exhibition

presenting
Chris Parkinson
Peace of Wall - Street Art from East Timor

May 8 - 29 2010

featuring
Etson Arintes da Costa Caminha
Alfeo Sanchez Periera
Zito Soares da Silva

OPENING
6PM to 8PM Saturday May 8 2010

Zito Soares da Silva, Alfeo Sanchez Pereira and Etson Arintes da Costa Caminha, from East Timor’s free art school, Arte Moris (Art is Life) will paint directly on the walls of Until Never, and will be developing collaborative projects that will establish links between visual artists in Melbourne and East Timor.

On Saturday 8th May Zito, Alfeo and Etson will be painting a collaborative wall in Melbourne’s Hosier Lane, before opening Chris Parkinson’s photographic exhibition for Peace of Wall at Until Never, from 6:00pm.


listen

book launch

the amazing etson, alfeo and zito have managed to descend upon melbourne from their home in east timor and will be joining us for the launch of peace of wall: street art from east timor, in melbourne on tuesday 11 may. the evening will commence at 7:30pm and will be held in the lovely southpaw bar, 189 gertrude street fitzroy.
etson alfeo and zito will be busting some very pretty shapes, and will be accompanied by bea viega, gil santos and guest djs.



listen

b sides

b side listening option

heads up

raiketak
vandalog

arte moris

"through these words - the words that we write - we don't write words about division and separation. we just write words about peace. we write, like, how can we strengthen unity in east timor?"

arte moris

"in timor, because of the indonesian occupation, we never did anything like this. for those of us that enjoy painting, we didn't see foreigners doing it. noone came and said 'this is good work coming from timor.' this work simply came from within us and it was something that we wanted to express. it's like an expression of liberty."

arte moris

arte moris

arte moris

"youth have a lot of questions, but few answers. they do not know what to do. they have no direction. there is little information for them to make good decisions. they are tired. they feel that they are just getting older and their opportunities are getting fewer. they feel there is no future. they are sick and tired and suffering from having their education stopped. with art, and through art, youth have something to do, and they have something to say. it is our voice."

peace of wall book spreads

peace of wall book spreads

peace of wall book spreads

a book named peace of wall

the images and words adorning the walls of east timor reflect the country's tumultuous history, precarious present and hopeful future. they endow the social landscape with a rawness and honesty not found in other media there, and echo the struggle of new nationhood. peace of wall is widely contradictory, emotionally charged, instantly engaging and consistently dramatic. it's life in east timor.