Giddy House, Fort Charles, Port Royal...
Slice of Jamaican history, a visit to Fort Charles in Port Royal which was once 'the most wealthiest and wickedest' city in the world...
Naandeyé GarcÃa Villegas – narrating social commentaries through her art
Naandeyé GarcÃa Villegas, Mexican artist who uses her creativity for social commentary. Naandeyé GarcÃa Villegas’ earliest memories of delving into creative pursuits were ‘drawing’ letters on the earliest known Word program. The palette had a choice of four fonts and black and white colors to fill – minimalism driven by technology. “Since I was a child, I had a special interest in art. I drew a lot. I drew all the time,” Villegas said. “I loved the color and the letters. “When I was eight years old, my parents bought me a computer and a printer,” she said. “At that time, computers still didn’t have design programs, but mine had one installed where you could write things (I guess it was a kind of Word). It was just typography. I used to spend whole afternoons making signs, ‘designing’ them, then printing them, and finally, coloring on top of them (it had all kinds of markers, colors, watercolors, oil, etc.),” she said. This was the first taste of design for Villegas. A great deal has ch
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