To mark the revolution of the 25th of April, Colectivo Enfarte took the Complot Torres Vedras proposal to the streets and declared the state of emergency with the Social (In)Security installation in Barcelos.

Artist MaisMenos lost no time in response to the latest events that stormed the nation, in which the confrontations between police forces and protesters resulted in two reporters ending up in the hospital. One of the measures suggested by police forces to help stop more incidents like this, would be to get journalists to properly identify themselves in a rally with vests. We can already imagine everybody wearing vests next time…

A new action by MaisMenos, this time inside Lx Factory headquarters. Video inside.

Last week, Adres took his interventions a step further on what was one of the best Portuguese stunts this year so far. Adres planned out to leave 230 blue bags (full of garbage) in front of the Portuguese parliament, one for each deputy  member of the parliament, as a “thank you” for all their work throughout the years. “Blue bags” is also the term for money handed out to corrupted politicians in appreciation for political favors and/or others. You can check the full report by Rita Neves and photography by Rita Chantre to be seen here. Some action coverage pics inside.

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…