Projeto Arrastao, Campo Limpo; Colours and Words that Travel

Projeto Arrastao works on the periphery of Sao Paulo, Campo Limpo, in a favela, Parque Pinheiros.  There used to be a park here but the favela has taken over. The favela is not as dangerous as many of those in Rio. One element of the project is to help the local inhabitants paint their houses bright colours to create a sense of nature.  Many of the inhabitants came originally from the North East.  There are many blues and paintings of the waves, reflecting the seafaring culture. On one long staircase begins with the bright colours of nature and moves to black and white of urban Sao Paulo. Many houses have bird cages full of canaries, characteristic of cultura nordestino. The project has been running for many years. The word arrastao, means drag net. The irony is that the word is also used to describe the process of collective theft, where group will trawl a beach, Copacabana, for example.  Words used in different ways.

I am excited to find a variety of words and texts written on walls. Poetry, alongside grafitti.