Share The Word Project – Cairo from Spag on Vimeo. Driving along most highways in Egypt, you’re highly likely to come across sprawling rows of unfinished red-brick buildings, which house a significant portion of the country’s low-income population. It is not uncommon to hear Egyptians complain that these buildings are an eyesore and wonder why they have become such a widespread phenomenon. While this script is familiar to many in Egypt, the same scenario often repeats itself in slums all over the world. Slums are often cut off from the rest of society and this feeling of exclusion contributes a great deal to the general feeling of hopelessness that matches the dull colors of the buildings in these areas. French photographer Spag, 28, and British-French street artist Seb Toussaint, 27, noticed this social divide while cycling around the world in 2011 and 2012, all while painting and making new acquaintances. After an extended journey filled with new experiences, the two childhood friends came up with the idea of traveling to low-income neighborhoods and sprucing up houses in these areas with something as simple as a chosen word. “We see the project…
Touring Street Artists Color Up Egypt’s Bleak Slums, Highlight Neglected Communities
January 21, 2016
