The collective Boa Mistura has intervened on the facades of the residents of this area of Madrid with the verses of the song “El alma no tiene color” by Antonio Remache.

In a harsh environment such as La Cañada Real Galiana, Boa Mistura has brought out the best. Life, color, people, and the illusion that things can be different and have a future. A territory, which has been built fairly and unjustly since the 50s and which currently represents the largest irregular settlement in Europe, 16 km of different stories with the same reality formed by 7,600 people of 17 different nationalities trying to get ahead within of a territory of contrasts, of light-dark and stigmatized by the rest of the society of Madrid.
 
In the works carried out by Boa Mistura, which took place between June 27 and July 16, neighbors from all sectors of the neighborhood participated.

With an intelignete strategy, already experienced in other places from Brazil to Cuba, Boa Mistura has mixed color and poetry, in this case the lyrics of the song "El alma no tiene color" by Antonio Remache. The art applied to the public space as an engine of change, dynamic and transversal, with the aim of creating among neighbors a united community that allows them to improve their environment.

The project makes a chromatic journey, which starts from the red applied in Sector 1 and ends in the Sector & with the blue, accompanied by the lyrics of the song, reflecting the ideals that the neighbors of La Cañada want to project towards the world: soul , land, anger, heart ... An action that aims to give voice and visibility to this self-built linear city that lives in the shadow of the rest of the Community of Madrid, making visible the situation in which thousands of people live today and eliminating social stigmas.
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Boa Mistura. The work of Boa Mistura is all about the love of graffiti, colour and life. This group of 5 Spanish artists is, as the name says, a good mixture. Arkoh, Derko, Pahg, Purone and Rdick have developed their work in different fields, applying both a diversity of styles and the different views of each member. Boa Mistura represents a mixture of perspectives which complement, influence and mix themselves together in order to create something better. From graffiti and mural painting, to graphic design and illustration, Boa Mistrua want to give the world its colour back. 5 heads, 10 hands, just one heart.

Boa Mistura is a multidisciplinary group whose roots are in graffiti, formed at the end of 2001 in Madrid, Spain. The group works in various fields: from the latest trends in graffiti and street murals, to illustration, graphic design, studio painting and collaborations with interior designers and architects.

They have taken part in exhibitions in art galleries such as the Reina Sofía Museum and the Casa Encendida in Madrid, and the DA2 Museum in Salamanca. They have collaborated with foundations such as ONCE (Spanish national organisation for the blind), Oxfam and Antonio Gala, and given lectures at universities such as Madrid, Seville and Alcalá de Henares.

Boa Mistura has completed projects for brands such as Google, Microsoft, Sony Music and Adidas and in 2010 a Latin Grammy nomination for best cover design. The term “Boa Mistura”, from the Portuguese for “good mixture”, refers to the diversity of style and perspectives of each member. Love for graffiti, colour and life. Distinct visions which complement each other, influence each other, and always combine to create something even better.

Javier Serrano Guerra, “Pahg”. An architect from ETSAG in Madrid who specialised in landscape design at the IUAV in Venice.
Juan Jaume Fernández, “Derko”. Graduated in Fine Art, specialising in photography and video, from the University of the Arts in Berlin.
Pablo Ferreiro Mederos, “Arkoh”. Graduated in Fine Art, specialising in graphic design, from the TAIK University of Art and Design in Helsinki.
Pablo Purón Carrillo, “Purone”. An illustrator who graduated in Advertising and Public Relations from the URJC in Madrid.
Rubén Martín de Lucas, “rDick”. Civil engineer from the UPM (Polytechnic University).


 

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Published on: July 23, 2018
Cite: "BOA MISTURA fills the Cañada with color" METALOCUS. Accessed
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