minds clogged by the egoic impression of superiority.
Eating meat daily is not viable for the ecosystem, nor is each of us owning a car. Our unconscient mass consumption is like a plague. When group behavior reaches such damaging proportions, hunting to the point of exhaustion, it is grotesque, since we are capable of preventing harm, not just stupidly provoking it and looking elsewhere.
Shared wall, different styles, same protective stimulation. The ancestral gaze toward building infrastructure and transportation strategy. Humans could develop intelligent systems and begin to be inclusive of wildlife.
Gentlemen like free animals, in their habitat. We want to protect them, not eat them. There are many other things to eat and, in a moment, each doctor will tell you that you have to leave the beef.
The wall is already painted. I was passing by yesterday and even saw PBM's sad reaction in front of the lost painting. In ephemeral art the idea of losing the work is constant and makes it difficult for the artists and the viewer who appreciated it.
In this wall collaboration, there was also a reciprocal protection action. The hyperrealist, omnipresent eye next to a realist painting protecting the African Buffalo painted by PBM, who's unique in the Barcelona underground scene, and represents the senior artist who believes in open art.
I´m joining scorns. one and support PBM´s work, which is exceptional and absolutely important for the inclusive aspect. PBM has its own public, and its presence in the streets is different. While there is a negative perception about graffiti, in general, PBM's presence dismantles it. I have seen families getting closer to the painting or interested in the painting process, seniors defending the paintings, as part of their neighborhood.
Ageism has nothing to do with art. More than that, we want all ages to be included and be represented in the shared space. Street art is all about open access to culture and inclusive communication.
Anyway, I have enjoyed this wall more than once. I love having a snack while contemplating the railway from above, and the Zoo-painted wall is right next to the railway.
This duo mix of styles has something interesting in it. Both collated to paint a nature's confrontational gaze, that we fail to see and endanger.
El Pacto de los Caballeros painting attracted me on different occasions. It recalls the literature of pre-industrialization, the passing from rural to urban, that is still an issue. There are 3 books, in 3 different languages describing the social transformation that I would love to see published with the graphics signed by scorns. one and PBM.
Underground Art & Literature - open access to culture 