167/B Street
Sperone167: bringing Italy’s pastoral margins closer towards the center.
Once the calling card of urban centers around the globe, street art continues to proliferate more remote reaches of society as spray paint loses still more of its stigma and new communities crave placemaking of their own. “Most cultural and social actions take place in the historical city centres, pushing suburbs even more to the …
Recap Of Casalabate Street Summer Festival In Lecce, Italy
Lecce, Italy boasts multi-faceted points of fame. Known for its agricultural exports, the capitol metropolis is also renowned for its limestone. As a result, Lecce features an astonishing amount of Baroque sculpture and architecture, “marked by heavy building speculation that began in the 1970s,” for which it is commonly referred to as “the Florence of …
Murals By Dimitris Taxis & Sabotage Al Montaje Reflecting On The Sociological Aspect Of Lecce, Italy
In November 2018, urban arts laboratory 167B Street hosted their second edition of 167Art Project in Lecce, South Italy, where the organization is based. The painting event, which was staged “in the heart of the 167B district of Lecce and the football stadium area” reimagines the neighborhood’s various facades as blank canvasses, ripe for artists’ …
MurAL Fest, Tirana, Albania 2018
On June 3rd, the urban arts festival, MurAL Fest In Tirana, Albania concluded which saw the collaboration between the Lecce-based association 167/B Street and the Albanian capital. The collective, based in Italy accepted the invitation to curate the project from the local urban planning organization’s director Dekori Henri Ciule, his affiliates Petrit Shabani and Albana …
Bringing colors to the 167B district in Lecce, Italy
In October, a series of murals gave a new face to four large facades of social housing in the heart of the 167B neighborhood, a popular suburb in the eastern outskirts of Lecce, in Southern Italy. The 167 Art Project was organized by the Parish community of San Giovanni Battista in the Stadio district, with …