BDG Mooi!

A young graffiti artist (graffitist?) at work at BDG Mooi! Old Bandung Festival held in Kota Baru Parahiyangan in Padalarang, West Bandung, yesterday and today (April 28 - 29, 2012).

The graffiti contest was one of the events that make up the festival that was held to showcase the charm of the old Bandung. Other events include music performances, carnivals, food bazaar, and exhibitions by different 'Old Time Communities' (Komunitas Djadoel) -- communities of collectors of  vintage and not-so-vintage items from cars to radios and cameras to memorabilia from the old days.

Here are some of the things I saw at the exhibition:

Old typewriter, old movie camera, some old brass musical instruments, a gramophone, an original copy (I don't know what it means) of Stradivarius violin, etc.

I'll show you some more pictures in the next few days.

Look who is (are) watching?

Do you sometimes feel that you're being watched by invisible eyes when you're walking pass a narrow urban alleyway at night?

That's eerie!

But look for the invisible eyes no more. In one of the alleyways on Kebon Sirih street, Bandung, the watching eyes are visible; and they belong to funny cartoon figures painted along the walls.

I don't know who painted them, but I think they add a nice touch to the otherwise grey urban concrete scene.

Here's another one:

October 2010 Theme Day: Graffiti

This is a graffito on Perintis Kemerdekaan street near the hearquaters of Indonesian Railway Company (PT KAI) in Bandung.

This post is Bandung Daily Photo's participation in October 2010 Theme Day: Graffiti. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants

Graffiti

I think these graffities are trying to communicate what many of the citizens already feel about their city: overdevelopment, overpopulation, and years of mismanagement and lack of consistent law enforcement have deteriorated the life quality and livability of the city.

The top photo (rotting apples) is a graffiti on Jalan LRE Martadinata (Riau Street) and the bottom one ("Who runs Bandung?") is painted on Jalan Braga.