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Rio's Statue hit: words from Anarkia Posted by newz12 on 4 years ago
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Words from Panmela Castro (Anarkia) as told to Matthew J
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On the evening of April 14 2010, Christ the Redeemer statue was vandalized by some writers from the pichação movement in Carioca, a metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro. Pichação, is the uniquely Brazilian style of art which evolved from graffiti is considered a culture all of it own. The taggers used their art as a way to protest some of the recent killings and injustices which have taken place in Rio; one of them a case surrounding the mysterious death of an engineer named Patricia, which remains unsolved. Due to the high cost of tag removal services most people do not paint over the stones, thus making it the preferred canvas for pichação writers. So it's no coincidence that The Christ statue has been the main "dream" of all taggers in Rio because of it's stone composition. During the time of this "vandalism", the Statue's security cameras were off and access to the monument was restricted due to massive flooding , which resulted in hundreds of deaths people living in the nearby area. No sufficient reason has been given for the cameras being turned off nor any reason for the lack of security at the site.
This is not the first time the statue was targeted by writers. Recently, two taggers from other states came to Rio with the aim of making pichação art. One was killed and while the other "disappeared". In Rio, many young people are killed each year not only as a result of pichação and but also day to day problems affecting their daily lives (violence, police misconduct, and poverty) . In turn, when dealing with these young writers, the police need to apply the actual law, rather than torturing, http://www.bombingscience.com/index.php/blog/viewThread/3216
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