May 16, 2016
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Armed with cans of spray paint, masks and gloves, a gang of septuagenarian graffiti artists are hitting the streets of Lisbon on a mission not just to add color to drab streets, but also to defy ageist stereotypes.
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Known virally … Read More...
Category: Experiencing
Tags: graffiti, graffiti artists, Portuguese art, street art
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July 28, 2013
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Move over perpetrators of urban graffiti, yarn and Lego bombing, and even the pothole gardener!
Artist Juliana Santacruz Herrera wove a tale in the streets of Paris to call attention to the city’s many potholes in need of repair.
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Herrera … Read More...
Category: Creating, Guerilla Gardening!
Tags: lego bombing, Paris, Parisian Street Art, Parisian street artist, street art, street artist, urban street art, urban street artists, yarn bombing
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January 14, 2013
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Florian Rivière, Wheelbench, Vienna, September 2012
You might call Florian Rivière a guerrilla urbanist. Much in the way guerrilla gardeners take possession of underutilized, sometimes offbeat, public spaces to plant gardens, Rivière–a self-proclaimed “urban hacktivist”– reinvents and diverts public spaces … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Green & Sustainable, Guerilla Gardening!, Reclaimed & Recycled
Tags: green, public spaces, recycling, reuse, street art, upcycling, urban activism, urban public spaces
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August 20, 2012
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Furniture made of metal, dirt, and turf. Photo via Marine Peyre.
Who doesn’t enjoy a bit of folly, in the garden, on the street, or anywhere?
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Photo via JP Charbonneau
The Festival des Jardins de Rues de Lyon (Garden Festival … Read More...
Category: Container Gardening, Experiencing, Garden Design, Raised Beds
Tags: BlogTour, festivals du jardin, garden festivals, garden follies, garden folly, jardins de rue, Lyon, public art, street art
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