“City canvas international”

My store is clean.

Ramallah -  If you find this sticker on a storefront in the city, then this store does not sell goods manufactured in illegal Israeli Settlements in the West Bank. …
Lana Judeh – Ramallah Lab

money transfer shop

Rotterdam -  This is one of many money transfer shops in Tarwewijk. Since many Tarwewijkers want to send money home to their family, this is the perfect neighborhood to start a business…
Nies Medema – Migrationpapa

Mobile energy barbershop

Lagos -  The barber uses two small generators to ensure his business goes uninterrupted by power failures. Generators are one of Nigeria’s main exports. Despite the government’s failure to assure electricity, users…
Andrew Esiebo – Migrationpapa

Love out loud

Dhaka -  What a loud lover Samira has! He didn’t bother SMS, Viber, Skype, Telegram, Facebook, Whatsapp or whatever…he just let the world know that he loves Samira……
Adnan Wahid – Dhaka Lab

Listen!

Sao Paulo -  Underground passage between the two sides of Rua da Consolação. A bookstore and public telephones share the space with urban artists that use it as canvas. (“Don’t put the…
Flavio Sampaio – Sao Paulo Lab

iron shutters

Sao Paulo -  As the wheather is mostly soft with temperatures around 25 celsius, most shops have no shop windows or doors. When they are open at day time, they open up completely…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

Hot Inglish

Bishkek -  ’Hot’ understood like it would be understood everywhere in the world. Written on the building where the actual lessons take place. This writer can use an extra lesson...........…
Lino Hellings – Bishkek Lab

Graffiti

Ramallah -  ’’We have the idea and you have the coffin’’People in Palestine use a lot of graffiti’s to show their political opinion!…
Rania Aldjejab – Ramallah Lab

Mexicantown 2

Detroit -  Magnificent mural was painted on the side of a Mexican food store Hacienda on West Vernor Highway in a neighborhood called Mexicantown in Southwest Detroit. Detroit is home to a…
Marcin Szczepanski – Migrationpapa

Love

Bishkek -  Boy and girl names (Turat and Gulmira) on the wall of irrigation canal. Guy who wrote it for sure was painting the rails of the bridge and suddenly thought “Hey…
Meka Muratova – Bishkek Lab

lets watch amovie!!

Ramallah -  recently cars agencies in ramallah put big screens for advertising for new cars, this big screens can be used to watch movies!and illustration for a guy filming insists on…
Yousef Taha – Ramallah Lab

In the pace of a small town

Sao Paulo -  Neighbours rest and chat on the sidewalk in the evening in Vila Madalena. A break on the run from the big city.…
Sylvia Sanchez – Sao Paulo Lab

Here, definitly here

Rotterdam -  On the photo we see the outside of a snackbar. A typical Dutch fastfood place. It might take a connoisseur of Dutch snacks, but if one looks closely, one might…
Maurice Bogaert – Rotterdam Lab

Gazan

Ramallah -  ’’Gazan’’It not that easy to travel from the Wes Bank to Gaza and vice versa. You need a visa from isreal to travel between this places…
Rania Aldjejab – Ramallah Lab

melancholic camp?

Ramallah -  To many, the camp may seem a melancholic, monochromic place, but to people living there, it is now their home -as temporary as it may be- yet it is their…
Aya Tahhan – Ramallah Lab

Looser

Bishkek -  Tokio Hotel LOOSERS (noxu) 100 % is read on one of the storehouses. Does the fact that I can only read the English texts make me connect to the underground…
Lino Hellings – Bishkek Lab

Last supper.

Bishkek -  The men in the Christmas stall eat molded bread and uncooked noodles. Wodka is the main menu, starter and dessert. They are from a lot of different countries so they…
Lino Hellings – Bishkek Lab

Identity Fetishism

Ramallah -  CHI (beauty care brand) publicity reads: “Do you [women] know that miss  universe get selected by a Palestinian referee.“ to rephrase: If the referee is Palestinian, and…
Khaldun Bshara – Ramallah Lab

HEIDELBERG PROJECT

Detroit -  A dead tree is covered with teddy bears and topped with shopping carts (used by the homeless in the city). The Heidelberg Project was created in 1986 by artist Tyree…
Marcin Szczepanski – Migrationpapa

Match is not a toy for children

Bishkek -  In the 1960s the Soviet government put slogans all over city. This one says do not let your children play with matches.…
Anastasia Slastnikova – Bishkek Lab

Live music

Rotterdam -  The railway station has been undergoing transformation for several years already. The billboard provides a glimpse into the future. Will you be allowed to play music in the new station…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

Is cinema playing a role for social awareness??

Dhaka -  An influential movie can contribute to making positive change of a society. However, the recent trend of Dhaka film industry  is running in the opposite way again, and does…
Dhana Ranjan Tripura. – Dhaka Lab

House decoration

Bishkek -  Old house - new fashion. The same decoration on our roads everywhere.…
Anastasia Slastnikova – Bishkek Lab

Graffiti

Sao Paulo -  Again a different kind of pixas. Or is this considered to be graffiti? The official street sweepers on the top of the stairs wear prize winning uniforms …
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab