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‘Garbage Tail’ is the latest creation by French duo Murmure Street for the IPAF Festival organized by Milsmurs (in the Terres Sainville district of Fort-de-France) in Martinique. This monumental wall is part of Murmure Street’s ‘Garb-age’ series which centers on dreamlike and poetic twists of the garbage bag. This object is symbolic of our era and …

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Christopher Columbus discovered the island of Martinique on behalf of Europe during his fourth voyage in 1502. Encyclopedia Britannica writes that it was at this time that the island received its current name, which “is probably a corruption of the Indian name Madiana (“Island of Flowers”) or Madinina (“Fertile Island with Luxuriant Vegetation”), as reputedly …

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