Sunday, August 14, 2011

Living Walls Invade Decatur

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This one is on N. Candler near train Depot


This one is on the square over looking plaza area


This one is behind Twain's



This one is on E. Howard

Here is what Living Walls is all about:

Living Walls, The City Speaks, is a conference on street art and urbanism that took place in August 2010 in the city of Atlanta. The artwork of 36 influential street artists from around the world flooded the streets of Atlanta as part of a coordinated effort to engage the public via street art. Along with changing the urban landscape, the Living Walls conference set out to highlight a number of problems facing the city. Living Walls did not just showcase art, but also built a platform for much-needed dialogue in the city. The success of the event was so great that Living Walls is returning this year to take place in Atlanta, Ga and Albany, NY.

The idea behind Living Walls is to put the work of a very small subset of the population (street artists, graffiti writers, etc), people who actually interact with space, and people who spend their time in discourse about public space all under the same roof. Our intentions are simply to broadcast to the attendees a wide spectrum of ideas about public space, hoping that everyone leaves the event looking at the city, its walls, and how we interact with space differently.

Founded in 2009 by Monica Campana and Blacki Li Rudi Migliozzi.

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Living Walls Conference website is sponsored by Aint-bad, a quarterly art magazine focusing on images that discuss human existence, culture, and contemporary issues.

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