Photographer/street artist JR’s latest project Women Are Heroes is Dre Urhahn and Jeroen Koolhaas’ Favela Painting on steroids.

Earlier this month, Inhabitat reported on a unique form of street art known as “Reverse Graffiti”, where, rather than the artist painting or wheat-pasting their creations, “they seek out soot covered surfaces and inscribe them with images, tags, and even advertising slogans using scrub brushes, scrapers and pressure hoses”.
This unique approach has become so popular [...]

I have been feeling Brazil’s Bonde Do Role for quite a while, but for some stupid reason I have neglected to post anything about them. The group, originally discovered by Philadelphia based DJ-producer Diplo, is a far cry from Brazilian staple genres like bossa nova and samba. Instead, they translate an interpretation of baile funk [...]

Favela is the Brazilian word for the shanty towns or slums typically located around the outer perimeter of cities. They lack essential services such as electricity, education, plumbing and garbage collection - while cramping residents into tight and confined spaces. Houses in Favelas are constructed from various materials including bricks, garbage, and scraps.
Favelas are home [...]