The first word I learned to say is guaita. My paternal grandmother would take me for a walk in the trolley, and as we wandered around she would point at things with her finger and say: “Guaita Laia, guaita!”. She spoke a particular Catalan, she was the daughter of Vallcarca. She said guaita instead of mira (look at). Guaitar means to watch carefully, analysing what is observed. Vigilant.

Jo guaito – I analyse what I vigil carefully.

/ˈgwaj.tə/

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H.A.N.D.

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H.A.N.D.

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Laia Miret

‘H.A.N.D.’ is the acronym of 'have a nice day', idea that came through the classic NYC groceries plastic bag. It's something present in our life regularly, that is useful and handy, but somehow not relevant. It's just there, semi-transparent, cheap and polluting, with a great message for you to take, or ignore.

It has been published as a self edited zine in London and Barcelona. Some of the pictures are viral on Tumblr (1, 2, 3), and ‘My Banana' has been exhibited at Rox Gallery in New York City.