Chor Boogie never ceases to amaze me. The dude is craaazy! He recently checked in with us to let us know what he has been up to in Brazil and I was gonna blog about it but then thought that it would be best to let Chor Boogie tell you what he's up to these days...
Chor's Message:
CHOR BOOGIE RECENTLY WENT TO BRAZIL TO PAINT SOME COMMISSIONS AS WELL AS COLLABORATE WITH PHOTOGRAPHER JIHAN ABDALLA ON HER DOCUMENTATION OF PROSTITUTES IN BRAZIL ... CHOR BOOGIES INVOLVEMENT WAS TO SCOUT OUT THE RIGHT PROSTITUTES FOR A SERIES HE IS PAINTING THAT WILL BE FEATURED IN THE BOOK AS WELL...ALONG WITH MEETING NEW ARTISTS.... HE ALSO COLLABORATED WITH THE FLASHBACKS CREW PAINTING WALLS IN THE DANGEROUS FAVELLAS OF RIO DI JANERO. THE FAVELLAS WERE WILD... SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE DRUG CZARS AND WHEN WE APPROACHED THE WALLS WE PAINTED WE WERE GREETED BY A 15 YEAR OLD WITH TWO 9 MILLIMETERS IN HIS WAIST SAYING EVERYTHING IS COOL. HOWS THAT TO MAKE YOU FEEL SAFE...THE PEOPLE MAY NOT HAVE MUCH MONEY BUT THEY HAVE THE BEST VIEW OF THE CITY... I WAS ALSO PAINTING WALLS IN VILLA MIMOSA A RED LIGHT DISTRICT OF RIO, COLLABORATING WITH ARTISTS NAMED BRAGGA AND VAGNER... WHO WHERE PRETTY FRESH HOSTS BY THE WAY...
THEN COMES SAO PAULO CONNECTING WITH OS GEMEOS AND NUNCA TO PAINT BUT UNFORTUNATELY TIMING WAS OFF AND PEOPLE WHERE BUSY BUT THEY WHERE PRETTY FRESH GUYS OVER THE PHONE AND I PLAN TO HOOK UP WITH THEM NEXT TIME... BEING PUT UP IN A RITZY HOTEL IN SAO PAULO PAID FOR BY THE LEO BURNETT AGENCY, ONE OF THE TOP 5 AD AGENCIES IN THE WORLD... SIMPLY GAVE A LECTURE AND PAINTED LIVE... COLLABORATING WITH QAZ URBAN ART AND ARTISTS SUCH AS CENA7, EMOL AND OBRANCO...
THEN THIS LEAVES US TO THE LAST PART OF THE TRIP, PAINTING IN THE 2ND LARGEST PROSTITUTE DISTRICT IN THE WORLD, IN CAMPINAS... IMAGINE THOUSANDS OF PROSTITUTES ORGANIZED IN A 10 MILE RADIUS SUPPORTING A CITY OF REFUGEES AND I MEAN PUTTING CLOTHES ON EACH OTHERS BACK MAKING SURE CHILDREN GET EDUCATION, RUNNING WATER, THE WORKS... NO MATTER WHAT, ITS STILL THIRD WORLD AND ITS NO JOKE AS I WAS LEAVING A TRANSVESTITE WAS FOUND BENT OVER NAKED WITH HIS CLOTHES NEXT TO HIM, MURDERED, AS PEOPLE FROM THE AREA SCAMPER TO GO TAKE A PEEK... ALONG WITH A WILD POLICE CHASE BECAUSE SOMEBODY THOUGHT IT WAS THAT TIME TO ROB A STORE... GOOD TIMES ... COULD HAPPEN ANY WHERE... BUT OVER ALL IT WAS THE MOST AMAZING & EDUCATING TRIP OF MY LIFE...
- CHOR
Um. Wow. Im gonna have to get the whole story from him in person when he gets back... Damn...
Live Painting by Chor Boogie, Cena7, Emol & Obranco in São Paulo
Live Painting by Chor Boogie, Cena7, Emol & Obranco in São Paulo