“City canvas international”

Yet another canvas

Ramallah -  When your son comes back from prison you welcome him by putting a specially made banner on your house. There are a lot of similar banners in the city…
Lino Hellings – Ramallah Lab

Words and public space 2

Rotterdam -  This may be the weirdest sign I have ever seen in our Rotterdam ‘Attempts to regulate with written words-collection’ so far. It is put on a window of an empty…
Nies Medema – Migrationpapa

Who is stupid

Ramallah -  words written on the walls of nearby buildings resulted from the school ... written by children for any subject of a dialogue among themselves Something similar with Facebook but in…
Awatef Romeya – Ramallah Lab

Welcome

Ramallah -  Every foreigner walking freely in the streets of Ramallah is a potential ambassador of Palestine. So you are welcomed to the country many times a day. That is not out…
Lino Hellings – Ramallah Lab

Visual Oxymoron?

Ramallah -  A Graffiti stencil of Khader Adnan; the former Palestinian prisoner who went on 66-day hunger strike in protest of Israeli administrative detention. The graffiti stands next to a sign of…
Lana Judeh – Ramallah Lab

The president

Ramallah -  This is a billboard of the president of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas. Mahmoud Abbas is the president who cames after Yasser Arafat. …
Rania Aldjejab – Ramallah Lab

Street Cupboard

Lagos -  The engineers (car mechanics) on Military St, Onikan, have painted the wall in the colors of the Nigerian flag. They put up hooks for their clothes to hang on whilst…
Folarin Shasanya – Lagos Lab

Spongebob in Qalandia

Qalandia -  Nursery school wall mural in Qalandia village.…
Yara Bamiyeh – 50 Villages Qalandia

Who if not we?

Bishkek -  The situation with brain drain is relevant to Kyrgyzstan. So many “gold brains” go abroad in search of a better life…But some part of young “gold” generation is still around…
Nargiz Chynalieva – Bishkek Lab

Website design

Lagos -  The web designer chose a nice empty wall to advertise his craft.…
Eremina Jumbo – Lagos Lab

Urban Farming 2

Detroit -  A manifesto sign is on display at the entrance to the garden and orchard belonging to the Trumbull Plex, anarchist/artist community that has been established in two houses on Trumbull…
Marcin Szczepanski – Migrationpapa

The key

Ramallah -  It has been mentioned in other posts as well but THE KEY in omnipresent. It symbolizes the ownership of houses in Israeli territory where people from the Palestine territory have…
Lino Hellings – Ramallah Lab

Street Art part2

Detroit -  An abandoned building on Chene St. in Detroit has been turned into an urban canvas by an artist. The painting presents cartoon characters engaged in violence. It was created on…
Marcin Szczepanski – Migrationpapa

White Wall

Dhaka -  I can see an abstract painting, the various textures and colors on the white wall, alone and in relation is an inspiration for me and create a lovely composition…
Tapash Paul – Dhaka Lab

Walking Loans

Ramallah -  There are some 13 banks operating in the Palestinian National (quasi-autonomus) Authority. Most of the banks start operating in post-Oslo Accords (1993). However, it is in post-Arafat era (2004-present) that…
Khaldun Bshara – Ramallah Lab

Trying to control

Rotterdam -  many efforts have been made to get the situation under control in the Tarwewijk. In this street the government has put up signs saying: NO DOPE SMOKING  due to…
Lino Hellings – Migrationpapa

The Barbers

Lagos -  A barbers at the Iddo Terminus. Barbing is a job common among newcomers to the city. With little investment and less skill the business goes on.…
Andrew Esiebo – Migrationpapa

Street Art part 1

Detroit -  An abandoned building on Chene St. in Detroit has been turned into an urban canvas by an artist. The painting presents cartoon characters engaged in violence and drugs. It was…
Marcin Szczepanski – Migrationpapa

When we wake up

Sao Paulo -  These houses are protected until now. Sometimes when we wake up, they are not there anymore. They have beem removed, demolished.…
Ines Correa – Migrationpapa

Waiting wheelbarrow

Lagos -  Waiting wheelbarrow use for moving things for money at the Iddo terminus market. The market is popular for transtional trading. This has made it a hub for many new comers…
Andrew Esiebo – Migrationpapa

Think of others

Asira ash Shamaliya -  It is just a sentence written on the wall, but when you read it makes you realise that in your busy life, you should not forget that you are not…
Nasr Samer Yaseen – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

The Art Scene in Falasteen

Ramallah -  Two Posters in the downtown of an exhibition and a performance by the fashion designer Omar Yousef, composer Dirar Kalash, and vocal artist Maya Khaldi. Emerging young Palestinian artists are…
Lana Judeh – Ramallah Lab

Street advertisement?

Sao Paulo -  Sao Paulo forbade advertisements in public space so I have heard. I expected empty walls. On the contrary there are murals everywhere. Art, advertisement? I do not know. It does…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab