It's a Stick-Up

SHN

THE STICKERS ARE LIKE A VICIOUS BUG – EVERY TIME YOU HAVE A LITTLE QUANTITY OF THEM IN YOUR POCKET DIFFERENT SPACES ASK FOR ONE. THEY DISAPPEAR AS FAST AS THEY ARE PASTED, SO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO MAKE MORE AND PASTE MORE.

SHN is a Brazilian collaborative group, now seven people. They come from different backgrounds and their experiences converge in D.I.Y. actions in the urban environment. The embryonic phase of the group goes back to the late 1990s, when some of them were working as printing assistants at a silkscreen factory. There, they experimented with and practised printing techniques. From those rudimentary attempts they developed a taste for iconic images with bold marks and big zones of colour. Once in São Paulo, they started using ...