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The grooves of the city, fotoinstalación the young French artist JR who in last year's edition of La Mar de Músicas papered monuments, installations, objects and walls of the city with the faces of older people is incorporated in a video catalog art, which has been presented this morning by the mayor of Cartagena, Pilar Barreiro, accompanied by the Councillor for Culture, Rosario Montero, and the artist himself.
The catalog contains one of the greatest artistic interventions that have been made in the city and that has impressed the inhabitants, with the photographs taken and a brief text biography of each.
The DVD, meanwhile, says the process of completing the project.
The mayor thanked the willingness of all those seniors who volunteered to be 'models' of this unique art project.
In total, 23 people whose faces were marked by the passage of time papered disparate sites as the Palace Hall or gas tanks.
Barreiro has recognized the innovation and hard work that made the streets of Cartagena were to become the largest art gallery in the world.
The artist, Jr., said that this catalog is the only remaining permanent manifestation of your project.
It was very important for this project in the history of the city, people.
Talking to the grandfathers and grandmothers who act as guides me is how I understand they are Cartagena and it is through them like you should read this place, said JR.
Through this project, met JR Cartagena and was able to share it with other cities, with other people.
So hopes to continue in the future, transferring it to other cities.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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