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🔴 UKW EDITION 2024 / MURAL
Mural No 15/2024 – Hood Loh
"Switch" by Swiss street art duo @nevercrew at Grönhoffstrasse 11 for openair museum @urbaner_kunstraum_wuppertal
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The Swiss street art duo Nevercrew usually explores the delicate tension between humans, nature, and civilization in their work. In Wuppertal-Unterbarmen, they showcase a giant elephant floating in a glass music box directly above the famous suspension railway (Schwebebahn).
The unbelievable part: The artists knew absolutely nothing about the Wuppertal legend of Tuffi the elephant beforehand! They only realized it once they were on site in Wuppertal – the motif was a complete coincidence! And to top it off, there is Sri Navathurgadevi Tempel right behind the artwork, in whose culture the elephant – in the form of the figure Ganesha – is highly revered. So, Tuffi and Ganesha all in one!
For us, this is the perfect bridge to our conversation with the association for the blind: The glass dome separates the elephant from its environment and restricts its movement. This is the daily reality for visually impaired people: They navigate every single day within a glass dome that we cannot see, but whose barriers blind people have to overcome constantly.
#nevercrew #muralart #publicart #streetartwuppertal #urbaner_kunstraum_wuppertal
Supporter: @mhkbd_nrw
Mural No 15/2024 – Hood Loh
"Switch" by Swiss street art duo @nevercrew at Grönhoffstrasse 11 for openair museum @urbaner_kunstraum_wuppertal
📸 @street_a_tag
The Swiss street art duo Nevercrew usually explores the delicate tension between humans, nature, and civilization in their work. In Wuppertal-Unterbarmen, they showcase a giant elephant floating in a glass music box directly above the famous suspension railway (Schwebebahn).
The unbelievable part: The artists knew absolutely nothing about the Wuppertal legend of Tuffi the elephant beforehand! They only realized it once they were on site in Wuppertal – the motif was a complete coincidence! And to top it off, there is Sri Navathurgadevi Tempel right behind the artwork, in whose culture the elephant – in the form of the figure Ganesha – is highly revered. So, Tuffi and Ganesha all in one!
For us, this is the perfect bridge to our conversation with the association for the blind: The glass dome separates the elephant from its environment and restricts its movement. This is the daily reality for visually impaired people: They navigate every single day within a glass dome that we cannot see, but whose barriers blind people have to overcome constantly.
#nevercrew #muralart #publicart #streetartwuppertal #urbaner_kunstraum_wuppertal
Supporter: @mhkbd_nrw
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