Art Party

I've changed hostels again here in Oaxaca - partly for the price but also because I've been spending most of my days at this other hostel doing art stuff. Chel, a local artist, got some internationals together to do recycled and cooperative art, cooking, bike tours and other fun stuff in preparation for a party we're throwing on Friday. It will be a rockin reggae party with all the art we've made on display. On the one big collective painting we're working on I used osita´s (old) cassette to make a couple of stencils, then used these to paint a nopal cactus - a quintessential Mexican plant and food. So it looks like I'll be staying here at least through the weekend (at least).

Yesterday, in protest of the visit of our notorious president, Dubya, here in Mexico, there was a (Guess what?) protest. Very small in comparison to the APPO marches of late, but he wasn't even coming to this part of the country. We joined the group and hung a banner reading "BUSH: Abrete del PLANETA!" on the doors of the consulate. Weird how the U.S. consulate is in a shopping mall, next to a video arcade - but then again, not that weird.