Continuing the tiles edition (from here and here), a new one has been spotted near the city council of Oeiras. Just like the José Sócrates tile, this one reads “Isaltino Morais street, (corrupt, criminal, politician). Pretty sure more will pop up.

Oh the irony. Just before the year end, I showed you this piece of a tile showing up in Porto, which was completely destroyed and removed by the city council, apparently by being too offensive I suppose. Then, the artist moved on to part II, which was already intended for something else, but in this context suited better than before in this location. Brought to you thanks to the sharp eye in Porto of Miss K, the ”No tiles allowed” tile. Let’s see if they have reason to remove this one now.

And for the 1st post of the year, it’s the looking back edition, giving you a small insight on to the stats running the website. At the same time, P3 has invited me to leave an article for the Top walls by Portuguese artists in 2011, which can be seen here. But, head on for a quick look at this past year. Posts will follow soon.

Apparently, one day was how much it lasted on the streets, but this tile will definitely last on the internet. José Sócrates, who I’ve dedicated a poster some time later last year (see here) was given a false square name to the Mompilher square in Porto. Reads “Eng José Sócrates (Liar, corrupt, incompetent, Prime-minister of Portugal 2005-2011)”. Artist unknown.

Got this in the mail, and had to share it. Right next to the Police department of Cascais, you can find two shapes very different from the others. Coincidence, or just someone with a sense of humor? Share your thoughts…

With the night starting, I headed out to Nimas to finally see “Women are heroes” by JR. I only knew what I’ve seen from the trailer and some more from the TED talks, but nothing could prepare me for this. As we sit down, a member from the theater announces JR is not present, but that he would be by the end of the movie for a talk. At this point, I feared he would not be showing up, due to some occasion, but that happily did not happen. The movie starts…

Mr. Phomer just launched an illustration concerning the riots, where the changes of time are visible.

Listening too much to Rick Ross and the Lonely Island, inspires you to do some non-sense pieces. This is another one by me (Target) for the abandoned car series, one that I’ve started a long time ago.

After Moody’s rated our country as “Junk” (Ba2 in their scale) several actions started to take notice, from random people flooding the contact form of the Moody’s website, to creative companies making some videos on it, to artists such as iamfromLX. Check the video inside.

These series of interventions already have some time, but since it’s new to the blog, it’s well worth the share. This last project from MappyArt has an interesting take on the reactions with the audience when facing a dilemma. Full explanation inside.