Inti Castro appears as a typical Chilean: casually dressed, dreadlocks, smoking a cigarette on an outlook over his hometown of Valparaíso. If you saw him on the street, you wouldn’t know he is one of the most well-known street artists in the world.
The artwork of Inti, or INTI, can be seen from Paris to Lebanon, where his brightly colored murals span over sky-high buildings in the city centers. From images of clowns to symbols of religious idols and political slants, Inti’s art embodies Chilean culture while sparking a commentary on the ongoing struggle of poverty within the country.
“I’m inspired by the Latin American people and culture before the Spanish invasion. The indigenous original towns, culture, people, and the continent in general before the European influence,” he says. “Difference is not a bad thing, it’s what enriches a culture.”
As the interview began, Inti immediately turns the meeting into a conversation between friends. With one of his most well-known murals as the backdrop, he explains the significance of the massive piece of art, which can be seen from Cerro Concepción in Valparaíso and has evolved into an icon for the city.
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Deadline: May 31st, 2013
In my opinion, the intis castro are people who draw in the walls and gates of the city without the permission of the owners and the politic system arrest them. But they have the biggest mind in the world because their creativity is immense,i like the graffitis which are in the downtown with big words and random things. But i like one that is close to my house, this says red nose surrounded by bonfires. I expect a response to my opinion.
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Ian Stevenson 8th garde
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Deleteokay partner Ian jajaja, I do not agree whit you of that it arrested as he not scratch without permission , because he have bigger works in cities different and countries and if it had done without permission , it had caught does any time I think, for example the graffiti or the works that be near the monument Prat where there a tree big painted in the wall and the earth falls, is a works that it did whit permission as well as the other works around the world...
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Benjamin Gonzalez Donoso 8ºth grade
Good Response Bro. But some intis make little graffitis with bad messages and words against the politicians like one near the school, this graffiti says ''thieves with ties'' talking about the ministers. In the other face of the coin,companies hire intis to 'pimp' their shops and that is legal...
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Deleteian you're wrong about this, because these confusing Graffiti with a scratched https://www.facebook.com/tvn.cl/posts/527040957342928 is like this you can not confuse between a scratched Graffiti and this is my opinion about your post(:
DeleteHi my opinion, the intis castro is people very grate. They write what they think no matter what others say, and think that without them valparaiso not be the same.
ReplyDeleteI personally like graffiti, are a way to express themselves through art.There are very young valparaiso engaged in graffiti and art that happens to me I would like to learn.
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Joaquín Novoa Pizarro
8th grade
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ReplyDeleteYou Opinion About Of Intis Is Very cool.
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I would say that these types of graffiti art yes they are because they are very beautiful, beautify a city and atract tourists, unlike those ugly scratches made in the old buildings and the houses and they have no grace.
ReplyDeleteIván Salinas Infante
8th grade
Hi in my opinion what Inti are people who do harm to the city with its graffos, however this attracts tourists and give a unique style to the city, a cultural center style.
ReplyDeletein my opinion is very, very, very beutifull and cool.
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Nicolás Rivera
8° GRade
Hi, Teacher. In my opinion, the graffitis give a personality to a city. Some graffitis are very beautiful, but other graffitis are a horrible things that ruin the beauty of this art.
ReplyDeleteValparaiso is a beautiful city and now the graffiti are part of this city.
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Fernanda Ramos
8º Grade
hi my opinion what serious good it allowed because is an art very nice for people who do because express their feelings acroos theses drawings but the trouble would that would ruin the streets
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victor riquelme
8°grade
I think inti valparaiso is a person that many people know about the hippie style and clothes rapper and a graffiti on the walls of the hills also my opinion that this culture should not disappear because is very important and beautiful
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isidora sanchez
8º grade
My opinion of art that makes is very beatiful inti is original because I think that everyone would recognize it for its graffiti art and his clothes and his works are really beautiful and that this art does not disappear.
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Arantxa Zubicueta P.
8º grade
Hi teacher! I really like this concept, because i love graffitis. I think the colors incorporated are so beautiful, also I think that is a important patrimony, because the murals can see everywhere. I would look to do an event related to this art.
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~Cynthia Cáneppa.
~8° Grade.
hello teacher my opinion about inti is it the is like colors the felings that express without they almost not we would valparaiso is a beautiful I people no like graffitis because not watch the colors the their house or yes a like
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8 grade
Yerko Antonio
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ReplyDeleteHello teacher! my opinions with graffiti is that there are some very cute us, but there are others that ruin the art of Valparaiso. I really liked this concept because I love graffiti and I think that Valparaiso is a city characterized by graffiti art here, one thing I like the bright colors graffiti that some have and what they draw, write or try to express .
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Fernanda Vega ~ ~. ~
~ 8 ° Grade ~
I think the Graffitis are beautiful because looks good with the town and encourage the towns but the Tags i don't like because It looks ugly city with so much scratched people do not understand also i belive what the people not know the difference the Graffitis and Tags, the difference is that the tags are made with featherbed or cans and have phrases or the name of the one who does and Graffiti are drawings made with cans and this is my opinion.
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8th grade
Hello teacher! my view of graffiti in part are good and bad, good for some people because they are a way to decorate various countries like Chile. They are bad for some people because they are nice to people because grate businesses, homes, etc.. As for my view are nice but the graffiti scratched into parts that should not be.
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Bastian Perez
8th grade
In the city of valparaiso you see many graffiti, the graffiti My opinion is that in some cartoon you can observe the art in them and as in others not, for example
ReplyDeleterare the letters and abstract cartoon that do not everyone can visuality.
The graffiti are very difficult to be and not just anyone can do I say it takes a bit of art on the inside ...
8th Grade
Dante Diaz
Hi, in my opinion Inti Castro is a creative person who tries to surprise the public with graffiti in different cities. I like your work but this city this forbidden scratching on the walls, I think with the authorization of individuals and the permission of the authorities would look prettier Valparaiso. Here I leave my comments, bye.
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Course: Basic 8th.
hello teacher,my opinion about inti castro expresses it that think making art in the streets,of a form very striking to my,do not think it vandalism, ho only stripes in a wall as many people think.Not by the fact of that it expresses painting in a wall of a alley, in a door will streets,i like it that ago,becouse not think that art either alone draw in a leaf,ho a sculpture, a picture etc. In the wall of a alley i aso it consider as art.
ReplyDeletename:Victoria Rojas
La conejita ? lslñkañslkañslka xd Good opinion
DeleteWell in my opinion Inti Castro is a very good artist he expresses his arts in the streets, too much people don´t like his art but I think that it´s a beautiful work, in change most of the people that makes graffitis only make ugly a city, because they only scratch the walls, I very love his art and I don´t want that he leaves his "work", If I have the possibility of see his graffitis, I accept it without problem.
ReplyDeleteName: Felipe Andrés Miranda Fonseca.
Hello teacher, well in my opinion the graffiti of Intri Castro that is shown on the picture means than a woman is talking with someone about something religious, because she have a book on her hand (like a bible)and also have something like necklaces in her neck. And that is my opinion about the picture. Bye teacher
ReplyDeleteRodolfo Rojas
A good opinion rudol skx
DeleteIn my opinion the graffiti looks good when it's a nice drawing and expresses something positive when negative not show weird stuff etc. ..
ReplyDeletefor example this graffiti expresses positive charges but is smoking but that is not noticeable enough to say or anything bad is smoking as the idea is that it looks good and seeing the graffiti looks decent.
Sophia Garrido
Basic 8th
Hello teacher, in my opinion I like the graffiti, I find it an art like music, drawing, etc. But that does not seem god or nice for the city is the tag that is those garbatos were one does not see art only wrongdoing or rebellion, is something that loks bad and affects as many cities valparaiso more.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of Inti Castro's work I like is pretty striking, showing a true work of art.
Mauricio Valderrama
hello teacher, in my opinion inti castro is a character of great cultural importance and also a person who motivates others with his graffiti.
ReplyDeleteThe Graffiti is fun, colorful and is a feature of Valparaiso, but I don't like it when written on the walls with insults or when doing graffiti in places agenos without permission to do so, that is what i think.
Sofia Egaña
8º grade
Hello teacher
ReplyDeletemi opinion is that , the grafitti is beatiful .
Valparaíso is known by his colors and in these colors the grafittis are, Inti is one of the most known grafittis; i not know inti but observe it. I like it grafitti but some it is bad in the city
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Ignacio Godoy F.
8º grade
In my opinion the graffiti on the walls of large buildings Valparaiso gives a great feature of the city and a twist that not all cities have, but it's the other part that some people do graffiti on the doors of houses, causing so most of the people think that graffiti is a crime and must be punished by law.
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8 ° Grade