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From Pompeii to Gaza: The History of Street Art as a Voice for the People

Over the past half-century, street art has evolved from squiggled lettering on subway cars to a cultural force practiced in virtually every corner of the globe. It began unsanctioned and ...

The Rotten Apple Project: Quick and Dirty Urban Hacks

Sometimes, a reclaimed piece of junk is all it takes to make a bus stop, bike rack, subway station or virtually any other urban setting more comfortable and fun. The Rotten Apple project consists ...

Colorful Contrast: Geometric Street Paintings in France

A broad stripe of bright paint in a zig-zag pattern contrasts with muted, understated urban surroundings in the latest urban art installation by artist duo Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann. Working ...

Looping Roller-Coaster Stairway You Can Actually Walk On

From afar, it looks like a forgotten relic of a theme park that has since picked up and moved on - but it's actually a walkable sculpture. 'Tiger & Turtle - Magic Mountain', as it's named, ...

Cement Bleak: Haunting Shadow Faces on the Sidewalk

Ghostly faces appear in shadows on the sidewalk - cast, of all things, by kitchen colanders. 'Cement Bleak' is an urban installation project by artist Isaac Cordal that employs street lights to ...

Power Tower Transforms into Robot: DOMA’s Neon Colossus

A massive power line tower in Buenos Aires, Argentina now has a glowing face, hands, shoulder spikes and heart thanks to a daring installation by Argentinean art collective DOMA. Known as ...

Shwopping: Store Covered in 10,000 Hanging Garments

Covering the outside of a four-story building like tattered shingles, 10,000 colorful garments hang - and they represent just five minutes' worth of discarded clothing in the United Kingdom. The ...

Removing Moss as Art: Reverse Graffiti Goes Subtractive

Moss has gained a reputation as one of the best natural art mediums, a living swath of vivid green with an irresistible texture that can be coaxed into various shapes and patterns. While most ...

Trashcam Project: Dumpsters Turned into Pinhole Cameras

The images are breathtaking: black-and-white urban scenes with all the organic drama and character that only low-tech photography methods can produce. Would you believe that these beautiful ...

Art Imitates Digital Life: Real-World Google Map Pins

When you look up a city on Google Maps, a little red icon shows you exactly where the center of that city is - and it even casts a shadow, making it seem as if it's a part of the cities itself. ...

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