“The Wrinkles of the City” with JR and José Parlá

December 2nd, 2012 | By | 4 Comments »

A 26 minute documentary called “The Wrinkles of the City” will be premiering at The Standard Hotel in Miami this Basel Week. The film follows JR and José Parlá‘s experience last year during the Havana Biennial. During which, the two collaborated on portraits of 25 elderly Havanan citizens. The elders were selected, interviewed and photographed, and put up with JR’s signature wheatpaste portraiture interlaced with Parlá’s calligraphic detailing. Along with the film, there will be a book release which features some essays and some behind the scenes shots. The results were breathtaking.

Read more about the project here.

Photos courtesy of JR

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  • http://www.facebook.com/loisinwonderland Lois Stavsky

    Stunning — I don’t know if street art can get better than this!

  • vetti

    So much to love here – celebrating the beauty and vibrance of our elders is a wonderful thing…would love to see these in person

  • http://www.facebook.com/rhiannon.platt Rhiannon Platt

    These images look fine and all, but I would love to see people talking about artists who enact change within their own community. It would be a lot more impressive to see the work of Havana and Cuba’s mural scene instead of just praising some white guy for coming in and making their world better.

  • http://blog.vandalog.com/ RJ Rushmore

    Good point generally, although in this case it was some white guy and a Cuban American.