Micropoetry + 
Curatorial Monologues

The Gentleman’s Agreement, Shared Wall for Habitat Protection


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Street art intervention on the Zoo wall, which otherwise was a long grey cement agglomeration parallel with the road and the Estació de França train station had some serious decadence moments and is now renowned.

The painting is oriented toward the road and railway. The imposing buffalo and the chimpanzee observe the transportation system.

The presence of the buffalo is familiar to me, as buffalo are still raised in mountainous areas for their tasty cheese and milk, and were also used for transportation in difficult terrain, as cattle are better adapted to rough roads than horses.

With the imposed imperial menu the buffalo became a product, just like cows. In Europe, the way we culturally relate to cattle is more than strange. Humans have hunted zimbru (bison) to extinction in some areas, proving that something is wrong with the food system.

If we settle for meat every day, we will eat all the animals to extinction and raid our neighborhoods to eat their animals and cause even more extinctions. As a group, humans are unreasonable. How fortunate that not all nations in the world include meat in their daily menus and that some animals have survived.

A toast to all the humble people out there who learned to cook with plants, and a warm greeting to the descendants of indigenous families who preserved the recipes.

The eye of the monkey observes, as a reminder that we are never alone; the space we inhabit is shared with an entire ecosystem that we modify and too often destroy. For animals, the reduction and even disappearance of their habitats so we can build more roads and ugly buildings is like a silent war, leading to extinction. Humans don't understand the animal's cry for help, and most haven't even tried, their minds clogged by the egoic impression of superiority.

Eating meat daily is not viable for the ecosystem, nor is each of us owning a car. Our unconscient mass consumption is like a plague. When group behavior reaches such damaging proportions, hunting to the point of exhaustion, it is grotesque, since we are capable of preventing harm, not just stupidly provoking it and looking elsewhere.

Shared wall, different styles, same protective stimulation. The ancestral gaze toward building infrastructure and transportation strategy. Humans could develop intelligent systems and begin to be inclusive of wildlife.

Gentlemen like free animals, in their habitat. We want to protect them, not eat them. There are many other things to eat and, in a moment, each doctor will tell you that you have to leave the beef.

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Micropoetry + 
Curatorial MonologuesBy Cap de Meteorit