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Kukuxumusu… drawing humor even if it’s not funny

Conferencia. Lecture

Galería ‘Amster Yard’  28. 10 6:30 pm

Desde su nacimiento en 1989 Kukuxumusu se ha dedicado a dibujar y a aplicar esos dibujos en innumerables soportes. Pero detrás de esos dibujos hay algo más. Durante todos estos años tambien hemos ejercido de cronistas gráficos de la actualidad, poniendo en clave de humor nuestra realidad y riéndonos de los ridículos hábitos y costumbres del ser humano. La charla girará en torno a los dibujos que se vayan presentando, en los que se podrá apreciar la filosofía de la marca, que uliliza el positivismo y el humor para quitar seriedad y dramatismo a esta confusa, pero prodigiosa- y a veces cruel – experiencia que es la vida. 

Dentro de La tertulia Ciclo de conferencias

Thinking of Kukuxumusu is to think of T-shirts, the drawing factory and in an output of laughter, fun and ironic humor. That was the aim from the beginning when the company started up in 1989 and it is the same spirit today, in spite of the passing years, and the logical evolution of both the products and those who create them. Kukuxumusu — «the kiss of the flea”, in Basque language — originated in the Sanfermin fiestas of 1989 when three friends — Mikel Urmeneta, Koldo Aiestaran and Gonzalo Domínguez — decided to put some life into the souvenirs that were being sold at that time in Iruñea / Pamplona. A rather singular t-shirt on the running of the bulls was the first result of this idea and the detonator of all that would follow later. Kukuxumusu ‘s language has been consolidated thanks to the tee shirt, both through a sense of universal humor as well as through its knowing nods to the customs and traditions of each place.