Si un día viajas a Ubrique, ¡Tienes absolutamente que ver esto!

El Callejón del Santo es un esquina mágica de Ubrique, un pueblo del Sur de España conocido por la elaboración del cuero y por su Patrimonio Natural, también por se parte de la Ruta Blanca.

¿Por qué mágico?

El Callejón del Santo, hace referencia a San Antonio, un detalle que reconocerás justo al entrar, y se caracteriza por las decoraciones que lo llenan de colores.

Se trata de creaciones artesanales, realizadas a mano por las mujeres que viven allí, con macramé, botellas recicladas, tapones de corcho, trastos historicos... Es increíble la cura y variedad de los detalles que con tanta imaginación hacen del Callejón del Santo una esquina mágica de Ubrique.

¿Cómo lo he conocido?

He de decir que esta vez he sido afortunada porque en realidad muchos de los ubriqueños tampoco conocen este lugar, debido a su ubicación que se esconde en la parte histórica del pueblo, no obstante su cercanía con el Peñon de la Becerra, otro punto caractéristico de Ubrique donde roca y arquitectura se funden juntos.

Justamente aquí me acogieron Charo y Vicky, algunas de las vecinas, para pintar el Callejón del Santo donde con sus manos ¡crean cada decoración y cambian cada detalle hecho a mano según la temporada!

Here’s the official invitation for the opening, the exhibition is remaining the whole month.

About the exhibition

“Becoming” is an illustration and photography exhibition. I realized all Its artworks during my first travel to Morocco. That travel has somehow changed me in a way I can’t describe through words, but through art, through my travel sketchbook.

“Becoming”. I chose this word because it talks about movement.

We all come from a placeーour roots, our past, we pass through anotherーour present, and we leaveーour future.

Inside of this movement, that’s life, we can give ourselves the great opportunity of traveling; which permits us to know ourselves and the other. When I speak of the other, I mean someone different from us, who’s sharing this earth and living this epoch, but who’s doing it through a different filter, a different way of living. Our environment affects our convictions, our experience shapes our idea of freedom or possibility. Thus, a travel can not only bring us out of our reality, but give us the chance to change, too; as long as we are willing to open our eyes and question ourselves.

With this exhibition, for the first time, I’m sharing publicly my travel sketchbook, my way of filtering the reality and traveling. With this exhibition, “Becoming”, I close this year that started in Morocco and follows with art.

About me

I’m Sofia, in art Syamhope. I’m a traveler creative and a professional artist. I work with several styles and techniques related to the illustration, painting and comic field. I develop artistic projects focusing on the social-cultural aspects thanks to my formation and interest in the human sciences and linguistic mediation.