#MixtaLimitedEdition by Perrine Honoré
Salamanca
13.6.2019
On the 12th and 13th of June we traveled to Salamanca with the artist Perrine Honoré to collaborate on Mixta’s #MixtaLimitedEdition project, in collaboration with the Código Nuevo media.
So, for two days we went to the Barrio del Oeste in Salamanca, a neighborhood that since 2013, thanks to the project launched by the residents’ association ZOES, began to cede its walls and give permission for the execution of urban artistic interventions. In this way, Mixta and Código Nuevo requested one of the walls in this area to make a mural that would give life to the city and support its campaign at the same time.
In this sense, Perrine Honoré had to make a mural where she had to integrate the six characters who embody the #MixtaLimitedEdition project, adjusting them to her style and creating a background and composition that would capture her personality. So the challenge was to know how to adapt these figures to their designs and give them a new perspective.
So, knowing Perrine Honoré’s colorful, character-filled style, we decided she was the right artist for this project. And, in fact, Perrine knew how to capture the essence of Mixta’s characters and make them play easily in his field, as he managed to integrate them perfectly into his painting technique and style.
In the video, Perrine Honoré painting in Salamanca's Barrio del Oeste, a neighbourhood that has been filling up with painted façades since 2013. Her challenge: to gather designs by other artists and make a single piece out of them. «I think it's great that people who don't usually go to museums can get to know artists and have their pieces in the street.»
Video transcript (translated from Spanish)1 min 24 s
I'm an illustrator, I come from the world of graphic design, but I'm getting more and more into the world of urban art.
We're here in Salamanca, in the Barrio del Oeste, a neighbourhood that, as the residents told us, didn't have much life. And from 2013 artists started coming to paint façades: it is coming alive and the people here are delighted, so I'm very lucky to be able to paint here too.
This project has been something of a challenge, because I had to gather designs by other artists and create a single piece out of them. I think it's great that people who maybe don't usually go to museums can get to know artists and have their pieces out in the street. It has been a lovely experience, made possible thanks to Mixta and Código Nuevo.
Video transcript, edited for reading: repetitions and verbal fillers have been removed, the text has been punctuated and speakers are identified.
