Amazing Gutter Art

Most of us would never think that a gutter could be a piece of art. Here in Brazil, some people are using these parts of urban scenery to bring a little bit of color to the commomly grey sidewalks. They are Anderson Augusto and Leonardo Delafuente from 6emeia.

The 6emeia project was created and developed by the artists Anderson Augusto, also known as SÃO, and Leonardo Delafuente, also known as Delafuente. The duo live in the Barra Funda neighborhood of São Paulo where they began the project with the purpose of changing and transforming daily life.

The duo's objective is to modify the means within which we all live, proposing a new way to view things by reflecting upon themes generated through creative and unusual works. Such modifications are made by painting storm drains, light posts, manhole covers and any other object which makes up the urban scenario.

And it's fantastic that they don't just paint anything, random faces and all, but they even make some pieces inspired by classic paintings and movies. And of course, they're like ninjas... they adapt to any gutter situation. Hope you all enjoy these! Cheers. ;)

For more information and images visit their website at http://www.6emeia.com/

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Hello, everyone! I'm Paulo, a 24 years old designer from Porto Alegre, Brazil. I work as a webdesigner since 2006, but websites and blogs have been a hobbie for me since 1999. At Abduzeedo, I try to bring only the hot stuff for you guys... and hope that all of you enjoy my posts! Cheers! *Now on Twitter.

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This is so cool!! They should keep it up!! Anything around our life can be art!!

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Candice (not verified) 10/02/2008

LOL THIS SHIT IS FUNNY

hheeheh its awesome, thanks for publishing that collection

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cod4 (not verified) 09/07/2008

So amazing!!!
Love it!!!

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Giò (not verified) 08/28/2008

Love it.

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Chel (not verified) 08/26/2008

Really brightens up the world a bit!

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feckineejit (not verified) 08/25/2008

nice paints :) !!

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nisti2 (not verified) 08/24/2008

I give 10 in creativity. What wonderful work of art.

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Alice (not verified) 08/24/2008

Nice painting stuffs!

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CSS Model (not verified) 08/24/2008

omg the cow i awesome P

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crysis (not verified) 08/23/2008

wow that is so cool
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BogDinamita 08/23/2008

That's awesome. I wish they could come to my cit and do this. I wouldn't mind see the drab guttrs changed into something great.

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Free Xbox 360 Elite (not verified) 08/23/2008

awesome. i love the cigarette smoking one

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aloa 08/23/2008

gr8 work.... even better creativity...
and good use of the ...em... gutter...

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crazyhunk 08/23/2008

I see, I see.

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zeeol (not verified) 08/23/2008

brilliant

silverstar 08/23/2008

Love it. The way the use the other elements like the poles is great. Why can't we ever see anything like this in the States? Thats meant to be rhetorical.

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Tyrale (not verified) 08/22/2008

Cool stuff! :)

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K3v 08/22/2008

Yeah I´ve seen it before! They are so cool.

By the way, this have been used by Asics to make a printed campaign in the past. Here are the links:
http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/asics_car
http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/asics_monkey

Martin 08/22/2008

i really like the van Gogh and the beatup ones they're really creative!!

awsome collection

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James (not verified) 08/22/2008

Of course not, the moon one is from Georges Méliès’ "Le Voyage dans la lune" (A Trip to the Moon).
Watch it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygGkBffo66k

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paulo 08/22/2008

is the moon one from Futurama?

Webfish 08/22/2008

that's just to funny..
amazing...

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TheWickedMaster (not verified) 08/22/2008

preeeeeeetty great! hahahahah!

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Matt Henry (not verified) 08/22/2008

Just to help with the credits
They're the duo 6emeia from São Paulo

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Kaiserlino (not verified) 08/22/2008

Wow! This is even better than the Chalk!
Nice one!

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Daan 08/22/2008

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