In #1969 the city of #Cancun was born, created specifically by the government of #Mexico to promote #tourism in the region. Cancun is the youngest city in Mexico, and for those characteristics its identity is based entirely on the contemporary culture of the twentieth century. From a #restaurant called “pepe tigre” where #tourists could eat…

Symbols found in the “#brazilian winter”. Among a #lemon, the desire for love and the sensuality of #fruits

Currently I begin my pieces like anthropological investigations. I try to work around traces that are found in a space, that are the result of aspects of social life, symbols that represent this very context. The symbols are the result of the coexistence of different factors; economic, social and cultural, which define practices and representations:…

Anthropological analysis of the symbols of #cervera , #catalunya . From a jar with the face of Felipe V turned (In 2018 the mayor of Cervera decides to turn the picture of Felipe V symbolizing the rejection of the Bourbons), passing through the hetero cis fanaticism of Cervera by a famous motorcycle rider, to the…

The symbols present are marks of both the #political and #economic consumption of the neighbourhood. From a drink that costs half as much as a #coke to a #cellphone with the image of #evita , they are a representation of both the workers, and the political function of these neighbourhoods. For many years, a stigmatisation…

The composition of the mural is based on objects and publicity found around the eastern market.

In Holland there is no iconology like in Argentina, where culture is based on characters. I only found that the Dutch love a singer called André Hazes. The elements represented are based on a personal register of objects from Zaandam, Amsterdam and Rotterdam.

The city of Gary (Indiana) was founded in 1906 by United Steel Corporation. The jobs created by the steel industry provided Gary with very rapid growth, many people arrived quickly (mostly immigrants) as a result of the job opportunities. In the 1930s it became the fifth most populous city in Indiana. During these years, deep…