Mundano: Trash cart superheroes
Mundano: Nabudži mi... kolica za smeće?
Mundano's bold, colorful street art isn't just eye candy. His projects call attention to social, environmental and political issues, while raising chuckles from passersby. Full bio
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all superpowers: invisibility.
nevidljivost.
materials for a living.
za reciklažu kako bi preživeli.
social inequality, unemployment,
društvene nejednakosti, nezaposlenosti
waste collection system.
sistema skupljanja otpada.
honest and essential work
pošten i bitan posao
But they are not acknowledged for it.
Ali im niko ne odaje priznanje.
of all the waste that's actually recycled.
90% sveg otpada koji se reciklira.
selling to junk yards at very low prices.
smetlištima po niskim cenama.
bicycles and carroças.
biciklima i karosama.
built from wood or metal
u nekoliko ulica u Brazilu,
marginalized superheroes.
sa ovim superherojima s margina.
and political in nature.
društvena, ekološka i politička.
and onto the carroças,
sa zidova na karose,
za moju poruku.
giving voice to the catadores.
katadoresima.
it became more appealing,
postao je privlačniji,
to the catadores
privuče pažnja na katadorese
on the streets, on mass media and social.
masovnim i društvenim medijima.
and have not stopped working since.
i od tada nisam prestao s radom.
carroças in many cities
u mnogim gradovima
and trips worldwide.
i putovanja širom sveta.
in their invisibility,
u svojoj nevidljivosti
as the United States and Japan.
poput SAD i Japana.
to have more people join the cause
da se još ljudi pridruži ovom povodu
movement called Pimp My Carroça --
pod nazivom "Nabudži mi karosu" -
a large crowdfunded event.
kojeg finansiraju mase.
crowdfunded event
kojeg finansiraju mase
i njihovim karosama.
professionals and healthcare,
za negu i medicinu,
hair stylists, massage therapists
frizera, masera
gloves, raincoats and eyeglasses
rukavice, kabanice i naočare
by our incredible volunteers.
naši neverovatni volonteri.
koji odbijaju svetlost.
uličnog umetnika
amazing mobile art exhibition.
neverovatne umetničke izložbe.
of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Curitiba.
Sao Paula, Rio de Žaneira i Kurićibe.
including outside of Brazil,
gradova, uključujući i one van Brazila,
which is inspired by TEDx,
crowdfunded edition of Pimp My Carroça.
"Nabudži mi karosu", u stilu "uradi sam".
800 volunteers and 200 street artists
"Nabudži mi karosu" učestvovalo je
Pimp My Carroça movement,
kao i preko 1000 donatora,
in teaching recycling at a local school.
recikliranje u lokalnoj školi.
invisibility behind
nevidljivost za sobom
respected and valued.
they are able to fight back to prejudice,
mogu da se bore protiv predrasuda,
their interaction with society.
i svoj kontakt s društvom.
to start looking at and acknowledging
da počnete da gledate i uvažavate
invisible superheroes from your city.
superheroje iz vašeg grada.
without boundaries or frontiers.
bez granica.
catadores worldwide.
of our society.
kao ključni deo našeg društva.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mundano - Graffiti artist + activistMundano's bold, colorful street art isn't just eye candy. His projects call attention to social, environmental and political issues, while raising chuckles from passersby.
Why you should listen
Mundano is a Brazilian street artist and activist whose work makes people stop and think about the issues swirling around them everyday. In 2007, he began using his graffiti skills to paint "carroças," the wooden and metal carts used by the trash collectors throughout Brazil who haul off junk and recyclables. He painted 200 carroças and in the process made these invisible superheroes visible—not only in the streets, but also in the media. The effort led to "Pimp My Carroça," which made this initiative do-it-yourself, crowdfunded and global. It has brought in 170 trash collectors in cities around the world, teaming them up with 200 street artists and 800 volunteers. It is quickly becoming a movement.
At home in Brazil, Mundano works on other projects too. Since 2008, he has used the posters and banners that plaster Brazilian cities during elections to create thought-provoking art. For the election in 2014, he turned these enormous plastic banners into a giant voting booth filled with waste in a square in Rio de Janeiro. "I use these ads to get people to reflect on the corrupted political system. On all the false promises, and all the awful waste," he explains.
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