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Escif seems to be back in the streets of Valencia with this new mural entitled ‘Eclipse’, symbolizing not just the recent past eclipse, but also the one Spain is experiencing due the current economic crisis. According to Bloomberg news “data has showed slowing euro-area export growth and figures tomorrow will confirm the damage caused to inflation. For Spain, the effect has already been double-edged, depressing consumer prices enough to cause annual declines in an economy beset with unemployment, while also threatening its export-based recovery.” Read full article here.
As usual a clever piece.

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Author: Fran

Founder and editor of Urbanite. Street Art lover who after the finishing her MA thesis on the Mexican and Norwegian muralist movement in the 1920-50s, developed a fascination for street art and graffiti that eventually led to collaborations with different art blogs, including the creation of this one.