As a cultural administrator, Alicia has been working on the different phases of the project De mi barrio a tu barrio, since its inception. She has been involved in its formulation, research, dissemination, execution and has also been involved in the processing of the feedback. The work encompassed, among other things, prior research in many of the countries participating in the tour in order to be able to provide the associates at the Goethe- Institut with a schedule of the urban interventions based on the socio-cultural context and on the specific reality of each city. During the tour, Alicia wrote the daily travel updates for the blog and assisted with press and television publicity in the Spanish-speaking countries.
Alicia complains about the chaotic situation in her country but participates in the struggle for change by using art as an essential tool for this transformation and by maintaining her sense of humour in order to offer constructive criticism and develop collective projects.
“The project with the Goethe-Institut Mexiko was a valuable experience, an event which mobilized and animated 80 artists in 8 countries. It is a project aimed at recognizing and strengthening art produced in the street, in a region which is not mentioned in most of the books and international research on urban art. When Latin America is referenced, mention is made only of Mexico and South America, especially Brazil, Chile and Argentina. They do not mention Central America and the Caribbean or the complicated and particular problems of street art which is produced there. This situation, in my opinion, distances us from the great paradigms of urban art and makes us different and authentic. This project and book is our way of saying “Hey, look at us! We can hold our own on the local and international scene.”
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