Fast Food Africa Graffti
This seemed like an interesting statement. This graffiti is in the courtyard that is behind the Reina Sofia museum in Madrid, Spain. Someone else took a smiliar picture, here: www.flickr.com/photos/detapasyvinos/112583045/
I tracked down the email address of the "artist," via his site (linked below and found by detapasyvinos) to ask him what this meant. He writes: "FAST FOOD AFRICA es porque el continenete africano es el lugar donde va todo al mundo a coger barato y rapido. Sin preocuparse del continente ni de su gente. Africa se ha convertido en el "fast food" del primer mundo. Acabamos con sus recursos de una forma barata y rapida, sin que nos afecten sus enfermedades, sus guerras, su educación. Africa is a Fast food of the first world."
FAST FOOD AFRICA means that the continent of Africa is the place where the whole world goes screw the place over fast and cheap. Without worring about the continent nor the people. Africa has been converted into the 'fast food' of the first world. We use up all its resources cheaply and quickly affecting sickness, war and education. Africa is a Fast food of the first world."
Post Note: I was back in the same courtyard in May 2006 and this grafitti had been removed. In March, "Fast Food Africa" could be found in various other places around Madrid. In May, I saw other grafitti that looked to be from Noaz, but no "Fast Fod Africa" anywhere.
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717 added this photo to her favorites. (75 months ago)
detapasyvinos (75 months ago | reply)
Hi David:
I think it's his/hers:
www.fotolog.com/noaz
I'm not sure. About the meaning, it seems to be pretty ironic.
Good blog, have a good time!
Maggiet96 (73 months ago | reply)
Wow! mis respetos por su fotografia y por tomar el tiempo de investigar la historia detras de... y por explicarla. God bless U.
DavidDennisPhotos.com (73 months ago | reply)
Gracias, Maggiet
En esta epoca de la red mundial es tan interesante poder encontrar un "artista" de grafitti desde el otro lado del mundo!
vurnt22 (70 months ago | reply)
Dig the graph clash!
itcouldbelikethis added this photo to his favorites. (63 months ago)
chaЯmi [deleted] (41 months ago | reply)
Would you like to join a group called "Street Art Cuina"?
"Cuina" is a Catalan word that means kitchen. And the group is about street art and gastronomy...
www.flickr.com/groups/street_art_cuina/