UNTHO

UNTHO ART PROJECT WAS FOUNDED IN 2001 BY THE ARTIST ALESSIO SCHIAVON.
ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO SPREAD "UNTHO IS NEVER TIRED" MESSAGE IN THE STREETS THROUGH STICKERS AND POSTERS, UNTHO WAS LAUNCHED IN 2005 ALSO AS A CLOTHING COMPANY.
TODAY UNTHO ICON RUNS FROM THE STREETS TO THE SHOPS, FROM THE STICKERS TO THE TSHIRTS, KEEPING TRUE THE ORIGINAL MANIFESTO: PROVOKE, INTERFERE AND PROPOSE.

Where the "Untho Icon" comes from?
The subjects of Alessio Schiavon paintings are the faces of people living in the city and their tired expressions.
The Untho Icon comes from those paintings: Untho is the "poster version" that he designed to be reproduced on posters and stickers.
The "Untho body" instead comes from the position of a “teacher at the desk”.
Alessio's purpose was to give an overbearing look to the “Untho is never tired” poster.

What does the word "Untho" mean?
Untho is a kind of acronym made by the first and the last letter of the words UrbaN TrasH Optimized.
“Urban Trash” represents the materials used by Alessio to realize his arts: cartboards, woods, metal directly taken from the streets.
“Optimized” is a web technical word that means "images ready to be pubblished online".
Alessio refers to the artwork pictures ready to be published on his original art gallery: untho.net.

Untho Mission
Untho provokes who suffers the city rhytms
Untho interferes with the occupation rules of public spaces
Untho propose an indipendent lifestyle: think for yourself, question authority
Provoke, interfere and propose
Untho is never tired

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