Murmure
NUART ABERDEEN 2023 ROUND UP
It’d been 4 years since my last Nuart Aberdeen experience, and this time I had the luxury of being on the scene prior to the festival starting in full. This year’s festival theme was Rewilding, and as always, the line up of artists and speakers was impressive, as was their commitment to the exploration of …
Our Own Top Ten Murals of 2020
The first steps to spring cleaning require a mess—drawers must be emptied and cobwebbed closets gutted to make space for reorganization. Clutter must be uprooted, scattered across dusty floors, and assessed. Like James Baldwin said, “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” Without the initial …
“Garb(age) Bird” by Murmure at Pow! Wow! Rotterdam
Yesterday, my seven year old daughter solemnly asked me if it’s true that we only have twelve years left to turn around the future of our planet. We live just five minutes away from the ocean in England’s most politically green city, and while hugely admirable: it’s a drastic state of affairs for our neighborhood …
Introducing French Duo Murmure
Murmure (FR) are Paul Ressencourt and Simon Roche, two drawing enthusiasts who’ve been working in public spaces since 2010 and yet whose invitation to this year’s Nuart Festival in Stavanger marked their first participation in a Street Art Festival. Working on a human scale and with an acute eye for placement, Murmure privilege the relationship to space …