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Miki Mu on BedStuy Walls Mural Festival with: Carlos Rodriguez, Jason Naylor, Chelsea Garcia, Manuel Alejandro, Will Power, Key Detail, Andre Trenier, Megan Olson, Olga Correa, Nac 143, OG Millie, Bom5 & More

I recently had the opportunity to speak to BedStuy Walls Mural Festival founder and curator Miki Mu about the hugely successful community arts festival held earlier this month on Lexington Avenue and Do the Right Thing Way in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.

This is all so wonderful. What was your initial inspiration for this project?

This is my neighborhood. I’ve lived in Bed-Stuy for over ten years. I was interested in celebrating and beautifying my neighborhood. And I know the huge power of art to uplift a community! I also wanted to create a space where people and businesses in my neighborhood could interact. My vision for this particular project began about a year ago.

How did you secure these walls? They are in such a prime spot, and these murals have totally transformed the entire block.

My neighbor introduced me to the owner of one of the the businesses on the block. But there were many challenges to actually securing these walls. It was not an easy task!

What were some of these challenges that you encountered in seeing this project through?

After I did secure the walls, I had to get a permit to close the block for the day of the festival. The walls and sidewalk had to be primed in advance. I had to purchase supplies. The entire project was quite expensive. I set up a Go Fund Me, but I did have to cover most of the expenses myself.

You have here such a wonderful range of artists here — from legendary graffiti writers to noted contemporary urban artists to newer emerging ones. How did you get the word out to the artists?

We started an Instagram account, and the word quickly spread. So many artists expressed interest in participating — far more than I could have imagined. I still get requests!

How did the community respond to the event?

The response was tremendous! The community loved it! Families came out, and there were so many kids…jumping rope, dancing to the hip-hop music, making art and simply having fun! It was wonderful — actually better than I had anticipated! But I never could have done this alone; there were many folks whose generosity made this possible. Among them are: Chateau Brooklyn for serving as our mothership, headquarters and base; Badman Bus aka Cookie Monster Bus for providing music and a sound system; all of the DJ’s for volunteering their talents; Cheryl Foy, a retired teacher and resident of the block, for helping us secure the block permit and Joe Crano from Rogers & Sons, the owner of the walls; the Blue Bus Project for providing activities for the kids; Radial Park for lending us ladders; Project Barkada, also, for lending us a ladder and scaffolding; Solidarity Movers for helping us move all the equipment from one location to another  and for providing, as well, a fun activity for kids;  Black Men Build, Black Chef Movement and Josiane Lysius for providing free food; Loop Colors for adding extra cans to our order; Frankie Velez, my co-curator, for assisting and supporting my efforts in every aspect of this project, and, of course, all of the artists for generously sharing their skills and visions with us.

What’s ahead?

I would like to make the BedStuy Walls Mural Festival an annual event and eventually attain non-profit status.

That would be wonderful! Congratulations!

Images

1. Carlos Rodriguez

2. Jason Naylor

3. Chelsea Garcia to the left of Manuel Alejandro

4. Will Power

5. Key Detail

6. Andre Trenier to the left of Megan Olson and Olga Correa

7. Nac 143 (left), OG Millie (center),  Bom5 with character by Miki Mu (right)

Photo credits: Lois Stavsky

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FIRE AT WILL: TIZTA

• Name: Tizta-Amatizta
• Crew: I've been in a couple of crews and I have very good memories, I can't deny it. But sometimes they end because of the members’ different views of life and things that go beyond graffiti. My crew is called KBRS, which means “goats”. In Chile we call groups of young people cabros or cabras, meaning “goats.” There are four of us, three girls and transgender person, and we’ve been friends for over 10 years, before we even started painting graffiti. Not everyone is painting actively, so more than a graffiti crew, we are actually more like a family that shares a love of painting and much more.
• Country-city: Chile-Santiago.
• Active since: 2016
• First piece: In 2012 I went to live in Buenos Aires, Argentina to study acting at a public university. This is not possible in Chile because we have a system of shitty private universities that end up leaving many young people in debt. By 2016 I began to get closer to graffiti and make my first pieces alone -without understanding anything about shadows or proportions- but I remember that in an abandoned square in the Parque Patricios neighborhood, near Constitución, alongside my partner back then, I painted my first large graffiti and also my first extension in the same spot. We had taken it over and I really liked the color palette. Ever since a very young age, when painting pictures, I always wanted to take a more “artistic”approach to my graffiti, and despite the fact that I felt criticized at first, I maintain it to this day.
• Favorite piece: This piece is one of my favorites (number 1). I painted it in Berlin together with some very dear friends. The spot is very cool: a space called Monopol where art is promoted and many Chilean artists have been given space there. The walls are above a ceiling and I wanted to leave the background clean so that the piece would stand out more like an adhesive. As for my favorite color palette, I don't know if I mentioned it before, but my pieces almost always contain my favorite color: red.
• Style: I think my style is particular because, despite having a throw-up for a long time, I always try to do different things, different letters, different sizes. I like to explore textures and color contrasts. I like strange color combinations. I don't paint Wildstyle or stricter types of graffiti, even though I greatly admire those who do. I'm more about throw-ups, strange pieces and tags. I love taggiing and I love taggiing big.
• Partners in crime: It’s most always been my female friends, because at one point it was difficult for men to give you the space to paint with them. Anyway I have really good male friends, great writers from whom I have learned a lot, but in general, it’s always with my female friends: Some who paint everything, and sometimes not only with the members of my crew, but with other girls who make characters or have their little drawings already established, with whom you can connect online. I have also painted a lot in social movements, in neighborhoods, and in women's prisons, as a way of speaking out during the social outbreak, together with the Graffitodas Chile collective, which was where I met many of the writers from Chile and all of Latin America. The dynamic began in the pandemic and many writers from Chile, Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia were able to stay active during lockdown with workshops and conversations on Zoom. Then the years went by and it was back to the street again. In each country they continue with their organization of todas_ (plus the acronym of the country).
• Favorite cap: I have two: Skinny and New York. I like outlining with both. It also depends on the space, but I like clean lines or just drips with a "grave pick" as they say in Chile, which in English is “aiguille,” but it’s also fun when you do it old school with a roller and black ink ❤.

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Sonny’s ‘Fight or Flight’ Mural is a Special Tribute to the Aplomado Falcon, Downtown Houston 2022

The internationally renowned artist, Sonny Behan, has become most well-known for his majestic and intricate large-scale wildlife murals scattered across the globe. His passion for using his creative voice to raise awareness for important societal and environmental issues has also built him a reputation for being an engaged artist driven by a desire to make an impact.

Sonny’s newly completed 10,000 sqft mural, ‘Fight or Flight, ‘ painted in downtown Houston is a special tribute to the Aplomado Falcon. As apex predators, these already endangered birds are sadly at the top of the list when it comes to species most vulnerable to climate change. 

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Aplomado is an unusual Spanish word for “lead-coloured”, referring to the blue-grey areas of the plumage. The birds resemblance in shape to the hobbies bird accounts for its old name, orange–chested hobby. Sonny captures these unique colours in his unique style of abstract elements and washes of colour.

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“I wanted to depict the bird (dis)appearing into reality as a way to show their resilience in the face of an uncertain future. I hope that the mural is a reminder of why we need to do what we can to help protect these birds and all natural habitats around the world.” SONNY

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The mural was painted as part of the Big Art Bigger Change project that saw nine large-scale murals painted in the heart of Houston curated by Street Art For Mankind.

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Photo Credit Tony Moreno @darkmode.photo

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Giulio Vesprini’s mural maps the “Gattaglio district” with colours and symbols, Italy 2022

Giulio Vesprini’s latest mural is titled “E SOM DAL GATTO – Struttura G069” and is painted for the “Gattaglio district” in Reggio Emilia. The artist painted the mural with the neighbourhood residents to tell their stories through colours and symbols.

“The work was made possible thanks to the synergy between local institutions and the private world, to redevelop and regenerate a suburban space in the city, enriching it with meanings strongly connected with the life of the place. I reinterpreted this facade with elements of colour and graphic structures that have clear references to the life of the Social Centre and that emerged during the meetings held with residents of the area. Yellow represents the walkway that connects the district to the Crostolo embankment, the round signs are a dedication to the game of bowls and football, green and blue are the synthesis of water and nature present in the district with a reference to the Gatto Azzurro and the crostolo stream that joins the Po river. The red, on the other hand, recalls the colours I mapped in the neighbourhood. “Graziano Tura, president of the Gattaglio social centre, underlined, among other things, the beauty of the common experience of members and inhabitants of the neighbourhood in the relationship and collaboration with the artist:” Giulio Vesprini is now truly one of us.” Giulio Vesprini

The mural was painted with help from the City Hall of Reggio Emilia and Fidenza VillageCentro Sociale “Gatto Azzurro” Agency 4.4_Art Milano.

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Artistic assistant: Daniele Peccioli-Jacopo Costa
Photo Drone: Matteo Consolini

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13 DEADLY SCARY GRAFFITI ARTISTS TO CONSUME BEFORE YOU DIE

You don’t have long left to live on this planet, but there is plenty of time left to suffer at the hands of these artists whose dedication to torturing walls and trains knows no bounds. Whether it be through lethal lettering, killer characters or awful abstraction, these unhinged beings live amongst us, living discreet existences during the day before unleashing their evil imaginations by night.

 Extreme warning: the contents of list should only be consumed by human beings with extreme tolerance to disturbing graffiti styles.

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Tera There seems to be something in the water in Italy that produces artists keen on bizarre textures, organic ornamentation and fungal features. Tera works interact with the abandoned spaces she finds with discomforting results. Kool Func 88 This Frenchman gets his name from Fun Crime, and is a member of the dangerous crews GT and UB. His graffiti is 100 % twisted, evidenced by the names he gives to his pieces: “Leftover Potato”, “Weirdies” and “Corroded Culbutos”. Truly one of the strangest visions of graffiti on this list. Physhoudini A comical entry perhaps, but behind the naïve appearances lie a deep dedication to dark imagery. Based in Barcelona, the outsider compositions and studio work of Psychoudini are reminiscent of famous sicko serial killer artists like John Wayne Gacy. Reality Applying his own campaign of misinformation on European trains, Reality sends his message through menacing words in digitally distorted fonts. He then presents the burners on social media incorporating his own brand of deadly design. Mano Lesta The last few years have been a breeding ground for twisted graffiti, informed by the fonts of black metal bands pioneered by Christophe Szpajdel. The haunting logos of young Italian artist Mano Lesta can be found on clothing, skin and walls, and she’s just getting started. Ichabod This freight fiend from the United States has a one-track mind. Racking up pieces on rolling stock like a serial killer catches bodies, his tombstone-esque letters are always accompanied by a memento mori – the skull that reminds us of the inevitability of death. VVXXII Another awful artist from the scarified school of scary graffiti is VVXXII. His wall interventions are pure terror, in style as well as application and palette, but his most intimidating artworks are his sculptures which resemble an assemblage of dismembered bats. Disgusting. AES33 The background of this Miami-based madman is as murky as it is mysterious, but what is clear is that his apparitions have frightened folk from Florida and further afield. The ghosts the paints maybe smiling, but behind the innocent exterior is an unspeakable curse. Saute Possibly the most straight-up graffiti in the scary style contest, Saute has secured such a high position thanks to his frankly fearsome lettering, from blockbusters to wildstyle and gothic fonts, not to mention his penchant for heaven spots. The American artist calls himself the killer’s killer, we’d be inclined to agree. Baer Fuelled by DMT and ayahuasca, Baer BTR is known for producing huge homages to the world of horror, as well as terrorizing toys, as he told MTN World last year. The reptoid writer has a wretched reputation, but his damage to the scene is made more murderous with his alter ego, The Butcher, and his insidious sidekick, Lil Butcher. Sucky Bat This notorious New Yorker has spread a plague of black and white bats throughout the mecca of graffiti and wherever else he can fly. His conversation with Angel & Z revealed a serious vendetta against the authorities, and he’s showing no signs of backing down. Lucifero.666 The debauched doings of this ill individual are mostly manifested on the Iberian Peninsula, but there can be no doubt that his sick style has its origins in Hades. Some say that his face is fused with the chrome skull sometimes seen on socials, which is ideal to hide his identity on underground train attacks. Avoid at all costs. Neckface Many had painted scary shit previously, but Nasty Neck could be the first artist to make a career out of scary graffiti. His handstyle alone is representative of an extremely unbalanced individual, but his awful illustrations and vicious vandalism is what makes this creepy Californian number one with a bullet. Listen to a putrid playlist by Baer The Butcher here:
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Parees Festival wrap up its sixth edition, Spain 2022

The Parees Festival has just wrapped up its sixth edition bringing four new murals from national and international artists to Oviedo, Spain,

organized by the Municipal Foundation of Culture of Oviedo.

Artists invited by Parees this year included: Taxis (Greece), Samir Toumi (Morocco), Mariana Duarte Santos (Portugal), and the Asturian Nieve Sita.

The festival also held its Muralism Workshop for Families in the Winter Park on Sunday, October 23rd and also in November, it will extend its program with “DiVeRsAs”, a Community Muralism Workshop with users of CenArte, from the Fundación Vinjoy.

The four murals in this edition show Asturian traditions as the hallmark of the festival. The artists, with different styles and cultures, have collaborated with people and groups related to the themes of each work in the mediation processes coordinated by the collective Raposu Roxu.

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  The Parees Festival

Taxis, the artistic name of Dimitris Trimintzios, was born in Poland and raised in Greece and has centred his mural on the bicycle as an icon of children’s play, a theme for which the students of the centre contributed with drawings and ideas that Taxis decided to focus on two wheels. One of the façades is dedicated to the tricycle, another to the bike with training wheels, and the last is completed with colourful drawings of handlebars, wheels and saddles. The Museú del Pueblu d’Asturies (Museum of Asturian people) also provide images from their vast archive.

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Moroccan artist Samir Toumi has left a mural full of details, in which a family dressed in traditional costume. The image reproduces a living sketch since the Asturian designer Constantino Menéndez dressed a girl and her parents for a photo session that inspired the work. In addition to that composition, the wall is full of details, from the available colours of Samir’s native Sahara, which also fit in with the surrounding buildings, to a phrase by the artist himself: “I am a collection of moments, but everything I have is this instant.“

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Portuguese artist Mariana Duarte Santos has finished a mural dedicated to the greengrocers of Fontán and their ancestral trade. The result shows the strength of the gaze of one of the women going to the square every week to sell products from her garden, an image taken in 1968 from the collection of photographer Francisco Ruiz Tilve. During her stay in Oviedo, Mariana met Ruiz Tilve’s family and the greengrocers who maintain this council tradition.

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  Mariana Duarte Santos

Finally, the Asturian Nieve Sita, the artistic name for Nieves González, has summed up the famous Asturian proverb “Si tien arreglu, s’arreglará. Si nun lu tien, arregláu ta / if it can be fixed, it will be fixed, if it can’t be fixed, then fixed it is”) The two parts of the saying surround two country women sitting on chairs and holding hands.

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  Nieve Sita

Muralism Workshop for Families was held, in which thirty girls and boys between the ages of 4 and 12 participated, who painted, together with their fathers and mothers, a wall next to the skate park. On paint stains of different shapes and colours, they had to imagine objects, animals, fruits or whatever else they suggested, resulting in a fun microcosm of original drawings.

In November, “DiVeRsAs” will take place, a Community Muralism Workshop where diverse artistic expressions can be made visible. The activity, also organized by Raposu Roxu is in collaboration with “CenArte “, Center for Normalization through Art. CenArte is part of the Vinjoy Foundation, an Asturian institution for Socioeducational Intervention with People with Intellectual, Psychosocial or Mental Health Problems. The workshop wants to be a collective experience of mural creation, a channel of artistic expression in public space that puts at the centre the voices that generally remain on the periphery of the normative discourse of art.

Photo Credit Mira Hacia Atrás and Fer Alcalá

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