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"Did you know that graffiti could be used to do good? The Spanish art collective BoaMistura\u00A0does, and\u00A0its recent project in Brazil is both beautiful and meaningful.\r\n\r\nSpotted by\u00A0VisualNews, the project took place in a Brazilian slum near\u00A0S\u00E3o Paulo, the favela of Vila Brasil\u00E2ndia. While it only took a short period of time to complete, it had longlasting effects on the local community, starting with its visual impact.\r\n\r\nAs you can see on the pictures below, the collective used perspective typography to give narrow streets a stunning makeover:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWhile the results look great, eye candy is only a small part of the project. As you may have noticed, its word selection is quite telling, ranging from 'beauty' (beleza) to 'sweetness' (do\u00E7ura) and 'love' (amor). Yet, the most important of them all could be 'pride' (orgulho).\r\n\r\n Beyond urban art, the purpose of this intervention was to create a sense of proudness in the local community. This is why inhabitants were directly involved in the paintings they now live with; to convey its meaning, this work had to be their own.\r\n\r\n \u27A4\u00A0BoaMistura's photo gallery"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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