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Mextonia Festival
The International Transgraffiti muralism festival Mextonia was held in Tallinn, uniting 60 voluntary street artists from Estonia, Mexico and around the world for presenting an unique gift to the Estonian Republic’s 100th anniversary. Artists painted 50 murals and a total of 6,000 m2 with symbols of deep Estonian culture, to celebrate Estonian identity and freedom. Organizing and producing of Mextonia is a true gift by Mexican organization Nueve Arte Urbano with joint efforts of Estonians. “While gifting Estonia, we have gifted ourselves, México and the World.” Says Édgar Sánchez, the Mexican co-creator of Mextonia.

“Mextonia was born from a personal „vision quest“, I was pointed in the direction of Mesoamerican native wisdom and I met Édgar Sánchez in Mexico, he introduced me to the ancient tradition of the Mexican Huichol tribe, „the hunt of the blue deer“, through which I discovered the importance of reconnecting to my own deep roots and rescuing my cultural traditions back in Estonia.” tells Sigre Tompel, the Estonian co-creator of Mextonia.

In return, Édgar Sánchez, travelled to Estonia and discovered the magic of the indigenous Estonian culture. These mutual discoveries found a powerful channel of expression thanks to a rare system of temporary circumstances: the first centennial of the Estonian Republic, the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU and the entrance to adulthood of the Estonian generation of the Millennials. Empowered by the opening of Estonia to the world, this demographic group is the first one raised with internet, graffiti and post-Soviet society, factors that anticipate a very special generational transition to the future.

After these experiences Édgar and Sigre decided to create a mural festival. With so many things happening in Estonia they saw the opportunity to invite people to stop and contemplate, what Mextonia is talking about and give value to ancient cultural „technologies“.

We believe that graffiti has proven its power to change society by questioning the system. Muralism and Street Art have proven to transform cultural symbols and catalyze culture. Now, Transgraffiti is a trans-personal kind of muralism, which distances itself from both; names and pop, by taking deep cultural symbols and re-expressing them in a transcendental and contemporary way. We create meaning to promote unity-within-cultural freedom.

The festival has been organized in partnership with local organizations and other contributors such as the Government Office of Estonia 100, Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia, Stencibility, Pirados, JJ-Street Baltic Sessions and the cultural academician Marju Kõivupuu from the University of Tallinn as well as international organizations such as Pangeaseed Foundation.

The project has mainly been funded by the small Mexican company Incusa SA de CV, which, on the 7th of June, gained a high level Mexican nation-wide award for sustainability and responsibility in business.

Purpose

“Mextonia is a gift from Mexicans to Estonians, from people to people, with minimal intervention from government and corporations, and unpacking it will reveal both cultures by focusing in their deepest roots, those that sprang out of the land before cultural invasions. Murals are a big cultural part of Mexico and using this form of art, we’d like to tell the story of Estonian culture and identity. We do it through our eyes, but we have really also taken a lot of time to study Estonians and Estonian cultural roots. We wanted to show the Estonian people how we see them – that there are so many reasons to appreciate Estonian culture, that the world needs to protect the indigenous cultures as living treasures.” tells Édgar Sánchez, the Mexican co-creator and author of the Mextonia Manifesto.

Mextonia was conceived as a dream wishing the emerging generation of Millennial artists to go into power with a dream for the future of humanity. We know they are the medicine to heal the world, so we want them to dream and realize a new reality of deep cultural roots, love of nature and a clear vision for a better future. We present this idea to the world as cultural responsibility towards unity, because we must remember that the true purpose of life is simple: to be wanting to smile in unity.

Mextonia is a true unconditional gift created with the best of the talent and resources of 72 individual artists and producers. Furthermore, Mextonia goes beyond the murals; the main gift is a new cultural process, one that springs from the emerging generation and connects with all societal forces to promote a creative dialogue about the past and future of the cultures, and the social fabric of its cities.

Mextonia festival is based on philosophy of Todoesuno and method of SER+, being the international example of the purpose of the Mexican organization Nueve Arte Urbano and Incusa SA de CV, that produced the festival together with the Estonian company Todoesuno Eesti.. Transgraffiti Transgrafitero Muralist Manifesto Partially inspired by two manifestos written by Siqueiros, and signed in its first version by Rivera and Orozco among others, the first one published in Mexico in the magazine “El Machete” of June 1924 and the second one in Buenos Aires, in the newspaper “Crítica” of June 1933. Artists, graffiti writers, producers, governments and citizens: We are working all over the world to promote a movement of monumental plastic arts for the streets and cities, creating large-format symbolic pieces in community spaces where public traffic takes place, making them an element of cultural catalyst towards happiness. We define Culture as the web of meanings and symbols that connect individuals to each other and to society. We therefore give transgraphic muralism the purpose of catalyzing culture, through urban art, towards collective well-being, prosperity, peace and happiness, which we define as “the desire to smile”. We advocate the integration of different cultures, micro-cultures, ethnicities and individualities into a human swarm of fractal composition and intercultural wisdom, recognizing their natural capacity for self-organization, between order and chaos. We seek that each creative act, in each project, always comply with four simultaneous results: environmental, social, cultural and economic. We involve the apprentice in every step of the creative process, linking experience with theoretical teaching. We integrate the individual artist into collective procedures, swarm intelligence and fractal organization. We take advantage of any technological advance, using contemporary materials and tools, to bring the power of cultural symbol to urban art: from the collective mind to the wall and from there to the digital world, to reach global audiences. We use virtual reality and artificial intelligence to explore the new boundaries of human experience, but always linking ultramodern work with ancestral ethnic traditions and social ideals. We act to strengthen the health of our ecosystems by promoting awareness of unity and respect for Nature. We support ourselves autonomously through social entrepreneurship and respect for the law. We understand that creativity has a purpose, that in health is aligned with the purpose of life, towards individual and collective well-being. In today’s world there are millions of young people who express themselves through painting, creating and writing on walls, developing talents and visions, influencing society through symbolism, daring and respect for their own convictions. They begin by writing their name to identify themselves with their space and we call them graffiti artists. They grow, accumulate knowledge, embark on a transpersonal path that inspires them to change, to paint metaphors, to cross borders, and we now call them transgraphers. They discover that their personal or transpersonal creation influences the street and neighborhood culture. They become an urban transcript of the shaman; producing street spells. They are potentially the cultural leaders of the neighborhood. This swarm of young people, never imagined by Siqueiros, is today the embodiment of the purpose of plastic creativity: to create a better world. This is Transgraffiti. Manifesto The International Transgraffiti muralism festival Mextonia was held in Tallinn, uniting 60 voluntary street artists from Estonia, Mexico and around the world for presenting an unique gift to the Estonian Republic’s 100th anniversary. Artists painted 50 murals and a total of 6,000 m2 with symbols of deep Estonian culture, to celebrate Estonian identity and freedom. Organizing and producing of Mextonia is a true gift by Mexican organization Nueve Arte Urbano with joint efforts of Estonians. “While gifting Estonia, we have gifted ourselves, México and the World.” Says Édgar Sánchez, the Mexican co-creator of Mextonia.

“Mextonia was born from a personal „vision quest“, I was pointed in the direction of Mesoamerican native wisdom and I met Édgar Sánchez in Mexico, he introduced me to the ancient tradition of the Mexican Huichol tribe, „the hunt of the blue deer“, through which I discovered the importance of reconnecting to my own deep roots and rescuing my cultural traditions back in Estonia.” tells Sigre Tompel, the Estonian co-creator of Mextonia.

In return, Édgar Sánchez, travelled to Estonia and discovered the magic of the indigenous Estonian culture. These mutual discoveries found a powerful channel of expression thanks to a rare system of temporary circumstances: the first centennial of the Estonian Republic, the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU and the entrance to adulthood of the Estonian generation of the Millennials. Empowered by the opening of Estonia to the world, this demographic group is the first one raised with internet, graffiti and post-Soviet society, factors that anticipate a very special generational transition to the future.

After these experiences Édgar and Sigre decided to create a mural festival. With so many things happening in Estonia they saw the opportunity to invite people to stop and contemplate, what Mextonia is talking about and give value to ancient cultural „technologies“.

Transgraffiti has a great value to restore the original knowledge of ancient cultures and give contemporary meaning to it, as a movement, transgrafiti has been inspired by the work of the great mexican muralist generation from the XX century specially the “Appeal to Plastic Artists in Argentina” (for download here) By David Alfaro Siqueiros, published by Diario Crítica on 1933.

We believe that graffiti has proven its power to change society by questioning the system. Muralism and Street Art have proven to transform cultural symbols and catalyze culture. Now, Transgraffiti is a trans-personal kind of muralism, which distances itself from both; names and pop, by taking deep cultural symbols and re-expressing them in a transcendental and contemporary way. We create meaning to promote unity-within-cultural freedom.

The festival has been organized in partnership with local organizations and other contributors such as the Government Office of Estonia 100, Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia, Stencibility, Pirados, JJ-Street Baltic Sessions and the cultural academician Marju Kõivupuu from the University of Tallinn as well as international organizations such as Pangeaseed Foundation.

The project has mainly been funded by the small Mexican company Incusa SA de CV, which, on the 7th of June, gained a high level Mexican nation-wide award for sustainability and responsibility in business.

External Links http://estonianworld.com/culture/mextonia-the-story-behind-the-most-colourful-gift-for-estonias-first-centennial/ http://www.brooklynstreetart.com/theblog/2018/05/26/trans-graffiti-and-the-trans-national-mextonia-festival/ References https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RjkswT3zT8 Kategooriad Transgraffiti, graffiti, Estonia, Mexico, street art, murals, todoesuno