Stories about Video from January, 2008
The Paniagua Band
One thing you'll notice immediately if you visit the outlying community of La Loma in Medellín, Colombia is that nearly the entire community has the same three or four last names. One of the most common is "Paniagua" - the mythical origin of which is explained in the above video by blogger and talented musician Dneiber Sady.
Rayones by Jorge Jurado
Vandalism or a legitimate form of cultural expression? Is tagging a form of visual contamination or does the writing on the wall tell us something more about the communities we live in? Jorge Jurado meditates on the significance and motivation behind the words on the walls in La Loma, Medellin, Colombia.