Graffiti battle reclaims San Luis
San Luis hosted a graffiti battle this week to appropriate public space for local artists—the event’s videos by BLU Pacífico pulled roughly 1.5k views and focused on community‑scale street art energy. Organisers framed it as creative reclamation rather than simple vandalism. (x.com)
The murals were painted along Avenida Ciudad de Cali in the barrio San Luis, using the external walls of EMCALI’s Planta Telefónica as the event’s canvases. (elpais.com.co) Organisers named in local coverage were the Secretaría de Cultura de Cali, Empresas Municipales de Cali (EMCALI) and the artist collective Sketch Jam. (elpais.com.co) The contest ran under the format called “El rey del asfalto,” with a jury selection that brought ten local artists into head‑to‑head rounds emphasizing lettering, wild‑style and large‑format impact. (elpais.com.co) Local reports place the activity inside the municipal programme “Cali está en obra,” a pairing of infrastructure works and cultural interventions meant to activate construction sites as public art spaces. (diarioeditorial.com) Regional media operations that serve Cali include BLU Pacífico, the Blu Radio regional service on 91.5 FM based in Cali, which maintains social channels used for short video coverage of city cultural events. (bluradio.com) El País identified the gathering as the city’s first formal “batalla de graffiti” in this format, a milestone local officials and artist groups cited when describing the event’s aims and selection process. (elpais.com.co)
