“Innovative Resistance”© 2019 Precita Eyes Muralists
Size: 38'(H) x33'(w)
Directed by: Max Marttila
Assisted by: Sami Schilf, Diego Irizarry, Amber Ramirez
Designed and Painted by: the Urban Youth Arts Class:
Teresa Benson, Josie Merer, Jason Ira, Gisselle Wilson, Chloe Dimitrou, Sydney Li, Jude Pagpaguitan, Angelica Castro, Jaden Luscher, Xochitl Quiroz, Izak Lederman-Beach, Lilia Kuroda, Brenda De La Cruz, Neto Najera, Chase, Haven Hibser, Rey Novicio Jr, Ronna Raz, Emily Lin, Charlene Casuga
Special Thanks to: Jesus Varela, Brittany Henry and the Impact Hub Community
Sponsored by: AT&T
Size: 38'(H) x33'(w)
Directed by: Max Marttila
Assisted by: Sami Schilf, Diego Irizarry, Amber Ramirez
Designed and Painted by: the Urban Youth Arts Class:
Teresa Benson, Josie Merer, Jason Ira, Gisselle Wilson, Chloe Dimitrou, Sydney Li, Jude Pagpaguitan, Angelica Castro, Jaden Luscher, Xochitl Quiroz, Izak Lederman-Beach, Lilia Kuroda, Brenda De La Cruz, Neto Najera, Chase, Haven Hibser, Rey Novicio Jr, Ronna Raz, Emily Lin, Charlene Casuga
Special Thanks to: Jesus Varela, Brittany Henry and the Impact Hub Community
Sponsored by: AT&T
Description
This mural celebrates the vision of San Francisco youth as they imagine possibilities inspired by external events in their city.
At the center of the mural, a semi-transparent Muni bus weaves and winds passengers throughout their life journey. Driven by a young woman styled in clothing inspired by Mayan Goddess Ix’chel passengers on the bus are playing music, and catching tags on the ceiling. Outside the bus, a fiery jaguar is cruising on the roof, sparkling like the metallic candy paint on Mission lowriders. The road beneath the bus is a tapestry, being woven in the lap of a young woman, who is carefully crafting the words “INNOVATE” and “RESIST” into the fabric, echoing the youth artists’ efforts to build and create new solutions to the many challenges they see in their city.
A chaotic scene shows artists and protesters confronting police heavily suited in riot gear. From one side, police are unleashing pepper spray into a crowd, while the people respond to the violence with spray cans, bullhorns and chants. Some passerby’s use their phones to record the conflict, while other remain in an oblivious trance on their devices. Woven into the flowers in the top right of the mural, cameras and radio towers are bearing witness to the scenes below, a nod to the current age of hyper evolving technology, surveillance and security.
At the bottom of the mural, an altar stands, glowing from the many candles lit in honor of black lives lost as a result of police brutality and state violence. A spirit, honoring the life of Nia Wilson an Oakland teen murdered in 2018, moves out of the altar dancing in rhythm to the records being spun by local DJ’s. Nearby the altar, a traveling case filled with native flowers spills open revealing how we can carry hope and medicine along with us as we go through life.
Under the freeway, we see communities and families gathering together. A homeless mother and her children huddle around a bright hopeful light, cradled in their tent, as crowds of protesters nearby march to demand for human rights, homes, and to save San Francisco’s families from displacement.
Bordering the whole mural, are classic San Francisco homes, intertwined with vines, roots and local flowers that represent the strong sense of being home in the city and the resilience of our communities that continue to blossom in even the harshest conditions. In harmony with nature, the vines come alive as small but mighty characters reading books on self love while nearby novels blossom like springtime flowers.
This mural celebrates daily San Francisco life in it's details, with elders watching over their beloved city, as a group of kids skate the park nearby. Glowing three stories above it all, the iconic SF skyline burns brightly into the evening, illuminating a set of joyous and sorrowful masks that flash cards embroidered with 4 1 5, San Francisco’s area code, telling the story of the happiness, struggle, family, and beauty that are all part and parcel to this city life.
At the center of the mural, a semi-transparent Muni bus weaves and winds passengers throughout their life journey. Driven by a young woman styled in clothing inspired by Mayan Goddess Ix’chel passengers on the bus are playing music, and catching tags on the ceiling. Outside the bus, a fiery jaguar is cruising on the roof, sparkling like the metallic candy paint on Mission lowriders. The road beneath the bus is a tapestry, being woven in the lap of a young woman, who is carefully crafting the words “INNOVATE” and “RESIST” into the fabric, echoing the youth artists’ efforts to build and create new solutions to the many challenges they see in their city.
A chaotic scene shows artists and protesters confronting police heavily suited in riot gear. From one side, police are unleashing pepper spray into a crowd, while the people respond to the violence with spray cans, bullhorns and chants. Some passerby’s use their phones to record the conflict, while other remain in an oblivious trance on their devices. Woven into the flowers in the top right of the mural, cameras and radio towers are bearing witness to the scenes below, a nod to the current age of hyper evolving technology, surveillance and security.
At the bottom of the mural, an altar stands, glowing from the many candles lit in honor of black lives lost as a result of police brutality and state violence. A spirit, honoring the life of Nia Wilson an Oakland teen murdered in 2018, moves out of the altar dancing in rhythm to the records being spun by local DJ’s. Nearby the altar, a traveling case filled with native flowers spills open revealing how we can carry hope and medicine along with us as we go through life.
Under the freeway, we see communities and families gathering together. A homeless mother and her children huddle around a bright hopeful light, cradled in their tent, as crowds of protesters nearby march to demand for human rights, homes, and to save San Francisco’s families from displacement.
Bordering the whole mural, are classic San Francisco homes, intertwined with vines, roots and local flowers that represent the strong sense of being home in the city and the resilience of our communities that continue to blossom in even the harshest conditions. In harmony with nature, the vines come alive as small but mighty characters reading books on self love while nearby novels blossom like springtime flowers.
This mural celebrates daily San Francisco life in it's details, with elders watching over their beloved city, as a group of kids skate the park nearby. Glowing three stories above it all, the iconic SF skyline burns brightly into the evening, illuminating a set of joyous and sorrowful masks that flash cards embroidered with 4 1 5, San Francisco’s area code, telling the story of the happiness, struggle, family, and beauty that are all part and parcel to this city life.