Daniel Arango is trav­el­ing indef­i­nitely. He keeps us updated with a run­ning dia­logue of his jour­ney in lines like these:

Draw­ing com­fort­ably at Tea Lounge in Grunerløkka. 

Five Hours Spent Draw­ing Oslo Disciple’s Hair.

Holy K rests for a day. Holy K gets a two hour massage.

Oslo Dis­ci­ple found! Great photo shoot day- we rode all day in his sexy 1976 MGB convertible.

Holy K Run through the moun­tain tops of Aurlandsvegen. Unforgettable winds and neon greens.

This New York-​based artist is on a mis­sion to spread the word of Holy K and amass a group of loyal fol­low­ers. He has left the city behind for this world tour, leav­ing his stu­dio behind as well to draw fresh inspi­ra­tion from the real world. Arango works with a Mac­Book Pro, an iPhone, and his Holy K Grail cereal box. The idea is this: in each city, Arango will com­plete at least one com­mis­sioned Holy K cereal box por­trait for some­one liv­ing there. He calls these peo­ple his Dis­ci­ples. His Dis­ci­ple draw­ing is sent back to his New York stu­dio, where the cereal box is cre­ated and then sent over­seas in tan­gi­ble form to the per­son who inspired it. Along the way, he’s cre­at­ing a video with his iPhone that he updates con­tin­u­ally on his web­site.

Arango is one exam­ple of an artist using struc­tured travel as a way to gen­er­ate inspi­ra­tion for his work and to broaden the scope of his influ­ence. Here we see him with a group of Nor­we­gian bovines mak­ing their way toward the Holy K. I wrote about Arango back in April (here), and was pleased to see his work and the ways in which it adapts to a life on the road.

The boxes he cre­ates are intri­cately done and beau­ti­fully etched. The Holy K cereal box becomes a por­trait of the indi­vid­ual Dis­ci­ples and takes on their names, dis­play­ing their image on the front of the box. The Nutri­tion Facts area con­tains infor­ma­tion about the indi­vid­ual, and the back­side of the box is a highly detail draw­ing. The boxes can be etched in any size and made in black, white or clear Lucite, brass, gold or leather. Do you rec­og­nize the con­vert­ible below?

For any Holy K Move­ment Inquiries, or to invite Holy K to your city, con­tact thomas@​HolyKmovement.​com.

Visit his site to see more about his trav­els here. Moscow is up next.

Tags: Arango, commissioned, Daniel Arango, Holy K, inspiration, MGB convertible, Oslo Disciple, tangible

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