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On April 19, 2013a Friday— the LIEU team hit the streets to witness Alter and Che-che, among the many artists who were present, carry out what they do best: street art. 

At around 4pm, group of artists made their way to an empty lot along Bolton Street of Davao City. They whipped out their materials and transformed the once trashy, bare space to life with their works of art.
One side of two adjacent walls Alter, filled in the spaces with quirky and political-themed images downloaded off the internet and printed on 8.5 by 11 sized paper These images were printed out and pasted onto the walls by means of wheat paste. On the other wall, campaign ads that were already there were defaced by spraying paint, crossing out the candidate's face. Other known artists in the graffiti scene, Cracker, tagged his moniker in higher places.

On the grounds of the place, some people were skateboarding while some were getting into their artistic zone with chalk art, creating psychedelic swirls and images that anyone could easily appreciate.

As the sun touched the horizon, the story telling began. Everyone huddled around a blanket that served as the stage for poetry reading, storytelling and avenue for anyone who desired to speak out. First up was Alter, sporting a surgical mask, preached about his dreams of equality, abolishing hierarchical functioning of society and the likes. Angely Chi, though not present at the event, said "I  just helped kick start 'eARTh'. Ang nag-initiate silang Alter and Che (Alter and Che initiated the project), my friends from Kinaiyahan Unahon. It's not an 'organized' event. There's a bit of preparation but we wanted it to be spontaneous as much as possible. We want things to happen. We set the premise but we hope that people get ideas and do them on the spot. The musicians who played were from various bands. We also called upon street artists and graffiti writers so they came and worked on with the space. Some vandalized the political campaign posters (we're better off with them) by tagging on them or pasting up on them. There will be another one in May, most likely, on the same spot. There will be acoustic sets again and a lot more."
























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