La Pionera
We kicked off 2018 with a project in Tigre, a locality in the suburbs of Buenos Aires. We were given the job of painting a large collection of uneven walls, covering over 800 square meters.
Distrito Tigre Sur is a Private / Public enterprise, aiming to transform a derelict area into an open neighbourhood that works for everyone.
We were keen to go in with an open mind, with no fixed ideas. In the end, we went from nothing to a complete artwork in just three weeks.
We sent out a call for emerging artists, starting out their careers as muralists, to join the artists residency and to form the core group where we exchanged ideas, developed sketches and hung out during resting hours. They were: Damian Bayle, Virginia Bello Smith and Aura Cortez.
We started with a creative workshop attended by around 50 people, to develop a theme for the mural. We started by thinking about the most inappropriate things we could put on the wall, and then worked backwards. We were assisted by a group of volunteers who came daily, most of whom came from ‘El Garrote’ – the local shanty town.
With ‘Pionera’ we managed to unify a complex structure and give it a sense of movement, while using a local and accessible image. The complexities arise from the playful meaning of the cargo and the way it breaks through.
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