Art gallery across the street: Toxicomano.

By: Viviana García

@vivianagarcian

He studied graphic design at the National University, his  real name is Andrés Montoya. He hides behind the alias of Toxicómano Callejero. He  is very good designer, but bad cartoonist, in fact, very bad. Then he decided to design his graffiti from his home computer and then experiment with the stencil. So the proposal carries a graphic design with social content to the street.

The style he uses are high-contrast images in black and white with a sign right next to make sure the image style is like advertisement. At other times he copies standard images of advertising and changes their message. His images cause laughter. His messages often include wordplay and double meanings and this makes an impression on the public.

Toxicomano means drug addict in Europe, He choose this name because of the strong reaction it offers and because He wanted to be different from other artists using Anglicisms or simple syllables to be named.

At first, he would go out only to scratch the walls at night, until a policeman approached him and asked: What are you doing? and he answered: Nothing bad. Then the policeman replied and if you are doing nothing wrong eventhough it is so late? Toxicomano then thought for several days about the policemans question and one day he decided to paint during the day.. Now nobody says anything because they think it is legal or that he has permission to paint on the wall.

The Usaquén jugglers

By: Viviana García

           @vivianagarcian

These days in which technologies continue to entertain the audience by telling stories combined. It has survived the simple art of storytelling and oral narrative

The storytelling is the art of telling stories or events, real or imagined a group of people, using tools as key word and gesture of the narrator, in a situation of lively and direct communication.

The storytelling arrived in Bogota more than 20 years ago by Cuban and Spanish influence. The first place where he practiced storytelling was in the Chorro de Quevedo, thanks to the bohemian, cultural and academic environment that is perceived in place.

This art came to fame with the worldwide success of stand up comedy (very near to the storytelling art) La Pelota de Letras Andrés López in 2004. This art is practiced in various public spaces such as the Chorro de Quevedo , Maloka, Lourdes and Space Storytelling Usaquén.

There in space, among the stories coming out of their minds or the minds of the writers come to light jokes about Bogota on Colombia or the reality of the average Bogotano.
Each storyteller has its own style.

For example, Fabian David, outraged by the lack of historical memory before colonization in Colombia, likes to tell about Indian mythology, Pablo Torres, making his childhood experiences and becomes literature and Toño, classic-making literature and converts in living history.

Usaquen space allows storytellers to try out new stories, or practice other very necessary when counting in private shows or theaters skills. For example, here's the story of La Chica Más Linda de la ciudad.

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"If my name was under control, there would be nothing under control" Antonio Fonseca 

They complain about poor children cheated in Aguachica with smaller than the photo snack , but does anyone have eaten at Mc donald ?- Pablo Torres

"Imagine if applaud strong will pass great things . Imagine if applaud strong will get a meteor to earth , it goes from smithereens and fall on the house Maluma, J Balvin, J Mario" Fabian David.