Thinking of this, a group of friends got together to remind the inhabitants of São Paulo that millions of hearts beat together there. They mapped out a few of the city's statues, fabricated Styrofoam red hearts, went out during the night and glued them to the statues. The city awakened wearing hearts on it sleeves.
The group filmed the intervention and, like any good collective movement nowadays, made available a tutorial video teaching how to spread the love elsewhere. And soon many cities in Brazil awoke with exposed hearts.
Check out their Facebook page that gathers their interventions and how these have become viral in many cities all over Brazil.
Have you ever wondered why big cities are so grey? Or about how there seems to be a lack of public space in which to grow beautiful things? These types of questions have brought about action from "Guerrilla Gardeners" such as these folks, in the form of illicit cultivation in cities around the world.
Lea Du Plessis, a 22 year old that lives in Johannesburg, puts on a pink wig at night, plants trees and spreads love all over her city. Some people call her crazy, but she says she just wants to spread smiles on people's faces.
Check out Lea's tumblr where she gathers pictures, inspirations and documents her missions across Johannesburg and other cities she visits.
Evidence of a recent hanging up guerrilla gardening session by the Secret Gardener in Johannasburg, South Africa.
Roadsworth Is Canadian artist who began painting the streets of Montreal in 2001 inspired by two things: what he believed to be an ill-conceived use of public space on one hand and the discovery of the inspiring work of land artist Andy Goldsworthy on another.
What began as a form of activism rooted in a desire for more bike paths eventually grew into an art project. The possibility of jolting impassive drivers from their daily routes, and giving the more slow-moving pedestrian pause for reflection fuels the artist.
On his website, where he makes a personal statement on art, self expression, transportation, society and values, he states: "Though maybe not purely altruistic, there is an awareness that the interest of others could also be in ones own interest." And that's what this blog is all about.
Here you can see pictures of one of his works, Dead Hearts, and check out his website for other works.