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One of three female artists keep these walls on lockdown right now in Sant Vicenç dels Horts, Capdevilla says she’s calling into question our classical comparisons of our own bodies to those ideals of Eurocentric sculptures and painters from centuries ago. She says “the plaster bodies are a good analogy for the rigid canons of

With a nod to La Danse by Henri Matisse and many human tribes’ rites of Spring, artist Falvita Banana creates her new “Juntes sumem” (add together) here on the façade of Cotxeres Borrell in Barcelona. Her illustrations have been in magazines, books and on public walls, often with the most basic and courageous technique at

Saturday fun today from local Barcelona graphic designer Núria Toll, who’s sort of new to the experience of doing murals and art on the street. Translating her own history with illustration and typography, Ms. Toll finds that humor is a welcome antidote to the negativity that is produced by our invasions of animals’ natural habitats.

Part of the experience of making art in the street is the interaction with people passing by. Other times it’s about being out with your mates or peers, hitting up walls that are near each other – sharing opinions, jokes, paint. Of course when you are in your own creative zone you also may be

Geometric and organic compliment one another here in “Perspectivas y Vacíos” (Perspectives and Gaps) in this new public art by Anna Tartiel in the Centre Cívic Cotxeres Borrell in the center of Barcelona. Part of the program 12 + 1 by Contorno Urbano, this piece of work is part of a public initiative started four

Our weekly focus on the moving image and art in the streets. And other oddities. Now screening : 1. Tats Cru on the Houston Wall in NYC 2. Broken Fingaz Crew In Mexico: “Si Desaparezco Rompe El Cochinito”3. Lee Quinones, Brooklyn Studio Visit. December 20184. Lili Brik // 12 + 1 Project // Contorno Urbano

Talented urban planning that has sufficient vision for the future will anticipate the needs and behaviors of a city, looking forward to its growth and reconfigurations over time. In L’Hospitalet, Spain the Street Artist Ampparito gathered plenty of evidence that sometimes old solutions in the built environment have to be destroyed in order for the

Our weekly focus on the moving image and art in the streets. And other oddities. Now screening : 1. The Yok & Sheryo in Sri Lanka 2. “Perpetual Flow” by Jorge Gerada in Morocco 3. Etnik in Barcelona with Contorno Urbano Foundation 4. Haroshi at his studio in Tokyo BSA Special Feature: The Yok & Sheryo

Etnik continues his deconstructivist investigations, drawing upon his history as a graffiti writer and a student of architecture, on this new wall in Barcelona. An illustrator and toy designer in addition to graffiti writer and muralist, you can see his appreciation for letter writing and the dimensional forms of geometry in almost all his work.

Our weekly focus on the moving image and art in the streets. And other oddities. Now screening : 1. JonOne “Illuminier le Future” in Rabat with Montresso Art Foundation 2. ASU / Contorno Urbano / 12 + 1 Projects 3. COLOUR: Rolland Berry. Film by Aether Films 4. GDS from São Paulo crew Os Cururus

Sacred Waters | पवित्र पानी The Ganga and Godavari rivers feature the largest gathering of humanity every three years when literally tens of millions of visitors bathe in them peacefully and reverentially, in accordance with Hindu tradition for Kumbh Mela. People join religious discussion, sing, and see some of the most revered holy men and

“In this artwork, nature and its forces are represented,” says the artist of the newest “12+1” project. NULO. “Sobrenatural”. Contorno Urbano Foundation/12 + 1 Project. Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain. (photo © Alex Miró) A recent act of extreme weather in Italy inspired this new mural in Sant Feliu de Llobregat by Lucia Pintos (aka