Amazing Gutter Art

by paulo | Aug 22, 2008

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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/

About the author

Hello, everyone! I'm Paulo Gabriel, 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. Here in Abduzeedo, I try to bring only the hot stuff for you... and hope that all of you enjoy my posts! You may also follow me on Twitter.

Daan 08/22/2008

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

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Kaiserlino 08/22/2008

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

Matt Henry 08/22/2008

preeeeeeetty great! hahahahah!

TheWickedMaster 08/22/2008

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

Webfish 08/22/2008

is the moon one from Futurama?

paulo 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

James 08/22/2008

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

awsome collection

Martin 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

K3v 08/22/2008

Cool stuff! :)

Tyrale 08/22/2008

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.