Carlos Trilleras: Bogotá Street Art

We are what we are because of the long journey undertaken by our ancestors, weighed down by a heavy burden of beliefs and customs, of traditions that are passed on to the new generations and then are adapted to meet the needs of the time.  Knowing where we have come from gives us a sense of belonging and unites us as a society.

Today, on various walls around the city can be seen patterns, shapes and figures that transport us to environments where our roots are praised and where we honor the velour and spirit of those who came before us.  Because far from being something negative, ‘native guile’ is an accumulation of knowledge that has been handed down and which enables us to get by in this world with a special intuition and a wisdom that is linked to nature. – Angélica Montes

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“Somos lo que somos, porque nuestros ancestros han recorrido un largo camino cargando a cuestas un cúmulo de creencias y costumbres; tradiciones que se transmiten a las nuevas generaciones y que éstas adaptan a su época.  Saber de dónde venimos nos da sentido de pertenencia y nos une como sociedad.

Hoy, en varios muros de la ciudad se plasman patrones, formas y figuras, que nos transportan a esos escenarios donde nuestras raíces se enaltecen y donde podemos honrar el valor y el empuje de nuestros antepasados. Porque la ‘malicia indígena’, lejos de ser algo negativo, es un conjunto de conocimientos heredados que nos permiten discurrir en este mundo con una intuición especial y una sabiduría milenaria ligada a la naturaleza.” – Angélica Montes

Angélica Montes, editor of Beyond Walls: Urban Art in Bogotá.