Final days in San Cris!

  We're counting down into our final days in San Cristóbal. Its been amazing but freezing cold. Before we leave we plan on renting scooters to ride into the surrounding mountain villages and try to get some shots there. Except in San Juan Chamula, its punishable by imprisonment to take photos so we will have to keep guard on our photo snapping habit. Our Spanish has improved immensely and we're able to find our way around most of San Cris.

   Maya Pedal fell through which we are pretty sad about but we did get to sit in on a meeting of the bike advocacy group Pedalazo and go to an amazing stencil art show and meet some local artists and activists. We're hoping to interview a few of them before we leave. And we've been taking SO MANY PICTURES we can wait to publish them!

  Also, we're still short of our fundraising goal. We pretty much went for broke on this trip and its been totally worth it but we really need help. So if you can, please pass a buck and pass the word!!!

San Cristóbal de Las Casas!!

One week and many, many, treacherous (and nauseating) bus rides later, we have started the art and resistance phase of our project!

  We stopped in Merida for a few days to visit our friend William and his family. He introduced us to some of his friends who also showed boundless amounts of generosity. Merida is the heart of the Yucatan and it was the last site of Mayan resistance. 

   We hated to say goodbye but we had to come to San Cristóbal to begin our project. We got on a bus around midnight from Merida to Palenque and then from Palenque we took a crazy ride through the mountains to this beautiful, wonderful, culturally rich city of San Cristóbal! As we stepped off of the bus we were immediately confronted by a wall of graffiti emblazoned with "Libertad!" "EZLN" and other art of the type which we came to find. Every corner hides a stencil or a painted word which captures a moment of political and social history and we are seeking them out everyday!
To preview some of our photos, look at our flickr page and keep following the blog!

PS. Don´t forget to check out our kickstarter and pass the word. We're good at budgeting but we're spending money and not working right now so every donation helps!

Estamos en Mexico!!

  The Mexican adventure begins!!! The running around preparations and stress are over and we are here and totally stoked. We caught an early morning flight with a stopover in Ft. Lauderdale where we met our friend Jacob (who you will probably see popping up in some of our pictures). Then we flew into Cancun and caught a bus to Playa Del Carmen. We're staying in a hostel on the beach in hammocks and exploring this rather touristy town. There's not much street art (or much authentic in general) here so there hasn't been too much photography so far. We're excited to start our journey towards San Cristobal where there will be more art and indigenous culture. Make sure to check back!

Updated Video and Final Countdown til the Adventures

 After some hard work we finally finished our updated video for kickstarter.com! Check it out, chip in, and pass it along!!also on YouTube!

  Its been a busy couple of weeks working and getting things together to go to Mexico and Guatemala but we finally fly out Tuesday!! We're flying into Cancun and our first stops will be Tulum and Merida. We'll be posting pictures and updating the blog whenever we can.

   Besides this blog follow flickr for more photos, kickstarter for our fundraising progress and shoot us an e-mail with any questions or if you just want to say hi!!!

Kickstarter.com Fundraising is LAUNCHED!!

   Our project (we're calling it Solidarity South of the Border) is launched on Kickstarter.com to try to get some means for this adventure! Check it out on Kickstarter and help us fundraise! Donate and pass the word along to everyone you know!!!

Launching Kickstarter.com Project SOON!

Solidarity South of the Border: A Radical Photodocumentary Project;

"A digital and film photo journey through Southern and Central America documenting resistance and community through art and ingenuity."

In preparation for our journey to Mexico, we're launching our project on kickstarter.com to raise funds for our trip and our work; film, developing, a place to keep our stuff, etc...

So, please check it out and support us!
thanks!!
-Joe & Jess

New Flickr Site Up!

We'll be updating it as often as possible, adding lots of pictures and information from Squart #'s 1 & 2 as well as new unfolding events in the quest to finish Squart 3...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/squartzine/