The appearance of the word puto [faggot] on walls around the city is completely ubiquitous. What I love about this particular inscription, which I photographed last year, is the phrasing, "Soy Puto, Soy de Racing" [I'm a faggot, I'm a Racing fan. They're a local soccer club]. I assume this was written by a fan of the rival team, Independientes. It seems a much more clever way to put down Racing fans than just scrawling puto over some pro-Racing graffiti. I'm also fascinated by the interior state of mind of the graffitista. There was a certain moment, probably very brief, when only the words "Soy Puto" were written. What passed through his mind at that moment? Was there any self-reflection about what he had just written? [I don't doubt it was a he].
See also puto graffiti and All Boys puto.
2 comments:
More than the photo, I enjoyed your calm commentary.
someday, someone will be smart enough to write a well written book with purposeful images of the whole soccer experience in argentina. i'm fascinated by the whole thing.
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